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So
far my predictions in the Voice Thread have been very well! I said that it was
a Modernist novel in the Jazz Age during 1920s, with lots of drama involved,
parties and a love story.
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The
quotation I selected is:
“…
Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in
this world haven`t had the advantages that you`ve had”.
I chose it because every part of the novel I read this
sentence (that Nick`s father told him) came to my mind. I tried not to
criticize or judge the character but it was impossible to me! For example,
Myrtle`s behavior, her choice of life; the same thing for Tom, having another
woman and enjoying every moment without thinking in her wife, Daisy. Every part
in the story needs to be “criticized”.
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Characters:
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Nick
Carraway: One of the main characters and the novel`s narrator.
He came from a well-to-do
family descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch. He graduated from New Haven in
1915.
He lives in West Egg in Long
Island Sound (next to Gatsby`s mansion)
He likes Gatsby.
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Tom
Buchanans: Knows Nick from College. He was a national figure who played
football at New Haven. His family was enormously wealthy. He is a sturdy
straw-haired, a man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious
manner; he has arrogant eyes, cruel body with enormous power and a gruff husky
tenor. Daisy`s husband.
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Daisy
Buchanans: She`s the second cousin of Nick. Tom`s wife. Charming woman with sad
and lovely face.
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Jay
Gatsby: Main character. Nick`s neighbour. Everyone felt curiosity about him.
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Jordan
Baker: She comes from Louisville. She plays a sport (golf). She`s a beautiful
white.
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Myrtle
Wilson: Tom`s lover. George`s wife. Wrong marriage. Unhappy.
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George
Wilson: Myrtle`s husband. Old man. “Dumb”
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Catherine:
A slender worldly girl about 30. Myrtle`s sister.
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Doctor
T.J Eckleburg: Has blue and gigantic eyes with a “non-existence” nose.
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Mr.
and Mrs Mckee.
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I
think the best part is coming in the next chapters. Gatsby must have an
important role in Nick`s life. The same thing for Daisy, who in my opinion
tries to catch Nick`s attention.
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I
think the most striking moments in the novel are:
1.
“…This
is an unusual party for me. I haven`t even seen the host. I live over there”-
“…and this man Gatsby sent over his chauffeur with an invitation…”
“…I`m Gatsby, he said
suddenly…” (Chapter III)
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Nick
finally meets Gatsby
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Nick
is surprised because he had expected that Gatsby woud be a florid and corpulent
person.
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Nick
likes, sympathized Gatsby.
2.
“…He
had discovered that Myrtle had some sort of life apart from him in another
world, and the shock had made him physically sick. I started at him and then at
Tom, who had made a parallel discovery less than an hour before…”
-G. Wilson (suspects from
Tom, but he never knows) and Tom realized about their wife`s affair.
3.
“…Your
wife doesn`t love you, said Gatsby. She`s never loved you. She loves me…”
“…Even alone I can`t say I
never loved Tom…”
-Daisy rejects Gatsby in
front of Tom
-Daisy will never leave Tom.
4.
–Myrtle`s
death (By Daisy)
-Gatsby died in an
unexpected and unfair way by George.
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While
I was reading I tried to predict what was next, but I`ve never imagined how
things were from bad to worse for all of the characters, especially Myrtle and
Gatsby. I thought that maybe all characters could have a happy ending.
Ø
The
text made me think about how people can change and how money can change people.
Woman to find a place in society need to get married that will give them power
and a comfortable life. Daisy did it; she chose a life full of money and power
instead of love and happiness. Of course made me think about my life and how
different people can be to get what they want.
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I
would ask the author: Don`t you think that this novel could be different? As
regards values and less care about money.
I
would ask him too: Why Nick didn`t get involved in any loving relationship?
I
thought that he`ll have an affair with Daisy instead of Gatsby.
