Chapter 1: Cards laid on the table In Chapter 1 we are introduced to our narrator and also one of the main characters‚ Nick Caraway. He talks about his morals and thoughts about who Gatsby is. He gives us a summary of his life so far; talking about his ancestors and everything up to his life now. Then he talks about moving to West Egg where he originally wanted to learn all about the bond business. Nick is also not like most of the people on West Egg mostly because of the connections he has on
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In chapter 4‚ Nick explained the trip he and Gatsby took for New York. In the car‚ Gatsby tells his past to Nick. Gatsby said that he is from the Middle-West‚ but that makes Nick doubt later because Gatsby also said he is from San Francisco. He talked about some important events in his life; for example‚ the fact that he graduated from oxford‚ and that he received some awards in World War I. When Gatsby and Nick entered New York‚ they went to a lunch where Nick met Meyer. Nick thinks that Meyer
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readers understand the characters and incidents from Nick’s point of view. Nick has a vivid imagination that he uses to interpret people’s reactions and feelings‚ this is especially found in the chapter eight in which Nick creates the past of Gatsby and Daisy; and the last movement of Gatsby at the end of the chapter. When Fitzgerald is presenting Gatsby and Daisy’s first meet‚ ‘he had never been in such a beautiful house before. But what gave it an air of breathless intensity was that Daisy lived
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Horace Greeley said‚ “Fame is a vapor‚ popularity an accident‚ and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.” Despite this‚ people throughout history have been obsessed with fame‚ fortune‚ and social status. This kind of obsession is shown through the protagonist of Dickens’ novel‚ Great Expectations‚ Pip‚ as he visits Miss Havisham and Estella. Obsessions like this are also shown in today’s society‚ (with celebrities‚ status‚ and becoming famous) and such obsessions are created
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In this literary study‚ the theme of identity will be examined in a character analysis of Pip in "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. In the novel‚ Pip is a young man who is the narrator and the main character used to define identity. Pip is a confused character constantly seeking his own identity‚ but he can never seem to understand who he is or where he is going in life. At times‚ Pip is uncertain of neither his own identity nor what he wants out of life. The different stages of childhood‚
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Monetary Corruption and the Consequences it has in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Charles Dickens examines how money can corrupt people and sometimes to a point beyond repair. In Great Expectations money is suppose to make people happier and to live easier lives but money will eventually corrupt people and ruin their life. Pip is introduced to a lot of money and becomes corrupt. When Pip becomes corrupt he looses former relationships that he had. The relationships that pip looses are completely
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This is effective because it causes the reader to question exactly what the stranger did and what caused the family’s mood to change. One example of the family being a normal happy family is shown in the first sentence when the narrator says “For years they had lived without incident in their house in a quiet residential neighborhood”. This shows that before the stranger the family has
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persons as your eyes can separate wide;[...]the elder‚ always seen in ’em and always wi’his guilt brought home. Can you doubt‚ if there’s but one in it‚ which is the one‚ and‚ if there’s two in it‚ which is much the worst one?" and tries to appeal towards his judges by using his eloquent speaking manners to act as if he was a gentleman. The usage of the pronoun “one” implies that Compeyson is trying to the plead to the audience by using ethos to suggest that he was not a part of the crime - instead‚ trying
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Chapter II Fitzgerald uses alliteration to create a musical effect. Some examples are: railroad and runs‚ fantastic farm‚ grotesque gardens‚ cars crawl‚ obscure operations. It is a large dump for ashes. The piles of ash take on the appearance of houses‚ chimneys‚ and men. It is a large dump for ashes. The piles of ash take on the appearance of houses‚ chimneys‚ and men. The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg overlook the valley of ashes. They might be symbolic of God. Daisy is smart‚ beautiful
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How does Fitzgerald tell the story in Chapter 4 Fitzgerald opens the chapter with more rumours around the infamous Mr Gatsby that we still know little about‚ such as ’he once killed a man’‚ we met him briefly in the previous chapter but still find him mysterious‚ as even Jordan ‚who claimed to know him didn’t believe he was’ an oxford man’. Nicks own perception of the character is not fixed as he juxtaposes between flattery and resentment. Nick goes on to name and describe all the characters he
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