Caroline Meeber 18 years old‚ takes a train to Chicago‚ where her sister Minnie‚ and Minnie’s husband‚ agrees to let her move in. On the train‚ Carrie meets Charles Drouet‚ a traveling salesman and they decided to meet up the next week. Carrie soon looks for work to pay rent to her sister and her husband‚ and she finds a job running a machine in a shoe factory. One day‚ after she got sick she lost her job‚ she meets Drouet on a the street. He persuades her to leave her sister and move in with him
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in chapter 7 (Page 132 onwards) Chapter 7 mirrors chapter 1 in setting and structure‚ of the travelling to New York and the necessity to pass through ‘The Valley of the Ashes’ symbolic of the mythological River Styx and “The Waste Land” by T.S. Elliot. Also‚ the many separated sections in chapter 7 are reminiscent of the structure of chapter 1‚ used as a key way for Fitzgerald to effectively and emotively convey the story‚ by framing the two chapters together. The tragic events in chapter 7; the
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chapters 1 2 3 4 Chapter four opens with Nick attending another of Gatsby’s parties. Nick uses this as a starting point and begins recounting some notes he claims to have taken‚ listing some of the more notable people he encountered that summer. His point is to prove that Gatsby’s party attract the most notable people of the time. He also describes one man‚ Klipspringer‚ who never seems to leaves Gatsby’s parties and has come to be known as the "boarder‚" which suggests he is living in the
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Great Expectations (Chapters 7-25) Chapter 7 1. Dickens is noted for giving his characters names that are descriptive to their personalities. The names often sound like other words or are a pun. How could Mrs. Wopsle’s name be descriptive of her personality? Mrs. Wopsles name describes her personality because “Wopsle” sounds like “wobble” and Mrs. Wopsle is has a very wobbly and carefree personality. 2. How are Biddy and Pip alike? Biddy and Pip are alike because they were both “brought up
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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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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 to Read Literature Like a Professor Chapter 1 The five aspects are a quester‚ a place to go‚ a reason to go there‚ challenges on the way there‚ a real reason to go there. A young man named J. Gatsby. He is extremely wealthy‚ but is lonely because he lost the woman he loved. A place to go: Gatsby uses his wealth to buy a mansion across from the woman he loved. He could see her house across the lake and at night he can see the green light on the end of the dock. A stated reason to go there:
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and I will tell you but first I want to say that reading The Great Gatsby has been a very eye opening experience for me. I didn’t expect many things to happen the way they did. This book to me was sort of a mystery novel. One minute people are having a wonderful time at a party and the next conversations are brought up about killing and death. It is almost as if this book was intended to make you think and feel differently in every chapter‚ in every page‚ and most definitely towards every character
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It wasn’t the soft‚ ethereal glow of dawn’s early light peeping through the ill-fitting curtains that gently lured Tom from a restless night’s sleep. It wasn’t the promise of a new day‚ free from the nightmares that still plagued his tortured mind or the pleasing chirrup of the house sparrows greeting the sun with their morning song of joy. It was something more physical‚ something visceral‚ an inherent perception of a long-forgotten pleasure slowly rising from within. His body was awakening.
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The Great Gatsby – Study Guide Chapter 1 1. Why is Nick Carraway made the narrator? The device of giving Nick the function of narrator lends psychic distance from the story. Nick is part of the action‚ yet he is not one of the principals. He shares some of the emotions and is in a position to interpret those of the others. However‚ the happens are not center on him. 2. What kind of relationship exists between Nick and the Buchanans? It is completely superficial. He speaks of them
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