When I first read the title, The Great Gatsby, it made the story sound mysterious and appealing. It’s almost as if the use of the word ‘Great’ makes me want to read ahead to see who exactly is Gatsby and why is he so great!
I read the biography on Fitzgerald on the first page. Just like Nick, Fitzgerald also attended an Ivy League university (Princeton) and served in the war.
Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her; If you can bounce high, bounce for her too, Till she cry ‘Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover, I must have you!’ - Thomas Parke D'Invilliers. Who is Thomas and why is Fitzgerald quoting him? When I googled this up, I found that Thomas Parke D'Invilliers is the pen name of Fitzgerald. This is sort of mysterious, why would anyone use a pen name instead of their own and then quote them in their own book?! This makes me think that the book will contain many small clues which add some sort of suspense and adventure to the rest of the book.
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This is very true, which makes Nick seem very wise and thoughtful guy. This quote makes me think of the finically unfortunate, the oppressed, and the ones who are treated unfairly based on their race, gender, social class, economic class or sexuality. I think in this point, Nick is talking about social and economical class which reminds of me about a video I watched a while back titled What Is Privilege? In this video, a group of co-workers were read a list of privileges or disadvantages to which they either took a step forward or backward. They were asked things like If you have ever been the only person of your race/gender/socio-economic status/ sexual orientation in a classroom or workplace setting, please take one step back. Or If you studied the culture or the history of your ancestors in elementary school take one step
I read the biography on Fitzgerald on the first page. Just like Nick, Fitzgerald also attended an Ivy League university (Princeton) and served in the war.
Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her; If you can bounce high, bounce for her too, Till she cry ‘Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover, I must have you!’ - Thomas Parke D'Invilliers. Who is Thomas and why is Fitzgerald quoting him? When I googled this up, I found that Thomas Parke D'Invilliers is the pen name of Fitzgerald. This is sort of mysterious, why would anyone use a pen name instead of their own and then quote them in their own book?! This makes me think that the book will contain many small clues which add some sort of suspense and adventure to the rest of the book.
Whenever you fell like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had …show more content…
This is very true, which makes Nick seem very wise and thoughtful guy. This quote makes me think of the finically unfortunate, the oppressed, and the ones who are treated unfairly based on their race, gender, social class, economic class or sexuality. I think in this point, Nick is talking about social and economical class which reminds of me about a video I watched a while back titled What Is Privilege? In this video, a group of co-workers were read a list of privileges or disadvantages to which they either took a step forward or backward. They were asked things like If you have ever been the only person of your race/gender/socio-economic status/ sexual orientation in a classroom or workplace setting, please take one step back. Or If you studied the culture or the history of your ancestors in elementary school take one step