1. How does Nick describe himself at the beginning of the novel? As tolerant‚ and smart 2. How does Nick describe Tom Buchanan? One of the most powerful ends that ever played football and sturdy‚ straw haired man with a rather hard mouth and supercilious manner. 3. Who is Jordan Baker? Daisy’s friend 4. What is Gatsby doing when Nick first sees him? Standing on the lawn starring towards the city at a single green light Interpreting Meanings 1. Describe the ambiguity in Nick�s initial descriptions
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values and lost the American dream. He makes Nick Carraway an intelligent young man who isn’t fast to judge‚ is educated‚ who more or less has moïral value‚ and who is also looking. From this point of view we are able to judge other characters and see what F.Scott Fitzgerald thinks about this time in history. From the beginning we can see that at this time the economy is doing well and people are eager to move up the social ladder. The narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ is moving to long island where he
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While talking to Nick‚ Tom reveals that he told Wilson who killed his wife and that Wilson was “crazy enough to kill me if I hadn’t told him who owned the car… what if I did tell him? That fellow had it coming to him” (Fitzgerald 178). Tom Buchanan is the type of person that will do anything to save his own life or reputation. It is at this point that Nick is realizing how corrupt Tom is. The worst part of Tom’s accusation is that he didn’t
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regarding the individuals in the novel. The narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ sets the novel on the shore of Long Island during the 1920’s. He introduces and analyzes the people who drift into his life throughout this chapter. Daisy‚ a well-off young woman who is Nick’s cousin-twice removed‚ is introduced as a morose‚ shallow‚ and realistic character. Initially‚ Daisy Buchanan comes off as a one-dimensional‚ ditsy person who is nothing out of the ordinary. As Nick becomes more acquainted with her‚ she reveals more
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“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one‚” he told me‚ “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantage that you’ve had” (P.1) In the begging of The Great Gatsby‚ the author introduces the narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ as someone who is honest and reliable. From the start‚ we know that there are differences between social classes‚ and those who don’t have control over their status‚ should not be judged. Throughout the book‚ we learn that Nick’s family was wealthy from the
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Chapter 1 Analysis – The Great Gatsby What words or phrases suggest that Nick is initially optimistic about going East? As Nick travels East his views on his surroundings contrast considerably to those he observed as he was travelling through the west‚ where he lives. As he enters the East his initial description uses words such as ‘Fashionable’ and ‘Cheerful’ which is a deep juxtaposition to the words used to describe the West i.e. ‘superficial’ or ‘bizarre’. His optimism in travelling East is
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Words of Wiser: 1) In Chapter 4‚ Nick tells Gatsby that he is being rude. This is helpful to Gatsby because he realizes that leaving Daisy is rude and that he needs to go back and be with her. “Not only that‚ but you’re rude. Daisy’s sitting in there all alone” (88). 2) When Gatsby was 17 he rowed out to a yacht to inform Cody that a wind might catch him and break him up in a half hour. This was helpful to Cody‚ but also to Gatsby because Cody became his best friend. “and informed Cody that a wind
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it will eventually be exposed. Daisy acts as the “beautiful fool” in order to hide the pain of living in the reality of her husband’s continual affair. “The butler came back and murmured something in Tom’s ear‚ whereupon Tom frowned‚ pushed back his chair‚ and without a word went inside. As if his absence quickened something within her‚ Daisy leaned forward again‚ her voice glowing and singing. ‘“I love seeing you at my table‚ Nick. You remind me of a---of a rose‚ an absolute rose. Doesn’t he
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result of his enormous wealth‚ Tom Buchanan presents himself as a man of the ’dominant’ race and treats others as if they are beneath him. Early in the novel‚ Tom is discussing a book he is reading called The Rise of the Colored Empires and tells Nick and Daisy‚ "This fellow has worked out the whole thing- It’s up to us‚ who are the dominant race‚ to watch out or these other races will have control of things" (Fitzgerald 13). Growing up with such a sheltered and luxurious lifestyle has shaped his
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chapter we hear from Nick Carraway the narrator of the novel who‚ himself reveals that he has a tendency to be quite cynical towards others. This is because he has “feigned sleep‚ preoccupation‚ or hostile levity”1 when he realises that for “some unmistakeable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon”1. This shows that he would rather have no close attachment‚ or contact with others. Not only does the quote show this but‚ it also highlights the fact that Nick Carraway is quite
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