1. What do you find is the most crucial in the plot in Chapter 1?
There are several things that I actually found interesting within this chapter. One of those was the contrast established by wealthiness. It seemed that rich people used to live among gossips and rumors in order to judge whether or not dealing with certain kind of people. When Nick is leaving Daisy´s house she asks him to wait because she: "forgot to ask something, and it's important." "We heard you were engaged to a girl out West,". When Nick denies it, Daisy insists on it by telling him: "But we heard it (...) we heard it from three people, so it must be true". When I first read this I felt some sort of discomfort, especially because it somehow reminded me the well known cliche …show more content…
The fact that actually bothered me was that Daisy didn´t even know her name. That was an important detail for me to know that she was not interested at all about nick´s sentimental situation. She didn´t care about the people involved, she just wanted to confirm some kind of “tabloids” information.
2. How does Nick describe himself at the beginning of the novel?
Nick describes himself as a well educated man. However, I think the most important thing about his description is the fact that he comes from an area (Midwest) where families seem to have a strong sense of justice and morality. Just as his father told him: "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one (...) just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had." These two feelings about Nick´s background are extremely important for the whole novel, most of all because they represent a strong contrast with most of the characters lack of morality.
3. How does Nick describes Tom …show more content…
Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body — he seemed to fill those glistening boots until he strained the top lacing, and you could see a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat. It was a body capable of enormous leverage — a cruel body”. It is established by the passage the fact that Nick didn´t like Tom at all. For him, Tom seems to be the representation of a man with a complete lack of humanity. It is also interesting the fact that both men are absolutely different. Nick is kind of intellectual, a “well educated man” who wants to make fortune by his own means, while Tom seems to be some arrogant fool who thinks he deserves the whole world by genuine right.
4. Who is Jordan Baker? What does Nick find appealing about her?
Jordan is Daisy´s friend. She´s also a professional golfer as well as a cynical person. I think that was what Nick found compelling about her. "I knew now why her face was familiar — its pleasing contemptuous expression had looked out at me from many rotogravure pictures of the sporting life at Asheville and Hot Springs and Palm Beach. I had heard some story of her too, a critical, unpleasant story, but what it was I had forgotten long ago." At some point, she (ironically) rejects being involved with Nick because he seems to be as decadent
There are several things that I actually found interesting within this chapter. One of those was the contrast established by wealthiness. It seemed that rich people used to live among gossips and rumors in order to judge whether or not dealing with certain kind of people. When Nick is leaving Daisy´s house she asks him to wait because she: "forgot to ask something, and it's important." "We heard you were engaged to a girl out West,". When Nick denies it, Daisy insists on it by telling him: "But we heard it (...) we heard it from three people, so it must be true". When I first read this I felt some sort of discomfort, especially because it somehow reminded me the well known cliche …show more content…
The fact that actually bothered me was that Daisy didn´t even know her name. That was an important detail for me to know that she was not interested at all about nick´s sentimental situation. She didn´t care about the people involved, she just wanted to confirm some kind of “tabloids” information.
2. How does Nick describe himself at the beginning of the novel?
Nick describes himself as a well educated man. However, I think the most important thing about his description is the fact that he comes from an area (Midwest) where families seem to have a strong sense of justice and morality. Just as his father told him: "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one (...) just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had." These two feelings about Nick´s background are extremely important for the whole novel, most of all because they represent a strong contrast with most of the characters lack of morality.
3. How does Nick describes Tom …show more content…
Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body — he seemed to fill those glistening boots until he strained the top lacing, and you could see a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat. It was a body capable of enormous leverage — a cruel body”. It is established by the passage the fact that Nick didn´t like Tom at all. For him, Tom seems to be the representation of a man with a complete lack of humanity. It is also interesting the fact that both men are absolutely different. Nick is kind of intellectual, a “well educated man” who wants to make fortune by his own means, while Tom seems to be some arrogant fool who thinks he deserves the whole world by genuine right.
4. Who is Jordan Baker? What does Nick find appealing about her?
Jordan is Daisy´s friend. She´s also a professional golfer as well as a cynical person. I think that was what Nick found compelling about her. "I knew now why her face was familiar — its pleasing contemptuous expression had looked out at me from many rotogravure pictures of the sporting life at Asheville and Hot Springs and Palm Beach. I had heard some story of her too, a critical, unpleasant story, but what it was I had forgotten long ago." At some point, she (ironically) rejects being involved with Nick because he seems to be as decadent