Blog Entries about The Great Gatsby:
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Ms. A...
I wasn't interested into this chapter because it didn't grab my attention. The narrator, Nick Carraway, begins the novel by commenting on himself: he says that he is very tolerant, and has a tendency to reserve judgment. Carraway comes from a prominent Midwestern family and graduated from Yale; therefore, he fears to be misunderstood by those who have not enjoyed the same advantages. He attempts to understand people on their own terms, rather than holding them up to his own personal standards.
ReplyDeleteOf what I could decipher from this book, it seems to be turning into a "Soup Opera," or some kind of scripted reality show. This is just based off of Nick's interactions with Tom, Daisy, and Mrs. Bakers. Tom seems to be living a double life, or something is really troubling his mind for him to not seem happy, he may be healthy in the body, but something about him seems off, like he's crazy. Daisy seems crazy also, she always has these somewhat irrelevant outburst, they are not as cool and collected as Nick. I don't really know about Mrs.Butters she seems more of a mother or a mediator, or maybe she is hiding something. I want to say that Gatsby isn't what he seems to be also, but I really couldn't find any meaning in the last page of the chapter, it was somewhat ambiguous, or it could just be me making a big deal out of a situation that is really small.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't really into chapter one of The Great Gatsby. The only part that interested me is the relationship between Daisy and her husband Tom. It's known by others that Tom is cheating on Daisy with another woman, but it's like Daisy doesn't care. That bothers me because how can you know that your husband is cheating and not care? When the vows were said I don't think that his mistress was there being wed along with Tom and Daisy. I feel like Daisy needs to speak up and learn when to put her foot down. Stop what's causing your misery.
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