1. Nick says he reserves judgement to others at the beginning of the book.
2. Daisy said she hopes her daughter will be a beautiful fool. This means she hopes she will be oblivious and not get hurt like Daisy.
3. The "valley of ashes" is the railroads, houses, and chimneys (lower class). On a symbolic level it represents absolute poverty and hopelessness.
4. Don't think Tom will leave Daisy for Myrtle because he's only using Myrtle. he treats her badly and even though he abuses Daisy also does not do it in public. Also, while Myrtle is talking about how she made a mistake to marry Mr. Wilson, Ton does not say it is a mistake that he married Daisy.
5. (Part 1) If you were actually invited by Gatsby himself then it was a honor for both of you to be there.
(Part 2) It was very rare to actually see and meet Gatsby at his own party which Nick got to do).
6. Nick thinks he is one of the few honest people he knows because he does not know many honest people. He has a friend that is cheating on his wife. He also has a girl that he's interested in whom he admits he is one of the few not contributing to the mass. In my opinion, I think he is honest compared to his companions and to a point very truthful. The fact is though that no one is completely honest. Nick like anyone else has his secrets and has told his lies. The difference he hold is that maybe he has less of these or he is just better at hiding them.
7. Gatsby is the son of some wealthy people in the middle west. Brought up in America but educated at Oxford.
8. I don't think Gatsby had any part on helping Wolfsheim with the World Series in 1919 because Gatsby is a smart man who thinks clearly on his decisions but yet again I have that feeling that he did. Yes, he comes from a wealthy family and is very known to many people. Plus, has may connections of wealthy/ known people. I don't think he's background had a thing of meeting such people like Wolfsheim. In order for him to be good friends with these people (like Wolfsheim) he had to do such thing to know more about them than the public/ normal person.
Scores:
- Tanya- 8/8
- Odalys- 8/8
- Yazmin- 8/8
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