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1. There is not anything I find crucial in the plot in chapter 1. 2. Nick Carraway describes himself as being a very honest person, a non-judgemental person, and he is tolerant. Nick mentions in the beginning that in his younger and vulnerable years his father give him some advice that he has revolving over in his mind forever. Nick’s father told him, “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told him, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” After that Nick’s father did not say any more, but Nick comprehended that his father meant a great aim more than that. In Nick’s outcome, he is inclined to maintain all judgements, that is a pattern that unlocked various interested natures to …show more content…
I find most crucial in the plot in Chapter 2 is that Nick meet Tom’s mistress on the train because of the long wait. Another crucial part in the plot is when Tom hit Myrtle (George Wilson’s wife) in the nose because she was chanting Daisy’s name out loud. In chapter 1 it does say Tom aggressive and with a hard mouth but he did not have to put his hands on Myrtle. He should of talked to her in private instead. 2. Nick meet Tom’s mistress on the train on a Sunday afternoon both were traveling into the city. Nick mentions that the train got stuck because of where the train was at and everyone had to wait for as long as half an hour because of the long wait that is where Nick first meets Tom’s mistress. Nick had no desire to meet and greet Tom’s mistress but he did, and when they discontinued by the ashheaps he leaped his feet and taking Nick by his elbow, forced him to the car. Tom tells Nick “We’re getting off,” he insisted. “I want you to meet my girl.” 3. The first time Tom and Nick arrive at Wilson’s garage, Myrtle came downstairs very eager to see Tom she was very sensual and excited. She smiled slowly and walked right pass her husband like if he never exist Myrtle kindly shook hands with Tom, looking him directly in his eyes. After that she turned around speaking to her husband in soft voice asking him to get some chairs for everyone to sit down …show more content…
George Wilson has blond hair with light blue eyes, he is a spiritless male, he is very pale, and is slightly handsome. George reacts happy on Tom’s arrival the because he was hoping Tom was going to sell him a automobile. 5. The valley of the ashes is bounded on one side by a little foul river. The aspects Valley of the ashes represent a low dirty washed up setting. In the text it says Nick followed Tom over a low whitewashed railroad barricade, and they walked back a hundred yards along the road beneath Doctor Eckleburg’s determine stare. Those aspects symbolize “The only building in sight was a small block of yellow brick sitting on the edge of the waste land, a sort of compact Main Street ministering to it, and contiguous to absolutely nothing.” 6. Tom attacks Myrtle at the end of the party because Myrtle was chanting Tom’s wife name (Daisy) out loud with confidence. Tom broke her nose with his unsecured hand. There was bloody towels on the bathroom floor, and the females voices scolding, and high over the uncertainty a long broken howl of
However, despite Nick’s flaws and obvious misjudgement of himself, Nick does not become a ‘bad person’. On the contrary, it is these flaws and errors of judgement that shape Nick into a human, relatable character. Being human is not about perfection; on the contrary, it is flaws of character and errors of judgement that shape the human experience.
2. Nick initially describes himself as non judgmental. He believes the act of judgment based on one's moral principles, cause you to misinterpret others. He believes this in spite of ‘“his own moral standards”, which he believes to be prestigious as well.
Chapter one introduces Hafid, a wealthy and successful salesman and his assistant Erasmus, a trusted worker and friend. Hafid lives in a beautiful palace with every type of luxury imaginable. He understand that he would die soon and askes Erasmus to estimate the value of his properties and to distribute them among others. Erasmus is now asked to give half his fortune to the poor as he did annually and sell his belongings in for gold. Hafid only intends to keep enough money to last him for the remaining of his life and the rest disturbed to the people who need it and to his emporiums. In doing this, Hafid promised Erasmus to share a secret that he had only told his wife. In Chapter 2, Erasmus does what he is told and when returning back was
Tom tries to show to the Nick his mistress with the proud. Myrtle appears as the total opposite character to the Daisy. She is ‘thicklish, faintly stout” (Fitzgerald 29), but “sensuously” and “immediately perceptible vitality about her” (Fitzgerald 29). She is the woman from “the bottom” who wants to be acceptable as a lady from upper class. She is terribly vulgar, but she is more alive and natural than Daisy is. The unpleasant scene in their apartments, where Carraway appeared because of Myrtle’s invitation, is full of the philistine contentment and boasting. It is finished with even more disgusting event: Tom broke Myrtle’s nose because she dared to mention many time his wife’s name. Tom lets himself to be brutal and free from conventionalities of the upper class; thus, he behaves also more natural, but he does not want to lose Daisy and all what she
There was a sense of sadness in Tom’s eyes as he said those words. Although Myrtle was killed, Tom was still very concerned about Daisy and Gatsby’s affair. “Daisy, do you want to tell me what has been going on with you and Gatsby all this time?” Tom asked her. Daisy suddenly turned sharply at Tom, “speak for yourself Tom.
As much as generous and honest Nick Carraway is, he still needs a few important improvements in himself. Nick went to Yale, fought in world war one and moved to East of New York to work in finance. After moving to New York, Nick faces tough dilemmas throughout the story such as revealing secrets, and witnessing betrayal. His innocence and malevolence toward others was beyond his control. He did not have the ability or knowledge to know what he should have done in the spots he was set in. He seemed lost and having no control of what went on- almost trapped- but indeed, he had more control than he could have ever known. Because of the situations he has experienced and the people he has met, such as Gatsby, Tom, Jordan and Daisy, his point of view on the world changed dramatically which is very depressing. Trusting the others and caring for them greatly has put him in a disheartening gloomy position.
Among the first indicators of Nick’s unreliability as a narrator is shown through his extreme misunderstanding of his father’s advice. When Nick’s father told him that “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages you’ve had” (1) he most likely meant not all people have the same opportunities in life. However, Nick perverted his father’s meaning and understood it as “a sense of the fundamental decencies us parceled out unequally at birth” (2). Nick’s interpretation of his father’s advice provides insight into his conceited, somewhat supercilious attitude, as he believes that not all people are born with the same sense of manners and morality.
4). Nick’s assessment and criticism toward Jordan, Tom, and Daisy also show his skeptical and logical outlook on others around him. This tone shows Nick’s struggle between being like the emotionless and careless people around him (like Tom) or to be his own hopeful and romantic man (following
According to Baker, “After settling comfortably into his new surroundings, Nick drives to East Egg to have dinner with Tom and Daisy Buchanan and thereby becomes innocently yet inextricably involved in events that culminate in tragedy” (Baker). Nick had moved into his new house, then meets with Daisy and Tom and gets drug into their mess.
The car pulled up to Wilson’s garage. Instantly, anger filled my body. Myrtle should be alive. Myrtle should be here. But instead, that man- this man- let her go and get herself killed. I knew who it was. Gatsby. He was one with the yellow car. He was the one driving. God knows, he wouldn’t let Daisy drive.
Throughout the novel, one of Tom 's biggest careless acts was when he cheated on Daisy. Tom is a cocky, confident man shown many times throughout the novel like when Nick arrived at his house and "Tom Buchanan in riding clothes was standing with his legs apart on the front porch" (Fitzgerald 6). His stance showed his arrogance, and how highly he thought of himself because of his wealth. Tom was a man who often acted without thinking things through, like having an affair with Myrtle. Despite both Tom and Myrtle being married, they both had affairs. Tom doesn 't hide his affair from Nick and introduces him to his mistress Myrtle at Wilson 's garage. Tom doesn 't seem to care if anyone finds out because he feels as though nothing would change due to his wealth. While at Myrtle 's husbands garage, Tom tells Myrtle to meet him at the train station. They end up going to their apartment in New York City that they keep for their affair. While at the Morningside Height 's apartment Myrtle starts to talk about Tom 's wife Daisy, ""Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!" shouted Mrs. Wilson. "I 'll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai-"" (Fitzgerald 37). Tom didn 't like Myrtle overstepping her boundaries and to show
Nick observes many relationships during his stay in New York, and looks upon these relationships with a perceptive eye. He sees that relationships which lack mutual feelings are destined for failure. Nick watches as Tom Buchanan meets with his mistress, Myrtle, and Nick notices the disparity in the respect that Tom and Myrtle have for each other. Myrtle appears to follow Tom’ s each and every demand, as if she were at the end of a tightly held rope, which Nick compares to the “...small expensive dog leash made of leather and braided silver” (166) which was found in Myrtle’ s drawer at her house. Myrtle’ s leash, one that could be used to control and manipulate every action of a person’s pet, is representative of Myrtle’ s willingness to subordinate her will to accommodate Tom’s demands. Myrtle’ s absolute de...
While the characters tried to live a seemingly perfect life, everything wasn't all champagne and yellow Rolls-Royces. Myrtle and Tom's affair resulted in her death, which leads to a distraught George on the hunt for his wife's killer. After hearing from Tom that it was Gatsby who killed her, George murders him in his own pool then turns the gun on himself. After going through many ups and downs, Daisy and Tom's relationship goes from futile and destructive to being tolerable. Nick decides to leave town and get away from all the drama that envelopes New York City. The characters in this novel are selfish, foolish, naive, controlling and contradicting at times. You never know what you're going to see and experince in this city, and you may never want to.
Nick lives in the West Egg, but his cousin Daisy lives in the East Egg, Long Island, NY. East Egg is where the upper class people live in, unlike the West Egg. Nick goes and visits his cousin Daisy in East egg for dinner with her husband as well. Her husband was Nick’s friend from lectures they together in Yale. When he goes to their house, there he meets Jordan Baker. Jordan talks to Nick about Daisy and Tom’s marriage. Jordan tells him that Tom has affairs with another woman, Myrtle Wilson. She lives in the valley of ashes, a gray industrial dumping ground between West Egg and NYC. Nick goes to NYC with tom and Myrtle to an offensive, rude, loud party in an apartment. That apartment as well is where Tom and Myrtle share together. Later on Tom breaks Myrtle’s nose because she mocks him about Daisy. That shows us that Tom is an aggressive, low tempered man.
In the next chapter, the reader is introduced the bleak stretch of land between New York City and West Egg. It was there that Nick first met Tom’s mistress. Nick and Tom were taking the train into New York City one Saturday when Tom signaled to Nick that they were going to get off the train halfway to their destination in what seemed to be the middle of nowhere. Tom walked into an auto garage where he talked with a man named George Wilson, who asked about a car Tom was supposed to sell him. Wilson’s wife, Myrtle, emerged from the upstairs of the garage. When Wilson went off to his office for a moment, Tom quickly told Myrtle that he wanted to see her and to take the next train into New York. They arranged where they would meet quickly and moved away f...