The Great Gatsby Act 1 Scene 2 Summary
One of the longest and most memorable scenes is in scene eight. In this scene, Bobby is talking to the priest. The whole conversations about twenty-four minutes in length. The two men converse back and forth exchanging stories and jokes. After this goes on for a while, Bobby tells the priest he intends to begin a hunger strike. This time, however, he won’t repeat the mistakes of the last hunger strikers. He said the last strike was too emotional and this time he and the men will start consecutively two weeks apart. Interestingly, the priests do not mention suicide as a sin. He, instead, discuss of its usefulness. The priest also thinks that the strike is pointless and tries every tactic to change Bobby’s mind. The priest tried the political
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Snowflakes are white and symbol pureness and innocence. This seems to symbolize his loss of innocence. We see his death in images of increasing bleakness as the doctor explains to his parents the stage he is in and what has transpired since he embarked on his hunger strike. Although we cannot see or hear his reaction to the pain stemming from the sores, we can feel it on our bodies and mind. We all have gone through something similar to that at some point in time, so we can empathize with Bobby. We also see how the food looks more appetizing to entice him to eat. We can hear him and see his pain. When he sees that one of the doctors has UDA tattooed on his knuckle, he attempts to stand up and walk out. This is his last attempt at dignifying himself. As he is starting to glide towards Hell’s door, he hallucinates and sees a younger version of himself. The difference between the two is striking and makes it hard to comprehend that they were the same person. After he died, the doctor’s tried to get rid of the stains on the mattress. The stains cannot be removed. The mattress is simply flipped over objectifying the body. In the end, we see that the Irish prisoners won their political status, although it was never stated. It took ten men to die before they
Snowflakes are white and symbol pureness and innocence. This seems to symbolize his loss of innocence. We see his death in images of increasing bleakness as the doctor explains to his parents the stage he is in and what has transpired since he embarked on his hunger strike. Although we cannot see or hear his reaction to the pain stemming from the sores, we can feel it on our bodies and mind. We all have gone through something similar to that at some point in time, so we can empathize with Bobby. We also see how the food looks more appetizing to entice him to eat. We can hear him and see his pain. When he sees that one of the doctors has UDA tattooed on his knuckle, he attempts to stand up and walk out. This is his last attempt at dignifying himself. As he is starting to glide towards Hell’s door, he hallucinates and sees a younger version of himself. The difference between the two is striking and makes it hard to comprehend that they were the same person. After he died, the doctor’s tried to get rid of the stains on the mattress. The stains cannot be removed. The mattress is simply flipped over objectifying the body. In the end, we see that the Irish prisoners won their political status, although it was never stated. It took ten men to die before they