The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Analysis over chapter 2 pages 31-39
My head is spinning a little after that last section. A lot of commotion and a lot outbursts left me feeling slightly off balance. As the party progresses, Myrtle gets a little out of hand in her drunken haze. She models her high class dress for the photographer and babbles about how her and Tom met. She justifies her having an affair with Tom with the phrase,"Your can't live forever,"(Fitzgerald, 36), as if that advocates doing something completely morally wrong. She might as well go running around screaming "YOLO!" Honestly, she complains about how terrible her husband is the whole time and I just wanted to be like, "THEN LEAVE HIM." On the other hand, its obvious that she believes one day Tom will leave Daisy for her, but I highly doubt that will ever happen. Even her sister Catherine says,"When they do get married"(Fitzgerald, 34), referring to Tom and Myrtle. My instinct was reassured when Catherine say that daisy's," a catholic, and they don't believe in divorce."(Fitzgerald, 33). Daisy is not catholic, therefore Tom must be making up excuses as to why he keeps Myrtle as his lady on the side. Catherine also mentions that both Tom and Myrtle can't stand the person they are married to. This comment I am particularly unsure about. When Nick was at dinner with Tom and Daisy, it didn't appear to me that Tom was bothered by Daisy, but he may just put up a very good front. If that is not the case, then this could just be another lie to make is seems as if Myrtle and Tom were on the same page. In a finally event that brought the night to a warm close, Tom breaks Myrtle's nose because she kept saying Daisy(hahaha!). The way this book is written is starting to remind me a great deal of The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Similar to the main character Charlie, Nick is never actually apart of the events occurring, but notes them and observes them none the less. Yes, he is apart of the story, but the story is more about the people and the lives around him.
My head is spinning a little after that last section. A lot of commotion and a lot outbursts left me feeling slightly off balance. As the party progresses, Myrtle gets a little out of hand in her drunken haze. She models her high class dress for the photographer and babbles about how her and Tom met. She justifies her having an affair with Tom with the phrase,"Your can't live forever,"(Fitzgerald, 36), as if that advocates doing something completely morally wrong. She might as well go running around screaming "YOLO!" Honestly, she complains about how terrible her husband is the whole time and I just wanted to be like, "THEN LEAVE HIM." On the other hand, its obvious that she believes one day Tom will leave Daisy for her, but I highly doubt that will ever happen. Even her sister Catherine says,"When they do get married"(Fitzgerald, 34), referring to Tom and Myrtle. My instinct was reassured when Catherine say that daisy's," a catholic, and they don't believe in divorce."(Fitzgerald, 33). Daisy is not catholic, therefore Tom must be making up excuses as to why he keeps Myrtle as his lady on the side. Catherine also mentions that both Tom and Myrtle can't stand the person they are married to. This comment I am particularly unsure about. When Nick was at dinner with Tom and Daisy, it didn't appear to me that Tom was bothered by Daisy, but he may just put up a very good front. If that is not the case, then this could just be another lie to make is seems as if Myrtle and Tom were on the same page. In a finally event that brought the night to a warm close, Tom breaks Myrtle's nose because she kept saying Daisy(hahaha!). The way this book is written is starting to remind me a great deal of The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Similar to the main character Charlie, Nick is never actually apart of the events occurring, but notes them and observes them none the less. Yes, he is apart of the story, but the story is more about the people and the lives around him.
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