With a yard full of weeds, a lawnmower may seem like a quick and easy solution: it would cut the weeds down and trim the grass at the same time. However, mowing over garden weeds actually makes the problem worse; the roots of the weed remain in the Earth, only to grow back faster and stronger than before. At the same time, after the lawnmower glides across the yard and trims down the weeds, it spits the remains out to the side, which actually just spreads weed seeds, causing even more weeds to later pop up than before. While mowing over the yard seemed like a good solution to the weed problem, it actually backfired and makes the problem worse. This same scenario happened in the United States in the early 1920s when the prohibition of alcohol
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When planning to invite Daisy over for tea, Gatsby says to Nick, “‘I carry on a little business on the side, a sort of side line, you understand. And I thought that if you don’t make very much-” implying that he is offering Nick illegal money for inviting Daisy over (Fitzgerald 83). While this part of the text highlights Gatsby’s gangster-like occupation of a bootlegger of some sort, it also highlights the social skills that Gatsby seems to lack; he was so excited that Nick was going to invite Daisy over to his house, so as some sort of “thank you”, Gatsby wanted to offer Nice a chance for some extra cash. This was not socially acceptable and obviously made Nick uncomfortable, as he quickly dismissed the offer and turned the subject back to Daisy. Upon greeting Daisy at Nick’s house, Gatsby accidentally spurts out the exact amount of time that had passed since he and Daisy had last met; Daisy exclaims that she and Gatsby hadn’t “‘met for many years,’” which was immediately followed up by Gatsby’s specific remark, “‘five years next November’” (Fitzgerald 87). This awkward confrontation threw everyone off because it was so precise and unexpected. Later back at his house, Gatsby shows Daisy old newspaper clippings about herself that he had collected over the years. Gatsby doesn’t have the proper social skills to mingle with Daisy and ends up seeming like a creepy stalker; however, Gatsby’s well-intentions and lack of social skills are apparent, along with the fact that all of his words and actions are motivated by
When planning to invite Daisy over for tea, Gatsby says to Nick, “‘I carry on a little business on the side, a sort of side line, you understand. And I thought that if you don’t make very much-” implying that he is offering Nick illegal money for inviting Daisy over (Fitzgerald 83). While this part of the text highlights Gatsby’s gangster-like occupation of a bootlegger of some sort, it also highlights the social skills that Gatsby seems to lack; he was so excited that Nick was going to invite Daisy over to his house, so as some sort of “thank you”, Gatsby wanted to offer Nice a chance for some extra cash. This was not socially acceptable and obviously made Nick uncomfortable, as he quickly dismissed the offer and turned the subject back to Daisy. Upon greeting Daisy at Nick’s house, Gatsby accidentally spurts out the exact amount of time that had passed since he and Daisy had last met; Daisy exclaims that she and Gatsby hadn’t “‘met for many years,’” which was immediately followed up by Gatsby’s specific remark, “‘five years next November’” (Fitzgerald 87). This awkward confrontation threw everyone off because it was so precise and unexpected. Later back at his house, Gatsby shows Daisy old newspaper clippings about herself that he had collected over the years. Gatsby doesn’t have the proper social skills to mingle with Daisy and ends up seeming like a creepy stalker; however, Gatsby’s well-intentions and lack of social skills are apparent, along with the fact that all of his words and actions are motivated by