5. Find the following conversation between Nick and Daisy:
I told her how I had stopped off in Chicago for a day on my way east and how
a dozen people had sent their love through me.
"Do they miss me?" she cried ecstatically.
"The whole town is desolate. All the cars have the left rear wheel painted black
as a mourning wreath and there's a persistent wail all night along the North Shore."
"How gorgeous! Let's go back, Tom. Tomorrow!" Then she added irrelevantly,
"You ought to see the baby." (9)
Discuss the tones of the characters' speech in this passage.
What textual evidence implies these tones?
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Discuss inferences you can make about Nick's and Daisy's characters from this passage.