Once recited by the great Nick Carraway, “There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired” (79). Chapter 5 of the book The Great Gatsby, reflects upon the experience that Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan have together with the unfortuante Nick Carraway being trapped in the same room together. Carraway can be thought of as almost being a buffer in some instances. Everything becomes awkward at some point and that is what that buffer is for. Gatsby is the person that wants to be with Daisy again.
In the beginning of chapter 7, NIck notices Gatsby has no parties going on and learns that Gatsby doesn't need the parties to attract Daisy. On the hottest of the summer Tom, Daisy, Gatsby, Nick, Jordan go to the buchanan’s house for lunch. As the afternoon goes on Tom realises that Daisy and Gatsby are having an affair. Tom sets out to win her back. Daisy asks if they can all go to NYC for the rest of the day.
In chapters four through six of The Great Gatsby, the reader is introduced to the real Gatsby who was incredibly poor in his early life. At the beginning of chapter six, Nick explains to the reader Gatsby’s real upbringing. Nick explains, “James Gatz — that was really, or at least legally, his name… His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people — his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all. The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself” (Fitzgerald 62-63).
In chapters 1-10 Petey becomes frustrated with the institution because everyone keeps leaving him. For example Joe, Esteban, and the mice all left him. How I know that those kinda things made petey mad was that on page 86 the narrator says “Joe’s departure devastated Petey and Calvin. That shows that when someone leaves Petey is sad. In chapters 1-10 you can conclude that when people Petey cares about leave he is sad.
In Chapter 5, Fitzgerald utilizes the weather to reinforce the mood. The rain outside mirrors the storms within, as Gatsby and Daisy meet again. Nick opens the front door and sees Gatsby “pale as death,” “standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into [Nick’s] eyes” (86). The encounter between Gatsby and Daisy is awkward and silent with little remarks. Gatsby and Daisy have a tough time making conversation.
In chapter two of How To Read like Professor, Foster explains to readers that act of communion can be any time people decide to eat or drink together. He continues on to explain some concepts such as that eating is so uninteresting that there has to be some reason authors write about it, that acts of communion only happen with people you're comfortable with, and that there maybe an underlying emotion or message hidden in these meals. All of these ideas can be found in chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby where Tom Buchanan invites everyone over for lunch; things escalate while sipping wine and waiting for the food. Eating brunch with you best friend might sound fun, but Foster brings up the point that it is infact fairly boring to write an eating scene. This causes readers to assume
The story starts off with the reader learning about how Nick’s lifestyle has been shaped. We learn that his father has taught him to not judge other people. His moral standards are different from other people so his father thinks he would misunderstand them. We learn about his moral values when he goes with Tom to attend a social gathering. Nick has only gotten drunk other than one time prior to this party.
In the passage on page sixty-one in chapter five of The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway is walking in New York City beginning to get used to the atmosphere of the city. Nick shows almost conflicting emotions in the passage, being excited by the busyness but almost relaxed by it as well. This provides a realistic approach to societies’ feelings toward their surroundings. Fitzgerald, by using unique choices of diction, imagery, and details, explores the complex and varying emotional responses that Nick has toward New York City.
Chapter 4 Nick's list of Gatsby's guests reads like a who's who of 1922. Guests who attended Gatsby's parties that summer had no idea who threw the party. They don’t know who is throwing the party, but they just wanna party. He uses Gatsby’s cream-colored car.
The seventh chapter is set on the hottest day of the year. During the chapter, some of the characters have personality changes. Gatsby stops having parties at his house like he usually did (113). Daisy has gone from someone who is shy to someone who is more confident. She flirts with Gatsby while Tom is sitting in the room (119).
This chapter put Gatby and Tom side-by-side. While this happened briefly in Chapter 6, here the two men take each other on, head-to-head. Tom can no longer deny that Gatsby and Daisy are having an affair (specifics about that affair are however unclear. The only thing of significance is that the affair is an extension of Gatsby's dream and it leads him to the destruction of the dream and of himself). Within hours of learning in his wife's indiscretions, Tom learn's that in addition to perhaps loosing his wife, he is most certainly losing his mistress.
1. The most significant plot in chapter 8 is the death of Myrtle. Myrtle is killed by a speeding car right outside of her home. George Wilson is grief stricken and immediately connects the dots that point to Myrtle having an affair. George immediately accuses Tom of having the affair with myrtle but tom deflects the attention on Gatsby.
Money Isn’t Everything The Roaring 20’s, was an era filled with lavish parties, fancy cars, and big houses. The 1920s was a prosperous time for many, there were new goods being produced, and more time for a life outside of work. F Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” was written and takes place during this time, highlighting the American dream, of having wealth and power.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby takes place in the 1920’s, an era of emerging new wealth and a desire to exploit the new wealth through exuberant displays. The main indicator of individual success became the classification of individuals into social strata. Individuals born in an elite stratum do not need to exploit their wealth. Gatsby’s newfound wealth in turn forces him to exploit his wealth. In the midst of his lavish displays, he becomes more aware of the difference between newfound and preexisting wealth.
Why do authors create suspense in literature? Authors create suspense to make the audience feel on the edge of their seats and to make the audience want to continue reading the story. Suspense is a literary device that makes the audience anticipate the climax or resolution of a story and feel tension and excitement. "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell, "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe, and "The Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury utilize suspense in three forms, conflict, irony, and foreshadowing. Authors create suspemse through conflict, irony, and foreshadowing to make the audience anticipate the climax or resolution.
