1. The news reporter went to Gatsby's house because he 'had heard Gatsby's name around his office in a connection which he either wouldn't reveal or didn't fully understand. The news reporter had heard some of the rumors that had been spread about Gatsby so he was trying to find out himself whether or not they were true.
2. Dan Cody is a man who owns a yacht where he and Gatsby met one day when Cody had set anchor over the most indiginous flat on Lake Superior. Gatsby borrowed a rowboat and pulled out to Cody's boat to inform him that the wind might catch him and break him up in half an hour. Transactions in Montana copper made him a millionaire. He made Gatsby his personal assistant and looked after Cody on his drunken binges. This gave Gatsby a healthy respect for the dangers of alcohol and convinced him not to become a drinker himself. When Cody died, his mistress recieved the money instead, and so Gatsby then dedicated himself to becoming a wealthy and successful man.
3. He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say: " I never loved you."
4. Tom imagined that Gatsby is a bootlegger because 'these newly rich people are just big bootleggers, you know." Tom also feels like there's something going on between them because Gatsby "knows your wife."
5. There were the same people, or at least the same sort of people, the same profusion of champagne, the same many-colored, many-keyed commotion. There was unpleasantness in the air, a pervading harshness that hadn't been there before. It was different because Tom and Daisy were there.
6. He wants everything as they were before he left for war and have Daisy be able to 'understand' like she used to.
7. His real name is Jay Gatz and he's from North Dakota. He changed his name when he was 17 so he ould reinvent himself.
8. Dan Cody gave him to inspiration to become wealthy and successful.
9. Daisy didn't really enjoy the party just wanted to be there because of Gatsby which shows that it was probably because Tom was there too. Gatsby wanted to impress her but because he felt distant from her and didn't think she enjoyed the party he was depressed.
10. Daisy gives Tom a pencil so he can write down the numbers and addresses of other woman. She's trying to make it easier on herself for when she tells Tom she's leaving him for Gatsby. She usually would care, but now because she has Gatsby it seems less important. She's shooing him off on other woman.. not like he objects.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
1/25/11
Exasperate: V: He exasperated the class when he said he was giving us a quiz.
Affable: Adj: The affable son made his mother breakfast in bed.
Affable: Adj: The affable son made his mother breakfast in bed.
Chapter 5 Gatsby
1. For Gatsby, Nick invited Daisy to his house so they can be reunited. Nick also allows Gatsby to have his lawn mowed so it would be presentable for her. Gatsby, as a payment for the favor, offered Nick a business deal, which seemed really fishy to him. He cuts Gatsby refuses the proposal, ‘because the offer was obviously and tactlessly for a service to be rendered, I had no choice except to cut him off there’.
2. Gatsby knocking down the clocks backs of the motif of time, and symbolizes the stopping of time that Gatsby needs with Daisy. They have met again, time has stopped.
3. Nick asked Daisy is the chauffeur’s nose was affected by gasoline which refers back to her butler (the same man) who once lived in New York that had a silver service for people. He polished silver until it began to ‘affect his nose…’
4. It had been 5 years from that November
5. Daisy cries over Gatsby’s shirts made of exquisite material that he continued to throw onto his bed. ‘They’re such beautiful shirts, it makes me sad because I’ve never seen such - beautiful shirts before. She was crying more over Gatsby, and her crying over objects suggests that she’s materialistic. It shows that Gatsby is not only real, but that he has money which provides her with more comfort.
6. Mr. Klipspringer is Mr. Gatsby’s piano man that doesn’t really know how to play piano or hasn’t had much practice. He’s always around Gatsby’s house just hanging out.
7. Gatsby told Daisy that he could see the green light of her house across the bay, that was usually lit all throughout the night. At the time, they couldn’t find it through the thick fog. ‘The colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever.”
8. The fifth chapter of Gatsby is most important part in the novel because it’s when Daisy and Gatsby finally come together and are reunited. It’s the inciting event to their own subplot, which is just the beginning.
9. Something that was funny in chapter five was Nick’s joke about the butler/chauffer’s nose being affected by gasoline.
10. The rain in chapter five was important to Gatsby because before Daisy got there it was raining, but when they were finally together again the rain stopped – symbolizing his problems are not only gone, but also his want for her has stopped because she is there.
2. Gatsby knocking down the clocks backs of the motif of time, and symbolizes the stopping of time that Gatsby needs with Daisy. They have met again, time has stopped.
3. Nick asked Daisy is the chauffeur’s nose was affected by gasoline which refers back to her butler (the same man) who once lived in New York that had a silver service for people. He polished silver until it began to ‘affect his nose…’
4. It had been 5 years from that November
5. Daisy cries over Gatsby’s shirts made of exquisite material that he continued to throw onto his bed. ‘They’re such beautiful shirts, it makes me sad because I’ve never seen such - beautiful shirts before. She was crying more over Gatsby, and her crying over objects suggests that she’s materialistic. It shows that Gatsby is not only real, but that he has money which provides her with more comfort.
6. Mr. Klipspringer is Mr. Gatsby’s piano man that doesn’t really know how to play piano or hasn’t had much practice. He’s always around Gatsby’s house just hanging out.
7. Gatsby told Daisy that he could see the green light of her house across the bay, that was usually lit all throughout the night. At the time, they couldn’t find it through the thick fog. ‘The colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever.”
8. The fifth chapter of Gatsby is most important part in the novel because it’s when Daisy and Gatsby finally come together and are reunited. It’s the inciting event to their own subplot, which is just the beginning.
9. Something that was funny in chapter five was Nick’s joke about the butler/chauffer’s nose being affected by gasoline.
10. The rain in chapter five was important to Gatsby because before Daisy got there it was raining, but when they were finally together again the rain stopped – symbolizing his problems are not only gone, but also his want for her has stopped because she is there.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Video Questions
1. Fitzgerald uses the names he has in the story to reflect on where they come from and what their social class is. He also uses West/East Egg as symbols to show who is new/old money.
2. If you were old money you wouldn’t be nearly as wealthy or feel as good about yourself for having worked hard for what you have. I’d want to be new money because it shows that you’re ambition, aren’t lazy, and don’t have to depend on other people to help live.
3.
A) Valley of Ashes: symbol of the death of the American Dream. People who live there have lost the ability to achieve it.
B) Eyes of T.J. Eckleburg: symbolizes the eyes of God, and can make people question if he really does care if people live like that. It’s an old billboard that’s left in the Valley of Ashes.
C) Green Light: His dream of Daisy.
D) Mantle clock: symbolizes the stopping of time, and that Gatsby wants to repeat the past.
E) Fay: Daisy’s last name means Fairy which can link back to her different tones of voices she uses. You can’t really trust all of what she says so that could be why her voice is ‘full of money’.. or maybe just that she’s from wealth.
4. Tom is old money, racist, and a complete womanizer. He’s married to Daisy yet has affair with other woman which proves him to be careless, unthoughtful, and selfish. Gatsby is new money, kind, and generous. His dream is to have Daisy yet she is stuck with Tom.
5. Daisy’s decision is mainly decided on who has safer money, and at the hotel she discovered it wasn’t Gatsby. Even though she loves him, she can’t leave Tom because of that comfort. Gatsby’s dream of having Daisy wash crushed and the idea of money being the only thing that is able to succeed in fulfilling the American Dream was something Daisy didn’t realize. Love is needed as well.
6. The Jazz age was right before the Great Depression and WWII. It was reflects back on the roaring twenties and it was where people made money off of music and were able to celebrate with it.
7. Tom made the real downfall because he knew how Gatsby got his money. He knew that Daisy was basically a gold digger so by revealing this information she would remain his. Even though she knows that Gatsby would love her more, she’s weak and can’t stand up to Tom. This was at Plaza Hotel in NYC.. where dreams were supposed to be made not broken.
1/21/11
Decadent: Adj: I am decadent because I eat double happy burgers every Friday.
Pastoral: Adj: I deleted farmville so I would be less pastoral.
Pastoral: Adj: I deleted farmville so I would be less pastoral.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Words of the Day 1/20/11
Mesmerize: Verb: I was able to mesmerize the baby with it's light-up mobile.
Sardonic: Adj: I sardonically repeated Anna's stupid comment to Mapi.
Sardonic: Adj: I sardonically repeated Anna's stupid comment to Mapi.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Words of the Week 1/19
Mesmerize: Verb: hold the attention of (someone) to the exclusion of all else or so as to transfix them
Sardonic: Adj: grimly mocking or cynical
Decadent: Adj: characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline.
Pastoral: Adj: portraying or evoking country life, typically in a romanticized or idealized form.
Rendezvous: Noun: a meeting at an agreed time and place, typically between two people.
Indulgence: Noun: the state or attitude of being indulgent or tolerant
Prestigious: Adj: inspiring respect and admiration; having high status
Prominent: Adj: important; famous
Expatriate: Noun: a person who lives outside their native country
Exasperate: Verb: irritate intensely; infuriate
Affable: Adj: friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to
Aspirations: Noun: a hope or ambition of achieving something
Sardonic: Adj: grimly mocking or cynical
Decadent: Adj: characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline.
Pastoral: Adj: portraying or evoking country life, typically in a romanticized or idealized form.
Rendezvous: Noun: a meeting at an agreed time and place, typically between two people.
Indulgence: Noun: the state or attitude of being indulgent or tolerant
Prestigious: Adj: inspiring respect and admiration; having high status
Prominent: Adj: important; famous
Expatriate: Noun: a person who lives outside their native country
Exasperate: Verb: irritate intensely; infuriate
Affable: Adj: friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to
Aspirations: Noun: a hope or ambition of achieving something
Gatsby Chapter 4
1. "One time he killed a man who had found out that he was the nephew to Von Hindenburg and second cousin to the devil."
2.) It reinforces the time of the roaring twenties, and it shows that time passes and changes. Gatsby wants to repeat the past which is impossible.
3.) Owl Eyes: He was the one who noticed the books were separated
Mr. Wolfsheim:
Fay: Like a fairy
Claud Roosevelt: allusion
Klipspringer, Poles, Mulready's, Cecil Roebuck, Cecil Schoen, Gulick: New Money
Chester Beckers, Leeches, Bunsen, Webster Civet, Hornbeams, Blackbuck, Willie Voltairs, Ismays, Chrysties, Edgar Beaver, Clarence Endive- Old Money
4.) 'It was a rich cream color, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous tool boxes, and terraced with a labyrinth of wind-shields that mirrored a dozen suns. Sitting own behind many layers of glass in a sort of green leather conservatory, we started to town.'
5.) He told Nick that he is the son of some wealthy people in Middle West (they're all dead), he grew up in America but went to Oxford to get an education because going there was a family tradition. Nick didn't really believe he was educated at Oxford because when Gatsby was saying it he hurried the words out and also 'choked on them' as if it bothered him. When Nick asked what part of the 'Middle West' he was from he said San Francisco... that's not in the Middle West.
Gatsby also mentioned that when his family died he became rich, traveled, and collected jewels and things of worth, hunted, painted, and did things for himself 'to forget something very sad that had happened to him long ago.'
6.) He gave the police officer a white card.. I would think of it like a get out of jail free card because he stated that, "I was able to do the commissioner a favor once, and he sends me a Christmas card every year." He obviously has hookups.
7.) Mr. Wolfsheim went to lunch a wore a shirt with cuff buttons that were made of human molars. He was the man who fixed the world series in 1919.
8.) Rosey was shot by a gang which reflects on the theme of the roaring twenties because it was organized crime.
9.) Daisy was always popular and they were together before he had to leave for the war. Jordan remembered the first time she saw him with her on the curb sitting in his white car. Rumors spread that she went to say goodbye to a soldier going overseas in New York. Gatsby came back and bought the house so it would attract her attention.
10.) Tom ran into a wagon owned by a girl who was his first affair.
11.) He wants Nick to get Daisy to go to his house and have Gatsby come so they can be reunited.
2.) It reinforces the time of the roaring twenties, and it shows that time passes and changes. Gatsby wants to repeat the past which is impossible.
3.) Owl Eyes: He was the one who noticed the books were separated
Mr. Wolfsheim:
Fay: Like a fairy
Claud Roosevelt: allusion
Klipspringer, Poles, Mulready's, Cecil Roebuck, Cecil Schoen, Gulick: New Money
Chester Beckers, Leeches, Bunsen, Webster Civet, Hornbeams, Blackbuck, Willie Voltairs, Ismays, Chrysties, Edgar Beaver, Clarence Endive- Old Money
4.) 'It was a rich cream color, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous tool boxes, and terraced with a labyrinth of wind-shields that mirrored a dozen suns. Sitting own behind many layers of glass in a sort of green leather conservatory, we started to town.'
5.) He told Nick that he is the son of some wealthy people in Middle West (they're all dead), he grew up in America but went to Oxford to get an education because going there was a family tradition. Nick didn't really believe he was educated at Oxford because when Gatsby was saying it he hurried the words out and also 'choked on them' as if it bothered him. When Nick asked what part of the 'Middle West' he was from he said San Francisco... that's not in the Middle West.
Gatsby also mentioned that when his family died he became rich, traveled, and collected jewels and things of worth, hunted, painted, and did things for himself 'to forget something very sad that had happened to him long ago.'
6.) He gave the police officer a white card.. I would think of it like a get out of jail free card because he stated that, "I was able to do the commissioner a favor once, and he sends me a Christmas card every year." He obviously has hookups.
7.) Mr. Wolfsheim went to lunch a wore a shirt with cuff buttons that were made of human molars. He was the man who fixed the world series in 1919.
8.) Rosey was shot by a gang which reflects on the theme of the roaring twenties because it was organized crime.
9.) Daisy was always popular and they were together before he had to leave for the war. Jordan remembered the first time she saw him with her on the curb sitting in his white car. Rumors spread that she went to say goodbye to a soldier going overseas in New York. Gatsby came back and bought the house so it would attract her attention.
10.) Tom ran into a wagon owned by a girl who was his first affair.
11.) He wants Nick to get Daisy to go to his house and have Gatsby come so they can be reunited.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Chapter 2
1. The Valley of Ashes is a “fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.”
It’s like a ghost town. Wilson’s live there. It symbolizes represents spiritual death. It is tied in with the Death of the American dream (or the death of Gatsby’s American Dream).
2. T.J Ecklebury has the eyes of God, which represents the loss of religion. Ties in with the Valley of Ashes, as it is a spiritless ghost that looks over the wasteland.
3. 'He was a blond, spiritless man, anaemic, and faintly handsome.' He also has light blue eyes. He's different than his wife in that he is content living the way he is in the Valley of Ashes.. she wants to get out, but he's not bothered by it. George is spiritually dead because of how he lives and having it be okay.
4. New York is a place where people are able to make their 'American dream(s)' come true. It's a big town where people can make money.
5. The Town Tattle is a gossip magazine, which reinforces the idea of gossip throughout the cities and characters.
6. They live below the apartment that Tom and Myrtle have their affair in. He is not very successful, he needs an entry into the photography business.
7. She’s a gossiper who seems to always end up in everyone else’s business. She's fake and likes attention.
8. Tom started the lie about his marriage with Daisy saying that she’s Catholic and that’s why they couldn’t get a divorce. He tells people and Myrtle this so they don't ask why he won't leave Daisy. Tom doesn't want to leave her... just wants some extra booty on the side.
9. Catherine wants the American dream but made the mistake of marrying George who wasn't honest about his occupation. By living in the Valley of Ashes and marrying Tom she can't achieve wealth and happiness. By being with Tom she has a better chance and so she tries to act higher in class when she's with him. An example of class is when she waited for the lavender-colored, gray upholstered cab and also when she asked for a police dog. She wants the best.
10. When Myrtle asked for a police dog she was basically asking to be higher up in class... but because they had no more she ended up with a mut, like herself. She just can't raise her class status.. even if she's in New York.
11. Catherine goes to Europe to appear more ‘worldly’ but ends up getting ripped off in the first two days she’s there. (If she was ‘worldly’ she would have known better and would have been smarter while there.) She tries to act like she has money even though she doesn’t. Catherine is trying to be something she’s not to give people the idea that she’s higher in class. She's fake.
12. She says he is related to Kaizer, which makes people think that he is from old money when really he's from new money. She suggests he's a bad person but she really doesn't know him because he's mysterious... which also intrigues her.
13. Catherine regrets marrying George because she thought she was going to be able to achieve making her American Dream. If he actually did what he had told her they would have money and they wouldn't have been living in the Valley of Ashes. However, because they are, she ended up being considered a mut in a lower class than what she could have been with someone else.
14. Even though Tom is cheating on Daisy he still doesn't want to leave her.. and so he continues to cheat on her with Myrtle who starts to repeatedly say his wife's name. He gets angry and so to silence her he hits her in the face and breaks her nose. This proves that Myrtle really is just some hoe that he really doesn't care about. This could be upsetting to Myrtle because Tom is her escape and her ability to get the American dream... he doens't care about her nearly enough to help her or leave Daisy.
It’s like a ghost town. Wilson’s live there. It symbolizes represents spiritual death. It is tied in with the Death of the American dream (or the death of Gatsby’s American Dream).
2. T.J Ecklebury has the eyes of God, which represents the loss of religion. Ties in with the Valley of Ashes, as it is a spiritless ghost that looks over the wasteland.
3. 'He was a blond, spiritless man, anaemic, and faintly handsome.' He also has light blue eyes. He's different than his wife in that he is content living the way he is in the Valley of Ashes.. she wants to get out, but he's not bothered by it. George is spiritually dead because of how he lives and having it be okay.
4. New York is a place where people are able to make their 'American dream(s)' come true. It's a big town where people can make money.
5. The Town Tattle is a gossip magazine, which reinforces the idea of gossip throughout the cities and characters.
6. They live below the apartment that Tom and Myrtle have their affair in. He is not very successful, he needs an entry into the photography business.
7. She’s a gossiper who seems to always end up in everyone else’s business. She's fake and likes attention.
8. Tom started the lie about his marriage with Daisy saying that she’s Catholic and that’s why they couldn’t get a divorce. He tells people and Myrtle this so they don't ask why he won't leave Daisy. Tom doesn't want to leave her... just wants some extra booty on the side.
9. Catherine wants the American dream but made the mistake of marrying George who wasn't honest about his occupation. By living in the Valley of Ashes and marrying Tom she can't achieve wealth and happiness. By being with Tom she has a better chance and so she tries to act higher in class when she's with him. An example of class is when she waited for the lavender-colored, gray upholstered cab and also when she asked for a police dog. She wants the best.
10. When Myrtle asked for a police dog she was basically asking to be higher up in class... but because they had no more she ended up with a mut, like herself. She just can't raise her class status.. even if she's in New York.
11. Catherine goes to Europe to appear more ‘worldly’ but ends up getting ripped off in the first two days she’s there. (If she was ‘worldly’ she would have known better and would have been smarter while there.) She tries to act like she has money even though she doesn’t. Catherine is trying to be something she’s not to give people the idea that she’s higher in class. She's fake.
12. She says he is related to Kaizer, which makes people think that he is from old money when really he's from new money. She suggests he's a bad person but she really doesn't know him because he's mysterious... which also intrigues her.
13. Catherine regrets marrying George because she thought she was going to be able to achieve making her American Dream. If he actually did what he had told her they would have money and they wouldn't have been living in the Valley of Ashes. However, because they are, she ended up being considered a mut in a lower class than what she could have been with someone else.
14. Even though Tom is cheating on Daisy he still doesn't want to leave her.. and so he continues to cheat on her with Myrtle who starts to repeatedly say his wife's name. He gets angry and so to silence her he hits her in the face and breaks her nose. This proves that Myrtle really is just some hoe that he really doesn't care about. This could be upsetting to Myrtle because Tom is her escape and her ability to get the American dream... he doens't care about her nearly enough to help her or leave Daisy.
1/11/10
Supercilious: Adj: I look superciliously at Anna because well, I can.
Infinitesimal: Adj: They made fun of the infinitesimal girl and called her anorexic.
Infinitesimal: Adj: They made fun of the infinitesimal girl and called her anorexic.
Monday, January 10, 2011
1/10/11
Levity: Noun: The levity of the suicide class was rather inappropriate and was taken offensively to the speaker.
Extemporize: Verb: He chose to extemporize during the play when he forgot his lines.
Extemporize: Verb: He chose to extemporize during the play when he forgot his lines.
Friday, January 7, 2011
1/7/11
Colossal: Adj: Dannyis colossal...seriously.. and no, not in muscle mass.
Complacency: Noun: Our team has become complacent.
Complacency: Noun: Our team has become complacent.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
1/6/11
Feigned: Noun: She feigned sadness when her friends cat died.
Languidly: Adj: I languidly got off the couch to head to basketball practice.
Languidly: Adj: I languidly got off the couch to head to basketball practice.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Chapter 1 Study Questions:
1. Hope and dream are mentioned most likely because the main theme of the story is about people's want for the 'American Dream', to succeed.
2. Some of Nicks advantages go back to the idea of new money and old money. He works for what he has but his family does have some money from his great grandfathers harware business. Nick is able to travel from the west to the east and can maintain an eighty dollar payment for a house rental (even if it's not quite ideal) monthy. He keeps his judmements to himself for instance when Jordon told him about Tom cheating on his cousin, he didn't confront him. He also kept to himself when Tom was arrogant and made racist comments throughout the first chapter.
3. June 7th, 1922.
4. Nick seems like a pretty well set man in that he has money but doesn't flaunt it and is very kind but doesn't necessarily show too much emotion. He's able to listen to his cousin Daisy talk about her stressful life with Tom, and also Tom talk about all his 'scientifically proven' books he has read and have made him upset. Nick being the narrarator of this book I think will only make it better because he seems to sit on the outside of things rather than being involved in a lot of them. He's trustworthy and can be understood.
5. 'She was a slender, small-breasted girl, with an erect carriage, which she accentuated by throwing her body backward at the shoulders like a young cadet.' This could mean one of two things. One, she is confident about who she is and likes to sit up straight and show it like a 'cadet.' Two...she may just like the attention.
6. He thinks he has seen her somewhere before, and she seemed to know him too because he lived in West Egg. He later at the end of chapter one realizes he has seen her off of golf magazines. He remembers that he had heard a story of her that was unpleasant.. but he had forgotten it.
7. Tom's behavior shows that he's a racist, a sexist, and a womanizer. He needs more than one woman, he gets upset about colored people in books, and doesn't think Jordan should be able to be as successful as she is in golf.
8. Throughout chapter 1 he describes her voice in basically two different ways; happy/cheerful/ecstatic and sad/gloomy. She is said to have 'turbulent' emotions. "As if his absense quickened something within her, Daisy leaned forward again, her voice glowing and singing." "With an expression of unthoughtful sadness." "With tense gayety"
It seems she plays this shining front but has all these other emotions not really expressed.
9. It is explaining Daisy herself. The best thing for a girl to be is a beautiful little fool... or in other words a complete gold digger like she is. She will have a nice home, money... and a man who cheats on you.
10. I feel that Tom is an ahole who is wealthy and likes to show it. He has and likes to be with his horses like most people with money did. He moved to the East most likely because he wanted to get closer to his other love affair in New York. I don't really think they're 'allied' but more opposites which can link back to the idea of 'new/old money'. Tom only cares about himself which there makes him opposite of Nick and also makes him a terrible husband. He continues to cheat on his wife even though she and everyone else knows.
Tom read a book called 'The Rise of the Colored Empires' about how if the white people don't look out the colored people will become the more dominant race. He get upset which shows he's a racist. Nick stayed silent throughout the conversation of the book.
11. The difference between Nick and the Buchanan's is that Nick is able to keep his mouth shut where they are not. They're old money and Nick is new money.
2. Some of Nicks advantages go back to the idea of new money and old money. He works for what he has but his family does have some money from his great grandfathers harware business. Nick is able to travel from the west to the east and can maintain an eighty dollar payment for a house rental (even if it's not quite ideal) monthy. He keeps his judmements to himself for instance when Jordon told him about Tom cheating on his cousin, he didn't confront him. He also kept to himself when Tom was arrogant and made racist comments throughout the first chapter.
3. June 7th, 1922.
4. Nick seems like a pretty well set man in that he has money but doesn't flaunt it and is very kind but doesn't necessarily show too much emotion. He's able to listen to his cousin Daisy talk about her stressful life with Tom, and also Tom talk about all his 'scientifically proven' books he has read and have made him upset. Nick being the narrarator of this book I think will only make it better because he seems to sit on the outside of things rather than being involved in a lot of them. He's trustworthy and can be understood.
5. 'She was a slender, small-breasted girl, with an erect carriage, which she accentuated by throwing her body backward at the shoulders like a young cadet.' This could mean one of two things. One, she is confident about who she is and likes to sit up straight and show it like a 'cadet.' Two...she may just like the attention.
6. He thinks he has seen her somewhere before, and she seemed to know him too because he lived in West Egg. He later at the end of chapter one realizes he has seen her off of golf magazines. He remembers that he had heard a story of her that was unpleasant.. but he had forgotten it.
7. Tom's behavior shows that he's a racist, a sexist, and a womanizer. He needs more than one woman, he gets upset about colored people in books, and doesn't think Jordan should be able to be as successful as she is in golf.
8. Throughout chapter 1 he describes her voice in basically two different ways; happy/cheerful/ecstatic and sad/gloomy. She is said to have 'turbulent' emotions. "As if his absense quickened something within her, Daisy leaned forward again, her voice glowing and singing." "With an expression of unthoughtful sadness." "With tense gayety"
It seems she plays this shining front but has all these other emotions not really expressed.
9. It is explaining Daisy herself. The best thing for a girl to be is a beautiful little fool... or in other words a complete gold digger like she is. She will have a nice home, money... and a man who cheats on you.
10. I feel that Tom is an ahole who is wealthy and likes to show it. He has and likes to be with his horses like most people with money did. He moved to the East most likely because he wanted to get closer to his other love affair in New York. I don't really think they're 'allied' but more opposites which can link back to the idea of 'new/old money'. Tom only cares about himself which there makes him opposite of Nick and also makes him a terrible husband. He continues to cheat on his wife even though she and everyone else knows.
Tom read a book called 'The Rise of the Colored Empires' about how if the white people don't look out the colored people will become the more dominant race. He get upset which shows he's a racist. Nick stayed silent throughout the conversation of the book.
11. The difference between Nick and the Buchanan's is that Nick is able to keep his mouth shut where they are not. They're old money and Nick is new money.
Words of the Day 1/11
Wan: Adj: The girls on the other team were wan after they lost the game by fourty points.
Prodigality: Noun: People who found little gold in the California Gold Rush were prodigal and lost everything because of it.
Prodigality: Noun: People who found little gold in the California Gold Rush were prodigal and lost everything because of it.
Words of the Week
Wan: Adj: pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion
Prodigality: Adj: spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant.
Feigned: Verb: pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury)
Languidly: Adj: (of a person, manner, or gesture) displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed
Colossal: Adj: extremely large
Complacency: Noun: a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements
Levity: Noun: humor or frivolity, esp. the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect
Extemporizing: Verb: compose, perform, or produce something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise
Supercilious: Adj: behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others
Infinitesimal: Adj: extremely small
Fractiousness: Adj: easily irritated; bad-tempered
Prodigality: Adj: spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant.
Feigned: Verb: pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury)
Languidly: Adj: (of a person, manner, or gesture) displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed
Colossal: Adj: extremely large
Complacency: Noun: a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements
Levity: Noun: humor or frivolity, esp. the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect
Extemporizing: Verb: compose, perform, or produce something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise
Supercilious: Adj: behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others
Infinitesimal: Adj: extremely small
Fractiousness: Adj: easily irritated; bad-tempered
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