Monday, August 27, 2007
Chapter 5 Write
"His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one." I believe this quote is directed towards Gatsby and Daisy's relationship. Gatsby would always sit and stare across the water at the green light on the dock near Daisy's house. I think Gatsby would stare at the light and dream about his life with Daisy in it. The problem was that he would dream about their life and probably imagine how pefect it would be. However, when Gatsby was actually able to be with Daisy it wasn't how he imagined it. When they went out to the dock and he looked over he realized that it was only a light, nothing special.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
The Quote At The End Of Chapter 4.
"There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, & the tired." This quote is meant to describe all the main characters in the book. All the characters fit into one of these four catagories. One example would be Gatsby trying to get Daisy. This makes Daisy the pursued and Gatsby the pursuing. Tom is another one; when Tom is trying to get Myrtle he is the pursuing and Myrtle is the pursued. The relationship between Jordan & Nick would best be described by the second part of the quote. Jordan is the busy because she's trying so hard to win Nick even though Nick doesn't really mind either way. I feel like, Nick is only with Jordan because other people want them to be together. Nick is seen as the tired because he doesn't seem bothered either way. He is, in a way, out of the pictue.
Chapter 4 Write
"There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy & the tired." This quote sums up all the main characters in the book. Each character fits into one of those catagories. At any time there is someone pursuing someone else, there is someone being pursued, someone trying to get to another person and there's the characters that are out of the loop. As we find out in Chapter 4, Gatsby is pursuing Daisy.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
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