Nick’s first dinner party with the Buchanans In the first chapter of the novel nick goes to Tom and Daisy Buchanan's estate for a dinner party. Nick meets first with Tom, then meets Daisy and Jordan. In this scene we learn an incredible amount about Tom in a short amount of time. He loves telling Nick just how wealthy he is and it is immediately clear how prideful Tom is about his wealth. When Gatsby’s name is brought up Daisy becomes uncharacteristically outspoken, “‘Gatsby?’ demanded Daisy. ‘What Gatsby?’”(page 14) this is foreshadowing of a preexisting relationship between Daisy and Gatsby. Furthermore, When the four sit down to dinner their conversation shows how prejudice and hypocritical Tom is. First, get a phone call that he answers from his mistress. From Jordan we learn that Tom has a mistress and that this fact is widely known; In fact, she is surprised that Nick didn’t already know. Tom doesn’t have a mistress because he loves her, or even out of simply lust. Tom views his mistress as yet another accomplishment that he can brag about. This becomes even clearer as the novel continues. Later, tom goes on a racist rant; he rants about how great they are …show more content…
Eckleburg on it. The defining characteristic of this billboard is, “The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic—their retinas are one yard high. They look out of no face but, instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a nonexistent nose.”(page 26) Yellow is a common motif in this story; it represents wealth and desire. Doctor T.J Eckleburg staring at the valley of ashed through these “yellow spectacles” represents someone (God? Though he is large there weren’t many biblical references that I noticed) looking through wealth and desire at what they have created. This figure is just watching as this Valley grows larger with the increase in greed and the lengths that people will go to in order to get this American