Gatsby Chapter One Reading Checks
Chapter 1 Gatsby Reading Checks
I have seen the movie and read ahead in the book. I choose to share this information with you because I know that it has tinted my answers and I tried hard to disregard it, but it seems to be very impossible.
1. Fitzgerald made Nick Carraway the narrator of The Great Gatsby. By doing this he was able to successfully capture the essence of Gatsby, all of the other characters, and all of the events in the story from an outside view that is for the first time being experienced by Nick. This is important to the story because it helps the reader relate to Nick, the readers having never experienced a “Gatsby party” or meeting any of the characters, like Nick. Sharing first time experiences throughout the story connects readers even more to the book and narrator. Also, Fitzgerald makes Nick describe everything with lots of details, amazement, and other feelings that are true to those who experience new people and events that affect their lives. He truly persuades you into viewing everything through his eyes and opinions. In a summary of the question being asked Fitzgerald achieves a connection between the reader and Nick.
2. In the introductory section of the book you learn about Nick Carraway. You learn that Nick
3. The West Egg and East Egg are two contrasting settings throughout The Great Gatsby. The main dissimilarity between the Eggs is the setting. The West Egg where Gatsby and Nick live is constant partying with a very flamboyant essence attached to it. The East Egg, home to Daisy and Tom Buchanan, is very classy and showy. In their true definitions showy and flamboyant are synonyms, but when relating to Gatsby I mean to use them as synonyms just standing for different things that lack specific words, the West Egg shows off to please and the East Egg shows of to impress. Other dissimilarities are the inhabitants of the Eggs, the West Egg is known for its “Gatsby Parties” but no one knows who Gatsby is or where he
I have seen the movie and read ahead in the book. I choose to share this information with you because I know that it has tinted my answers and I tried hard to disregard it, but it seems to be very impossible.
1. Fitzgerald made Nick Carraway the narrator of The Great Gatsby. By doing this he was able to successfully capture the essence of Gatsby, all of the other characters, and all of the events in the story from an outside view that is for the first time being experienced by Nick. This is important to the story because it helps the reader relate to Nick, the readers having never experienced a “Gatsby party” or meeting any of the characters, like Nick. Sharing first time experiences throughout the story connects readers even more to the book and narrator. Also, Fitzgerald makes Nick describe everything with lots of details, amazement, and other feelings that are true to those who experience new people and events that affect their lives. He truly persuades you into viewing everything through his eyes and opinions. In a summary of the question being asked Fitzgerald achieves a connection between the reader and Nick.
2. In the introductory section of the book you learn about Nick Carraway. You learn that Nick
3. The West Egg and East Egg are two contrasting settings throughout The Great Gatsby. The main dissimilarity between the Eggs is the setting. The West Egg where Gatsby and Nick live is constant partying with a very flamboyant essence attached to it. The East Egg, home to Daisy and Tom Buchanan, is very classy and showy. In their true definitions showy and flamboyant are synonyms, but when relating to Gatsby I mean to use them as synonyms just standing for different things that lack specific words, the West Egg shows off to please and the East Egg shows of to impress. Other dissimilarities are the inhabitants of the Eggs, the West Egg is known for its “Gatsby Parties” but no one knows who Gatsby is or where he