The Great Gatsby is Beautiful!

I found this in Chapter 3 of the Great Gatsby:

"He had one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced, or seemed to face, the whole external world for an instant and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself."

This is where Nick Carraway sees Jay Gatsby up close for the first time in the book. Apparently, his smile seems to be both an important role and a sort of hope for imagination that seems to have vanished from Nick's life. During this first initial meeting, Nick describes Gatsby's lack of focus. That he has the ability to make anyone that sees this dazzling smile feel so specifically special that they feel very optimistic towards themselves. It makes them want to smile, and that's a very rare thing to find, even in today's time.

I think this passage is beautiful because it reflects Gatsby's personality a little bit. He's a very genuine person, he doesn't like to feel bad or sad or upset in any way. He likes to entertain people. He likes to make other happy and help them to forget about their problems. And maybe the reason he feels this way is because of the "Very sad thing" that happened to him so long ago. Because, maybe, when he makes other people happy, he forgets about his sorrows as well? Maybe.. Just maybe... That's why he throws so many parties, maybe he throws one every time he is reminded about the very sad thing. Or maybe it's just my imagination?