The Great Gatsby Dialectical Journal

Chapter One
1. In chapter one, the most crucial plot point would be the fact that the story is being told by someone other than the main protagonists. The author opens the book up with Nick Carraway, nearly a year after the events have taken place. This could only mean that the events of the novel are being told by a third party purely by memory. 2. At the beginning of the novel, Nick describes himself as both highly moral and tolerant. He also mentions how he reserves judgement on others, as his father taught him, as a way to not misunderstand them. Although he states this, the fact that he casts an instant judgement on Gatsby in the brief mention, also means he’s a hypocrite. 3. Nick mentions that he knew Tom Buchanan in college and that …show more content…
She was smoldering. Myrtle carried herself with vitality and confidence and a total disregard to her husband. She looked at Tom directly, again not paying much attention to her husband, and wets her lips. She makes no qualms of hiding anything. 4. George Wilson is the husband of Tom’s mistress, Myrtle. He’s described as being handsome, but spiritless. Upon the arrival to Wilson’s garage, Wilson had a sort of gleam in his eyes—almost as if his problems could be solved by the arrival of Tom. 5. George and Myrtle lived in the only building on “the edge of the wasteland, a sort of compact Main Street ministering to it, and contiguous to absolutely nothing”. The text basically describes the area as a destitute area where only the poor live, a sort of dumping ground of industrial capitalism. 6. At the end of the party, Nick sees Tom and Myrtle loudly discussing whether or not Myrtle had a right to use Daisy’s name. Myrtle then starts yelling Daisy’s name over and over until Tom smacks her across the face, breaking her nose. Then there was a wail of pain and bloody towels and women scolding. Chapter Three
1. Here is another party, thrown by Gatsby. In ways it’s very different, but it shows a similarity between Tom and Gatsby. It is here that we, as readers, first witness Gatsby. His air of mystery is defined as the author has

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