My Grandparents Are Like Nick Carraway?

At the end of Chapter One of The Great Gatsby, Nick is watching his neighbor, Mr. Gatsby, from a distance. He does not speak to Mr. Gatsby because he seemed "content to be alone,"(Fitzgerald 25). The descriptive and colorful imagery suggests that Nick is curious about Mr. Gatsby and that he is unsure about him. While I was reading this scene, it immediately reminded me of my grandparents. My grandparents have a fascination with knowing what their neighbors are doing, they're not creepy stalkers or anything, they just like to know what is going on around them. Every time I go over to their house and we are sitting in the front room and they see that one of their neighbors is outside, they will look out the window and make observations and predictions about what that person is doing. In the summertime they like to sit outside to enjoy the nice weather and to observe what their neighbors are doing, they occasionally like to make conversation with them-if they are not too busy, but they mainly like to keep an eye on what is going on around them. Sometimes when I talk on the phone with them they will stop in the middle of the conversation to observe their neighbors and tell me what they are doing. They also have a police radio in their house (which everyone in my family loves to joke about) because they like to know what is going on around them and they also get bored sitting in their house by themselves. Although the situations of my grandparents and Nick Carraway are similar, there are also some major differences. Nick does not know anything about Mr. Gatsby, he has only heard Jordan Baker mention his name once. He is curious and slightly suspicious of him. My grandparents know all of their neighbors very well, they just get bored easily and love to know what is going on around them.