Chapter two
As in chapter one there are a lot of emphasis on colour however in this chapter it is mainly about the colour grey. grey is a bleak - dark and scared (area of the town is plain compared to chapter 1)
Grey cars - very mechanical (they are very slow)
Invisible = the place is desolate (valley of ashes) - lower class area - place could be swept away.
Like a ghost town. There is a theme of death at the beginning of the chapter.
Train always stops at the valley of ash for at least a minute (makes it seem like more than it is) again emphasis on the new technology.
Their are references to the time - Dr.T.J.Eckleburg and John Rockerfeller
date a summer Sunday afternoon - summer and Sundays and afternoons are always slow
Ton Buchanan's mistress
- Their is no hesitation when introducing her - like when introducing Gatsby because their is no mystery about her and the affair.
- Why does Nick not care?
- Myrtle is a very average women - quite plump. Why does Tom risk an affair with her?
- Is Nick only criticising Myrtle because Tom is having an affair with his relation
Myrtle is very materialistic - wants a dog
Myrtle likes to pretend that she is rich and upper class when around Tom.
Tom rents out a very expensive apartment on 5th avenue - Nick revues it as small
Tom is sensitive about his name and therefore his wife's - punches Myrtles friend and breaks her nose.
The ending is very disjointed - written in the mind of a drunk man
Begin to question the reliability of the narration as he is drunk (an immoral act )
At the beginning of the book Nick acts like he has very high morals.
Nick creates a lot of judgements in this chapter - judgement on Myrtle
judgement on Tom's apartment
Yes, the reliability of Nick is brought into question. Do you think that this will affect how you read the rest of the novel?
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