The chapter starts out with Nick writing and depicting the burial service two years after Gatsby died. Nick describes the swarms of columnists‚ writers‚ and gossipmongers at the house after the murder. They take the information that they received and write up insane‚ edgy stories about Gatsby and the ways of his relationship to Myrtle and Wilson. Nick feels that Gatsby would not want to have a memorial service alone‚ so he attempts to hold a substantial burial service for him. From Nick’s attempt
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READING GROUP GUIDE FOR BREATHING UNDERWATER BY ALEX FLINN 1. The beginning of the book‚ Nick thinks of his abuse of Caitlin: It was a slap . . . One slap‚ when she pushed me way too far. I never beat her up‚ would never hurt her. Does Nick believe this? Why does he not admit the truth to himself? 2. What do you think Judge Lehman hopes to accomplish by making Nick keep a journal‚ detailing his relationship with Caitlin? How does keeping the journal differ from discussing the same incidents in Mario’s
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valley‚ making several stops along the way. One day‚ as Nick and Tom are riding the train into the city‚ Tom forces Nick to follow him out of the train at one of these stops. Tom leads Nick to George Wilson’s garage‚ which sits on the edge of the valley of ashes. Tom’s lover Myrtle is Wilson’s wife. Wilson is a lifeless yet handsome man‚ coloured gray by the ashes in the air. In contrast‚ Myrtle has a kind of desperate vitality; she strikes Nick as sensuous despite her stocky figure. Tom taunts Wilson
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the reader than the story reflects. Nick‚ his father and Uncle George are the only three persons presented‚ and it is told in Nicks point of view‚ however it is a omniscient narrator. The story begins with Nick laying in a tent while his father and uncle are sailing out on the lake to get supper. His father‚ who seems a little concerned for his son‚ tells Nick‚ that if he is frightened‚ he can fire three shots from the riffle. As soon as they take off‚ Nick feels very alone. He feels as if the
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fraud can cause. Nick Lesson‚ a guy who comes from a background of the working class‚ had been working for Royal Bank Coutts‚ Morgan Stanley for a couple of years until he finally joined the Barings. He was assigned a job in Barings (Jakarta) to sort out a back-office mess that involves about £100 million in share certificate. After successfully completing his job assignment‚ Nick was transferred to Barings in Singapore to work as a derivative trader for both Singapore and Japan. Nick caused the lost
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man of distinguished courage or ability‚ admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities. This title would fit no other character than Nick Caraway. Although his voice is heard in the third-person omniscient point of view‚ Nick Caraway displays noble qualities as seen in the novel time and time
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Gatsby‚ they introduce the Narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ along with other characters. Nick opens the book reminiscing about his past upbringings and lessons his family taught him. Nick then visits his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom. Daisy and Tom are very rich and Tom is very arrogant‚ obnoxious‚ racist‚ and seems a bit uneducated. Tom does not try to hide his love affairs‚ and Daisy tries to set up Nick and her child hood friend‚ Jordan. At the end of the chapter‚ Nick sees his neighbor Gatsby stretch
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friend who is blind. His name is Nick. Nick’s wife dies‚ and comes to their house to spend a couple of days with the narrator and his wife. The narrator‚ whose name they do not mention as well‚ is always on edge because he does not really know Nick very well and he does not like blind people‚ but he is being friendly for his wife’s sake. The story comes to an end‚ when Nick and the narrator draw a Cathedral together using the narrator’s hand and helped by Nick. This story does follow typical
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Indian Camp by Ernest Hemingway From “In Our Time” (1925) Summary The story begins at the break of dawn as Nick‚ his father‚ and his Uncle George are rowed across a lake by some local Indians. They are on an emergency medical call. The boats arrive on shore and they soon come upon some shanties. Nick‚ his father‚ and his uncle enter the one nearest the road. Inside a pregnant Indian woman lies in agony on the lower berth of a bunk bed. She screams with pain and terror. Despite two days of excruciating
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story is narrated by Nick Carraway‚ a lonely bond salesman who has moved from the Midwest to the west egg‚ an exclusive New York suburb for the super wealthy. Nick rents a tiny cottage on the west egg‚ neighboring Gatsby’s extravagant estate. Gatsby‚ a man knows no one really knows anything about befriends Nick. As Nick become better aquatinted with Gatsby‚ Nick learns a number of unexpected things‚ one of which is that Gatsby is in love with Daisy Buchannan; Nick’s relative. As Nick shows the reader
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