Isn 't it ironic how something may seem to be simple and promising, but ends up being a complete complex mess? To Nick Carraway, the narrator in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, this little form of humor became his entire life style. Through his writing, he portrays his negative attitude on his peculiar surroundings.
In the beginning of the excerpt, Nick speaks of "two unusual formations of land "(3-4) These strange landmarks were two egg shaped islands just east of New York, where Nick lives. They are neat to look at because of their shapes, but they "are not perfect ovals" (6) as described by Nick. He claims the eggs are little rough around the edges, to give the reader a hint that this place in which he resides …show more content…
Nick tells the reader 's that all of his surrounding neighbors pay around "twelve or fifteen thousand a season" (14) for each of their mansions. They most likely have the tendency to spend a lot of money to gloat their wealth. For instance, one of the residents lives in a "factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy" (15). That 's a big house for just one person. Nick 's use of the two words "factual imitation" means a lot. Since it is factual, it should be identical, not an imitation, therefore he is saying that the hotel is a fraud. Not just the hotel, but also the person living in it, and all of the surrounding neighbors. Not only is it big but it has "a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden." (16-17) After reading that part, Nick makes it seem like these aristocrats really do love to flaunt their riches for the whole world to see. Nick thinks their towering homes are unnecessary and put themselves above him. The owner of this magnificent mansion is someone by the name of Gatsby. Nick is not sure of just whose face belongs to the name, but he knows that the man has a lot of money, just as his other neighbors
In the beginning of the excerpt, Nick speaks of "two unusual formations of land "(3-4) These strange landmarks were two egg shaped islands just east of New York, where Nick lives. They are neat to look at because of their shapes, but they "are not perfect ovals" (6) as described by Nick. He claims the eggs are little rough around the edges, to give the reader a hint that this place in which he resides …show more content…
Nick tells the reader 's that all of his surrounding neighbors pay around "twelve or fifteen thousand a season" (14) for each of their mansions. They most likely have the tendency to spend a lot of money to gloat their wealth. For instance, one of the residents lives in a "factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy" (15). That 's a big house for just one person. Nick 's use of the two words "factual imitation" means a lot. Since it is factual, it should be identical, not an imitation, therefore he is saying that the hotel is a fraud. Not just the hotel, but also the person living in it, and all of the surrounding neighbors. Not only is it big but it has "a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden." (16-17) After reading that part, Nick makes it seem like these aristocrats really do love to flaunt their riches for the whole world to see. Nick thinks their towering homes are unnecessary and put themselves above him. The owner of this magnificent mansion is someone by the name of Gatsby. Nick is not sure of just whose face belongs to the name, but he knows that the man has a lot of money, just as his other neighbors