Prompt: How would Curley have acted if he were placed in Tom Buchanan’s situation in ch. 7 of TGG?
The Wrath of Curley Ballcannon It was a brutally hot day. Jay Gatsby, Nick Carraway, Jordan Baker, Curley Ballcannon and his wife, Daisy, were all gathered in a muggy New York hotel room and the tension in the air was thick. Everyone knew Gatsby and Daisy had been having an affair for a couple months, but Curley had a mistress as well. No one dared to address either of their infidelities, until this day.
Curley belonged to the highest social class. He was a small man with an enormous temper. Along with inheriting a fortune from his family’s dynasty, he was also a star football player at Yale and his father owns one of the biggest ranches in …show more content…
Nick jerked back, startled by the hit, and his nose had begun bleeding profusely. Daisy and Jordan were screaming and Gatsby tried to pull Curley away from Nick. Curley kept jabbing at Nick, but Nick finally regained his balance and punched back. It was typical of Curley to start fights with people larger than him, and this was one of those times. The next punch Nick threw was followed by a crack, and Curley fell to the ground. He was holding his bleeding nose and whimpering. Nick immediately felt bad and tried to help Curley to his feet while Jordan left to find a towel. Gatsby grabbed Daisy and they escaped from the …show more content…
7 of TGG?” because I felt it was the easiest for me to write about. I knew right away that Curley would choose to physically attack someone in the hotel room instead of just using harsh words. Based on Curley’s words and actions after Lennie killed his wife, I felt like when Curley found his mistress dead like Tom did in The Great Gatsby he would want to shoot Gatsby himself. Curley may be small, but he has a tremendous temper. I chose to write a third person narrative because I thought it would be the best way to show how Curley would have acted in place of Tom in chapter seven. I rewrote and condensed the events of the chapter using Curley in place of Tom. The message I was trying to get across was that Curley would prefer to use violence instead of verbal attacks. I felt like writing a story would be more exciting for the reader and make them understand the message more clearly than a boring essay. I referenced both texts in multiple ways by following the organization of events in chapter seven of The Great Gatsby and using snippets of conversation from both of the stories. The characters from both books kept their personalities and appearances which added to the purpose of my narrative. All in all, writing a third person narrative allowed me to include my message, references from both of the texts, and make the story enjoyable to
The Wrath of Curley Ballcannon It was a brutally hot day. Jay Gatsby, Nick Carraway, Jordan Baker, Curley Ballcannon and his wife, Daisy, were all gathered in a muggy New York hotel room and the tension in the air was thick. Everyone knew Gatsby and Daisy had been having an affair for a couple months, but Curley had a mistress as well. No one dared to address either of their infidelities, until this day.
Curley belonged to the highest social class. He was a small man with an enormous temper. Along with inheriting a fortune from his family’s dynasty, he was also a star football player at Yale and his father owns one of the biggest ranches in …show more content…
Nick jerked back, startled by the hit, and his nose had begun bleeding profusely. Daisy and Jordan were screaming and Gatsby tried to pull Curley away from Nick. Curley kept jabbing at Nick, but Nick finally regained his balance and punched back. It was typical of Curley to start fights with people larger than him, and this was one of those times. The next punch Nick threw was followed by a crack, and Curley fell to the ground. He was holding his bleeding nose and whimpering. Nick immediately felt bad and tried to help Curley to his feet while Jordan left to find a towel. Gatsby grabbed Daisy and they escaped from the …show more content…
7 of TGG?” because I felt it was the easiest for me to write about. I knew right away that Curley would choose to physically attack someone in the hotel room instead of just using harsh words. Based on Curley’s words and actions after Lennie killed his wife, I felt like when Curley found his mistress dead like Tom did in The Great Gatsby he would want to shoot Gatsby himself. Curley may be small, but he has a tremendous temper. I chose to write a third person narrative because I thought it would be the best way to show how Curley would have acted in place of Tom in chapter seven. I rewrote and condensed the events of the chapter using Curley in place of Tom. The message I was trying to get across was that Curley would prefer to use violence instead of verbal attacks. I felt like writing a story would be more exciting for the reader and make them understand the message more clearly than a boring essay. I referenced both texts in multiple ways by following the organization of events in chapter seven of The Great Gatsby and using snippets of conversation from both of the stories. The characters from both books kept their personalities and appearances which added to the purpose of my narrative. All in all, writing a third person narrative allowed me to include my message, references from both of the texts, and make the story enjoyable to