Chapter 2: pages 23-38

      2. In chapter two Tom forces Nick to meet his mistress, Mrs. Myrtle Wilson. Mrs. Wilson is married to a garage repair man. Tom makes Nick go with him and Myrtle to an apartment in the West Hundreds. While in the apartment Nick gets drunk for the second time in his entire life and he meets Myrtle's sister, Catherine and friend Mr and Mrs. Mckee. Catherine explains to Nick that Tom and Myrtle can not stand the person they are married to and they would get a divorce and marry each other but Daisy is Catholic, but Nick tells us that Daisy is not Catholic and that he is shocked at the elaborateness of the lie. Tom and Myrtle get into an argument on weather or not she should be allowed to say Daisy's name, in the end Tom smacks her becuase she says Daisy's name. The chapter ends with Nick falling asleep at the Pennsylvania Station waiting for the four o'clock train.


     3. a. Mrs Myrtle Wilson


     b. "I married him because I thought he was a gentleman, I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't fit to lick my shoes." (Fitzgerald 34)


     c. Mrs. Wilson is in the middle of her thirties, and faintly stout, but she carries her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can. Her face contained no facet or gleam of beauty but there was an immediately perceptible vitality about her. She is the mistress of Tom Buchanan, and she is married to Mr. Wilson. She is unhappy in her marriage and thinks that her husband doesn't treat her right and that Tom is the first sweetie she has ever had.


     d. Mrs. Wilson's role in this novel is to be the Tom's mistress. She doesn't ruin Tom and Daisy's marriage because Tom has already done that before he started cheating on Daisy. Also, Daisy just doesn't care anymore what Tom does, she hates him and is disgusted by him and constantly mocks him. Myrtle is there to further the rift between Tom and Daisy, and now that Nick has met her that is going to put Nick in a difficult position because Daisy is his cousin.


    4. "The fact that he had one was insisted upon wherever he was known. his acquaintances resented the fact that he turned up in popular restaurants with her..."We're getting off," he insisted. "I want you to meet my girl."" (Fitzgerald 24)


       This section of the novel stood out to me because Tom doesn't even try to hide the fact that he is cheating on Daisy. He parades Myrtle around town and goes to popular restaurants where his friends see him with her.  I found this to be significant because it shows how little Tom respects Daisy. It is bad enough that he is cheating on her but to parade his mistress around town like he is proud that he is cheating on his wife is disgusting. It shows a lot about Tom's character and morality, or lack there of one. It is just really awful that he disrespects Daisy like that.

Chapter 1-pages 1-21

2. In this first chapter we are introduced to the narrator of the novel Nick Carraway. He describes the mansion of Mr. Gatsby that is next to his house. He talks about his time in the war and how when he came back he wanted to do more. Nick talks about his cousin Daisy who marred Tom Buchanan, a very powerful ends that ever played football. He decides to go visit his cousin Daisy for dinner, upon his arrival he mets Miss Baker. At dinner Miss Backer informs him that Tom has a "women in New York".


3. a. Nick Carraway


    b. "And as I walked on I was lonely no longer. I wad a guide, a pathfinder, an original settler." (Fitzgerald 5)


     c. Nick's best quality is that he is a great listener, he doesn't interrupt Daisy's rants he just listens to her and tells her what she wants to hear.


    d. Nick's role in this novel is as narrator telling the reader what's going on and how everyone, including himself is feeling. As narrator he is giving us all the background information on all the characters in the novel.


4. "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." -Nick Carraway's Father.


  This quote stood out to me because it was the first quote and it was advice that nicks father gave him and he is living by it, it is how he choose to live his life by being non judgmental and I think that is his greatest significance in this novel is his non judgmental ways.

The Great Gatsby Journal

Directions:
        You will be required to keep a reading journal for The Great Gatsby on
this blog as well as on a blog of your own. This must be labeled and responses must be entered after each chapter is completed.
         These journals will be checked regularly, so it is important that you stay on track during this novel! 
         Make sure that you post your journal entry on your blog as well as on my blog here in the comments section underneath the designated chapter.


Journal Requirements:
1.     Heading must include the chapter number and page numbers.
2.    Write a five sentence chapter summary.
3.    For each chapter choose a different character to focus on for the following:
a.     Name the character.
b.     Choose a quote the best represents the character
c.     List & describe his/her best qualities, only those mentioned in the story thus far.
d.     In a paragraph describe the characters role in the novel, refer back to other chapters.
4.    From the chapter, choose one meaningful quote, and then describe its significance to you. What made it stand out?