Why does gatsby call nick old sport as soon as he meets him

Gatsby has two purposes in mind when he calls Nick 'old sport'. First, he is attempting to manufacture the sense of closeness with Nick. Everything that Gatsby does is for Daisy, including his befriending of Nick. Since Nick is Daisy's cousin, Gatsby reasons he will have a better chance at winning her over if he becomes friends with Nick. Gatsby has been shrouding his true identity in lies for years. He is used to not trusting anyone, and as a result, it is difficult for him to create a genuine bond with someone. By using a nickname for Nick, he hopes to engender a sense of trust that is not really there.  Secondly, using the nickname 'old sport' makes Gatsby sound like he belongs to old money. This is a turn of phrase that is traditionally used by the wealthy and the educated. It plays into Gatsby's persona. He wants to present himself as a cultured, rich socialite. Everything about Gatsby is an affection, something calculated to impress. He has been acting this part for so long, he may not even realize he is doing it. However, the nickname is still a form of manipulation, whether it is intentional or not.

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gilgamesh is an epic hero from birth, as he's brought to the world by the hand of several gods who shaped him with the goal of saving humanity. there's a passage from the text that reads "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull". this is a great example that show some of the super-human qualities that the gods gave gilgamesh upon his birth.

as gilgamesh grows he has to face many challenges that put his heroism to task. the courage he displays along the way, prove that he's ready to live up to the godly qualities brought upon him. at one point he has to overcome a wild beast by the name of hubamba "whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death", as the text reads. the actions taken by gilgamesh, beating the beast with the use of his super-human force, examplify why he shoud be thought of as an epic hero.

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