Monday 6 December 2010

Great Gatsby: chapter two

The idea of Toms affair is proved true in this chapter when he oddly takes Nick to meet her; Myrtle Wilson-(note myrtle, clinging climbing plant/ daisy little sunshine plant naive playful) who is set to appear crude and very uninspiring, and comes across as in fact odd. It is also odd how Tom buys thing for her, he who clearly has no very strong feelings towards her, and later breaks her nose. The three of them leave for a small gathering with Myrtle's friends- the odd thing is, Nick seems to have no issue with this, and surely he should feel a sense of loyalty to daisy, not be getting smashed with her husband and bit?  more characters introduced who we never see again. Mr and Mrs Mckee and Myrtle's sister Catherine. Nick gets drunk at this gathering for the second time in his life.. seems strange that he's tell us this.. doesn;t want us to think little of him? disapproves of it himself and wouldn;t like the reader to think of him as a strong drinker?..  The reason tom breaks myrtles nose is some argument over her saying daisy's name, as if she isn't good enough to say her name? Tom loves daisy, we learn. Odd chapter, Nick is very drunk and yet more unreliable.

1 comment:

  1. Yes, it is odd. Why does Fitzgerald present it to us like this?

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