If you are programming in Visual Basic, you can use the CBool function to convert the string representation of a number to a Boolean value. 0 is converted to false, and the string representation of any non-zero value is converted to true.
Nick is trying to figure out who Gatsby really is. Nick hears these rumors about gatsby, how he was a German spy, a murderer, etc.. Nick is disappointed with Gatsby because Gatsby has little too say. Nick wants Gatsby to tell him who he really is, what he does, where is he from. Unsurprisingly, Gatsby does not tell him, even though they talk a lot and hang out a lot. Nick is trying to figure out who Gatsby really is.
He fires his servants and no longer hosts elaborate festivities, essentially killing the vibrant character that he created to win Daisyâs love. When he recognizes that Daisy occupies a reality incompatible with his desires, Fitzgerald writes that ââJay Gatsbyâ had broken up like glassâ (148). Although Gatsby hopes that a reunion with Daisy transcends the destructive power of time, he soon sees that his love did not overpower the ticking clock.