2) Think about the two worlds, the Midwest and the East, as Fitzgerald describes them, and what they represent for Nick and Gatsby. At the end of The Great Gatsby, Nick writes the East as “exciting” but uneasingly shallow behind the guise of wealth. Meanwhile, he also describes his hometown in the Midwest, nostalgically identifying with its homely small-town life and proximity to family. For Nick, there exists a moral distinction between the two regions, and finding himself utterly unable to adapt
The novel begins with Nick commenting on and characterizing his judgements, morals and standards. He then mentions the “hero” of the story, Gatsby, and says, “Gatsby turned out all right in the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men (Fitzgerald, 2). Dan Seiters, an author and literally critic, suggests that the “foul dust” Nick refers to in this statement
for, dismisses her once again. The other, one fall day, is Tom on Fifth Avenue. Tom sees Nick first and speaks. Nick refuses to shake his hand, mad with what Tom represents now. During this short talk, Nick learns that Tom had a role in Gatsby's death. Wilson worked his way to the Buchannan house in East Egg when Tom told him who owned the car that hit Myrtle. At the end, he shakes Tom's hand because he "felt suddenly as though he were talking to a child.” The night before Nick leaves to move back
about the survival of her children. This characterisation also allows the audience to interpret her as a character that exists solely for her role as a mother and is reduced to nothing more than her reproductive organs. She is described as having an ‘egg-filled abdomen’ , giving her no other purpose than to produce more children. Her mothering role is taken to the extreme and, in doing so, demonises motherhood and childbirth through the violent way in which the Aliens come to fruition. The birth of
DESTINY DESTINY AN INTELLIGENT PLAN FOR A GREAT PURPOSE NKULULEKO PEACE MNISI DEDICATION This book is dedicated to all young adults who are going through a rough page of life, experiencing the difficulties and challenges of life and had the thought of giving up. It is also dedicated to those who had dreams and tried to archive them but failed and ended up thinking that there is no hope anymore. This