Monday, April 24, 2017
Gatsby 3
The climax of The Great Gatsby is in chapter 7 when they all go to New York City. They go to the Plaza hotel and Tom senses that Daisy and Gatsby have a thing for each other. He confronts him about it and tells everyone that Gatsby runs a bootlegging business. Gatsby claims that him and Daisy are in love, but Daisy is not reciprocating the feelings. Gatsby's dream is dying and we realize that he will not end up with Daisy, but Gatsby does not give up. On the way back Daisy hits and kills Myrtle, and Gatsby takes the blame for it to show his love for her. The central conflict is resolved when Daisy does not show interest in Gatsby, showing us that everything he worked for is now gone.
Monday, April 17, 2017
Gatsby 2
From chapter 5 we really got to know that Gatsby is a nervous wreck when it comes to Daisy. At least he was before they met at Nick's house for tea. When they become comfortable with each other you really get to see how things probably were before. We learn from Nick's point of view that Daisy will not live up to Gatsby's expectations of her. We also learn that Gatsby will do a lot just to be with Daisy. As well as he is not afraid to boast his expensive clothing and belongings. We got to know a lot more about Gatsby than Daisy this chapter.
Sunday, April 9, 2017
Gatsby 1
Q:
In the first two pages of the novel, Nick Carraway claims that he is "inclined to reserve all judgment." Do you find that this is true so far? Please provide textual evidence to support your position.
A:
In the book we meet our narrator, whose name is Nick Carraway. On the first page he tells us that "I'm inclined to reserve all judgements" but he does not keep this statement true. Only one page later, Caarraway says this when addressing Gatsby: "Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn." Carraway tells us that Gatsby was a visual representation for Carraway about everything he deeply hates. This is a judgement because Carraway judges Gatsby's character. A couple pages later Carraway has another judgement, not of a person, but of a place. He says: "It was a matter of chance that I should have rented a house in one of the strangest communities in North America." This isn't necessarily about a specific person, but he does judge his entire community. He judges his community when he calls them one of the strangest in North America.
In the first two pages of the novel, Nick Carraway claims that he is "inclined to reserve all judgment." Do you find that this is true so far? Please provide textual evidence to support your position.
A:
In the book we meet our narrator, whose name is Nick Carraway. On the first page he tells us that "I'm inclined to reserve all judgements" but he does not keep this statement true. Only one page later, Caarraway says this when addressing Gatsby: "Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn." Carraway tells us that Gatsby was a visual representation for Carraway about everything he deeply hates. This is a judgement because Carraway judges Gatsby's character. A couple pages later Carraway has another judgement, not of a person, but of a place. He says: "It was a matter of chance that I should have rented a house in one of the strangest communities in North America." This isn't necessarily about a specific person, but he does judge his entire community. He judges his community when he calls them one of the strangest in North America.
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