Robert Jackson 4/21/13 The Great Gatsby Ch. 5 Summary In this chapter Nick comes back from a date with Jordan to see Gatsby’s mansion lit up brightly, but no one is there and it is perfectly silent. Gatsby scares Nick when he approaches him from across the lawn. Gatsby was very nervous because he wants Nick to go along with his plan of inviting daisy over for tea, which Nick agrees to help Gatsby, and Gatsby is ecstatic. He then offers a chance to make some money with Gatsby by working with Wolfshiem, who we find out is a shady figure, but this offer offends Nick.
Illusion of Being Well Liked Through the character Jay Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald disproves the idea that money can buy happiness, friendship and love. Through the actions of Gatsby, Fitzgerald portrays the idea that wealth cannot buy happiness. Gatsby having all the money in the world, still does not make him happy. Even though he has nice clothes, a car, a mansion and good looks he still is unhappy because a life with Daisy was his main goal and he never reached it. Trying to show off all of his possessions didn't impress her, but made her feel sad.
Author during the Modern era were influenced by the policy of Rugged Individualism. As a result, they created stories that focus on characters relying on themselves. In this quote, Gatsby is the host of the party and was “standing alone” This surprises the reader because in the novel, Gatsby invited people to his party and he stand alone “looking from one group to another.” As a result Fitzgerald demonstrates the modernist emphasis on the inner working on the human mind. ii. Paragraph 2 1.
The window green.The toilet table orange, the basin blue.The doors lilac" (From Vincent's letters to his brother regarding his painting). This makes it seem that the color choice was purposeful. Jane Flanders' poem about the painting is interesting, although I do not agree with it. She seems to concentrate more on describing the person living in the room than the room itself --"is clumsy, still friendly". The line "an old wife beat the mattress till it rose like a meringue" tells us that the room is very old fashioned but fails to actually point to the fact that instead of looking like a regular room (rectangle), it is almost skewed downward toward the onlooker.Vincent van Gogh's shows an extreme perceptive of his room which was almost unrealistic while Jane Flanders gave the room an almost boring portrayal.
Professor Baker 7 Feb. 2013 Comp II Critique of “The Catbird Seat” In the “The Catbird Seat” by David J. Birnbaum the story portray a bitter, but yet sarcastic tone that shows the author's point of view of everyone's sympathetic and pity towards him. In reality, he seems tough on the outside, and accepts the benefits that are given to him, but he has that hesitation of acceptance when people are giving him the benefits. Of course, he accepts everything, because who doesn't appreciate benefits that are given to them. When he got in the accident before his eighteenth birthday; he didn't know that he would be getting special privileges from other people until his first incident at the hospital. At that point, he started to take advantages of everything that is beneficial to him.
In the story “Lottery” “Men were gathered in a corner telling stories smiled rather than laughing, the women were wearing faded house dresses and sweaters” (Jackson 263). In both stories there is a twist to it, an innocent person is either being harmed physically or mentally. In both stories the gatherers don’t agree with how things are done but nobody speaks up such as in the story “The ones who walked away” it said “They feel anger, outrage, impotence despite all the explanations. They would like to do something for the child. But there is nothing they can do” (Le Guin 261).
She then sneakily “Tiptoes across and listens at her husband’s door” she is hesitant to open the door so she places her ear on the door, there is a spotlight on the door. She made no sound yet Torvald realises she is home, he says, “is that my skylark twittering out there?” Torvald would then increase the volume on ‘my’ to convey Torvald’s authority and also to reflect the ownership he has over Nora. Continuing on, Torvald is very patronising to Nora, he is a stereotypical man in the time period, as he doesn’t let Nora have her own view and opinions. Torvald squawks “Oh, Nora Nora, How like a woman!” Torvald would say this in a low pitch with high volume to highlight the control Torvald has of Nora. Nora innocently says back, “Very well, Torvald.
He is very short tempered and doesn’t have much patience for her. He looks at her almost as a possession, something that makes him look good. As stated in the novel, "You are burnt beyond recognition”, he added, looking at his wife as one looks at a valuable piece of personal property which has suffered some damage" (pg. 4) To him, she’s just something he owns and has to take care of, nothing more. He may fulfill the marital contract between him and Edna, but he does not do so equally.
These men differ on how they treat women. Tom believes the man of the house can fool around with other women, but the woman isn’t allowed to. Tom shows this as he has an affair with Myrtle Wilson but, He has no plans to actually leave Daisy for Myrtle, but feels no guilt in cheating on Daisy with Myrtle Wilson. Tom is contradicting himself when he thinks that Daisy and Gatsby might be an item, he gets very angry with Daisy, and obviously shows that he does not expect her to
Further, everyday interactions and communication have little meaning for him. As he doesn’t like others touching him, when the police officer holds his arm he retaliates by hitting him. He also lacks awareness of other people’s emotions, and doesn’t understand his father’s angry question, “What the hell were you doing poking around her garden?” However, when it is necessary Christopher is able to demonstrate independence of thought and action, despite the challenges he faces. When he discovers his mother is alive he travels to London to find her, yet while he is on a train he climbs into the luggage shelf and stays there because he feels safe. On another occasion he sits paralyzed with anxiety for five hours but refuses to abandon his quest.