Blogpost 22
I feel like there a few different climaxes in the book. I think there are many turning points in chapters 7 and 8. The few I found were when Tom confronts Gatsby, when Myrtle gets hit by the car, and when Gatsby dies. I think then when Myrtle gets hit by the car and when Tom confronts Gatsby are the places in the story when things start to shift. Everything begins to go downhill in Gatsby's life. Of course when he dies, that is a change for everything else, but for Gatsby, I think the other two are very important. I think those two chapters really redirected the book and changed the storyline, making them the climaxes.
Monday, April 24, 2017
Monday, April 17, 2017
Gatsby and Daisy Meet
Blogpost 21
In chapter 5, there is a tea party which Gatsby and Daisy are both attending. You can tell that it means a lot to Gatsby and that he is going to try to win her back. You can tell through the physicality explained through he book that Gatsby was quite anxious. When they meet, the whole encounter is very awkward, especially when Gatsby knocks over Nick's clock. Daisy's reaction is much more expected, whereas Gatsby acted in a way that I didn't totally expect. Fortunately, it becomes a bit less awkward between the two. Later, they have confessed their feelings for each other.
In chapter 5, there is a tea party which Gatsby and Daisy are both attending. You can tell that it means a lot to Gatsby and that he is going to try to win her back. You can tell through the physicality explained through he book that Gatsby was quite anxious. When they meet, the whole encounter is very awkward, especially when Gatsby knocks over Nick's clock. Daisy's reaction is much more expected, whereas Gatsby acted in a way that I didn't totally expect. Fortunately, it becomes a bit less awkward between the two. Later, they have confessed their feelings for each other.
Monday, April 10, 2017
Nick Carraway's Judgments in "The Great Gatsby"
Blogpost 20
In the first couple pages of The Great Gatsby, we are introduced to the narrator of the hot name is Nick Carraway. He claims that he is "inclined to reserve all judgment", so one could assume that he will tell the story fully unbiased without is personal opinions. Even though we are only a few chapters into the book, i don't think this is fully true. When describing Gatsby, he describes him as a man who "represented everything for which he has an unaffected scorn." This comes across as Nick saying his very strong, and somehow judgmental feelings about Gatsby. A little bit later, he states another judgment, "It was a matter of chance that I should have rented a house in one of the strangest communities in North America." Here, it is very clear that he is saying his judgments and opinions about his community. I think even though it hasn't been that long in the book, Nick has already done his share of judging after he said he wouldn't. I am curios to see his attitude towards things sin the rest of the book.
In the first couple pages of The Great Gatsby, we are introduced to the narrator of the hot name is Nick Carraway. He claims that he is "inclined to reserve all judgment", so one could assume that he will tell the story fully unbiased without is personal opinions. Even though we are only a few chapters into the book, i don't think this is fully true. When describing Gatsby, he describes him as a man who "represented everything for which he has an unaffected scorn." This comes across as Nick saying his very strong, and somehow judgmental feelings about Gatsby. A little bit later, he states another judgment, "It was a matter of chance that I should have rented a house in one of the strangest communities in North America." Here, it is very clear that he is saying his judgments and opinions about his community. I think even though it hasn't been that long in the book, Nick has already done his share of judging after he said he wouldn't. I am curios to see his attitude towards things sin the rest of the book.
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