The latter offered to sacrifice him for a love awaiting death in calm and dignity. On the same note, Nick a distant cousin describes her: Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered 'Listen,' a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a while since and that there were gay, exciting things hovering in the next hour. (Fitzgarald 33) .
Many authors during this period were very cautious with the topic of homosexuality as it had to conform to prevailing attitudes of the time. Nick Carraway diverted from this notion and covered the issue in black and white. The very controversial scene comes around the end of chapter two, whereby Nick ends up in McKee's bedroom and is after having a party in the company of Tom Buchanan alongside his mistress. McKee and Nick together moved towards the elevator having left his wife and Catherine respectively. At the elevator, a connection is established bearing a coded language, and Nick does not make it out of the building till early morning hours. The use of ellipses is a creative means of having the reader fill the gap with their own imagination. However, there is no sufficient evidence to justify McKee's nature that he was intoxicated. Indeed, there was no staggering, no slurred speech or throwing up. A slurred speech came after in-bed reading of a portfolio referred as "Brook n Bridge". After all, it is practically impossible for one to take three hours seeing somebody home when they live in an apartment on the next floor. A good number of people deny acknowledging the implications of homosexual behavior even if they are presented with them. The author of this novel has presented the idea that whatever everyone does is a matter of personal preference.