Joseph Tawasha English 300 – 4th January 31, 2011 Puppione
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald Chapter 2: pages 23-38
Summary:
The chapter begins with the description of some valley between New York City and West Egg in which the New York ashes are dumped. Tom and Nick travel by train to see Tom’s lover, a woman named Myrtle Wilson. They meet at the husband’s, George Wilson, auto shop. Tom and Myrtle decide to host a party at their apartment. Nick meets some new characters in the book that happen to be neighbors. Some of who include: Mr. and Mrs. McKee and Myrtle’s sister, Catherine. Everyone except Catherine gets drunk at the party, which ends with Tom breaking Myrtle’s nose for saying Daisy’s name. Nick tells the reader it was his only his second time to be drunk. He later decides to leave the scene, and takes the first 4 a.m. train back to West Egg.
Character: Myrtle Wilson
I feel that Myrtle is used to emphasize Tom Buchanan’s arrogance and greedy wealth. She is a woman in her early thirties and “sensuously” stout. The narrator notes how there was some kind of “perceptible vitality” about her. She brings out Tom’s wealth, as he gives her one hundred dollars for ten puppies. Myrtle also brings out Tom’s bad side due to the instance when she started asking about Tom’s wife.
Meaningful Quote:
“You were crazy about him for awhile….I was never more crazy than I was about that man there.”
This quote has meaning because it signifies how Myrtle neither loves Tom Buchanan nor George Wilson. The reader can identify Myrtle as a whore due to the reason that she loves neither of them. The reader sees that Myrtle may be after Tom’s money, as he spends money on her that fits nothing but the definition of extravagant.
Joseph Tawasha
ReplyDeleteEnglish 300 – 4th
January 31, 2011
Puppione
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Chapter 2: pages 23-38
Summary:
The chapter begins with the description of some valley between New York City and West Egg in which the New York ashes are dumped. Tom and Nick travel by train to see Tom’s lover, a woman named Myrtle Wilson. They meet at the husband’s, George Wilson, auto shop. Tom and Myrtle decide to host a party at their apartment. Nick meets some new characters in the book that happen to be neighbors. Some of who include: Mr. and Mrs. McKee and Myrtle’s sister, Catherine. Everyone except Catherine gets drunk at the party, which ends with Tom breaking Myrtle’s nose for saying Daisy’s name. Nick tells the reader it was his only his second time to be drunk. He later decides to leave the scene, and takes the first 4 a.m. train back to West Egg.
Character: Myrtle Wilson
I feel that Myrtle is used to emphasize Tom Buchanan’s arrogance and greedy wealth. She is a woman in her early thirties and “sensuously” stout. The narrator notes how there was some kind of “perceptible vitality” about her. She brings out Tom’s wealth, as he gives her one hundred dollars for ten puppies. Myrtle also brings out Tom’s bad side due to the instance when she started asking about Tom’s wife.
Meaningful Quote:
“You were crazy about him for awhile….I was never more crazy than I was about that man there.”
This quote has meaning because it signifies how Myrtle neither loves Tom Buchanan nor George Wilson. The reader can identify Myrtle as a whore due to the reason that she loves neither of them. The reader sees that Myrtle may be after Tom’s money, as he spends money on her that fits nothing but the definition of extravagant.