- Nick tells us at the beginning of the chapter that he is “inclined to reserve all judgements.” What do you think this means? Does this mean we can trust him to tell this story truthfully and without bias.
Nick states that he is “inclined to reserve all judgements” this means that he is to not judge the comments that have been said and listen to everyone’s comments with an open mind. This means that we can trust him to tell his story truthfully and without bias because he is using an open mind.
2. Describe your initial impressions of the following characters:
Tom – He’s racist and is cheating on Daisy which makes me think hes a bit of a dick. He used to be the best football player at New Haven.
Daisy- She seems to not really care about her daughter and the comments she makes a comment about hoping her daughter will be a fool – which makes me think she might not be happy with the fact men have power over women
Nick – Nick has a job but its not the main thing in his life and he’s writing a story
Jordan (miss Baker) –
3. Explain the relationship between Tom and Daisy. What seems ‘off’ about it?
Tom and Daisy are married and have a daughter. During dinner time, Tom gets a call and we think its from a lady so he could possibly be having an affair. Daisy and Tom don’t seem to care to much about their daughter. Tom has all the power in the relationship and he was an excellent football player at New Haven which was a university like Yale, he was the best football player there.
Chapter 2 – The valley of Ashes
“… the motor road hastily joins the railroad… so as to shrink away from the certain desolate area of land. This is a valley of ashes – a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent of effort, of ash-grey men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.”