of a lot of fun with ’im. Used to play jokes on ’im ’cause he was too dumb to know. [...] Tell you what made me stop that. One day a bunch of guys was standin’ around up on the Sacremento River. I was feelin’ pretty smart. I turns to Lennie and says ’Jump in.’ An’ he jumps. Couldn’t swim a stroke. He damn near drowned before we could get to him. An’ he was so damn nice to me for pullin’ him out. Clean forgot I told him to jump in. Well‚ I ain’t done nothing like that no more. (44)" George then came
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Meredith Dennis Ms. Johnson Pre IB English 9 27 November 2012 Tragedy Strikes New York The 1920s came as a time for music‚ art and literature inspiration. In 1925‚ The Great Gatsby was published and was considered to be an American master-piece. The novel revolves around a main character’s hope and dream. Some critics believed the novel to be a comic‚ while others considered the book a tragedy. With deaths‚ dying dreams and broken hearts‚ The Great Gatsby is none other than a work of complex
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on a great facade‚ however‚ Nick sees right through it and is disgusted by the culture and the individuals that live there. After spending one afternoon with his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom Buchanan Nick realizes that they are a dysfunctional bunch. And even though they are related to him Nick dislikes the environment of East Egg. In fact‚ Nick notices that they are more interested in gossiping then they are in him‚ a family member. And thinks to himself"Their interest rather
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Gatsby is really who he says he is. “[I]nclined to reserve all judgements” (1)‚ Nick ends up making the biggest judgment of all towards the end of the book when he turns to Gatsby and declares‚ “They’re a rotten crowd. . . . You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together” (154). Nick recognizes the avarice characteristic to the upper-class‚ yet exempts Gatsby from his judgment. He believes that Gatsby’s motives are more morally upright than most‚ as Gatsby is driven by love rather than greed. “[S]imultaneously
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The Great Corruption of Gatsby The 1920s was the time of the Jazz Age when money was abundant. Most people were trying to impress others rather than living their own life. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the theme was “love of money leads to corruption.” Money is not the problem in the story‚ but the love for it is what causes problems. Gatsby’s grand dream for wealth leads to his downfall. Nick Carraway stated to him‚ “ You can’t repeat the past”(111). He was throwing extravagant
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if they are several classes up. If anyone mentions your class as a way for you not to come to certain events or hang with certain people‚ just remember the words of Nick Carraway from The Great Gatsby‚ “They’re a rotten crowd. You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together‚” (Fitzgerald
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Discovering the truth and judging the character of people often epitomize maturing and development. For instance‚ during William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies‚ Ralph judges the character of others on the island. He also struggles to uncover the truth and matures to take on a leader position. Therefore‚ the reader considers Ralph a completely developed character. Similarly‚ in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby‚ while the remainder of characters remain flat‚ Nick Carraway evolves
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returned from France he made a "miserable but irresistible" journey to Lousiville. Gatsby goes on describing the time with Daisy‚ and the flashback ends. Nick leaves Gatsby’s Mansion‚ shouting at Gatsby: "They’re a rotten crowd‚ you’re worth the whole damn bunch put together". Nick feels glad that he gave Gatsby that compliment‚ because
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how do his character and his values matter to our understanding of the action of the novel? 2. Early in the novel‚ Nick says of Gatsby that he “turned out all right at the end” (p.2) Later‚ however‚ after he tells Gatsby “You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together” (154) he abruptly calls this “the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end.” What does this curiously ambivalent admiration for Gatsby tell us about Nick‚ and especially about his relation
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Some readers are irritated by Nick Carraway as a Narrator. What is your view of Fitzgerald’s use of Nick Carraway as a narrator? Some readers can be hugely irritated by Nick as a narrator because he can be seen as lacking insight and very unperceptive ultimately this makes the reader feel wary about trusting Nick. He cannot give an accurate account of what has happened between Gatsby and Daisy before he met them. To make up for his lack of information‚ he turns to other sources such as Jordan Backer
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