In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” He didn’t say any more, […]
‘It had gone beyond her, beyond everything (1). He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way (2). No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man can store up in his ghostly heart (3).’ […]
‘His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people – his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all.(1) The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long island, sprang from his platonic conception of himself.(2) He was a son of god – a phrase which, if it means anything, means just […]
how is the scene in the hotel room in chapter 7 similar to the scene in chapter 2? relate it back to illusion if you can. The scene in the hotel room is similar to the scene in the apartment in chapter 3 because as read in chapter 2 Tom and Myrtle are acting in […]
What is Fitzgerald trying to achieve when he opens this chapter? Fitzgerald mentions all of they party guests names as a way to show us who the type of people are that Gatsby interacts with and what crowd he gets along with. The people seem to be rich and maybe they just come for a […]
Explore one way that Fitzgerald presents illusion in this chapter. Use evidence to support your ideas. In chapter two there are many ways the author shows illusion but one that stood out to me was the whole scene where Tom takes Nick to New York, they meet Myrtle and go to an apartment. The whole […]
The Great Gatsby Chapter 1 review questions Advice that was given to Nick from his father, ” Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone… Just remember that all people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” I think that this makes Nick a good person to tell this story because he is as […]