The Great Gatsby Response

The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a novel set in the 1920’s when “gin was the national drink and sex was the national obsession.” The Jazz age, as some may call the ‘20’s, was right after the years of World War One. The novel begins with Nick Carraway telling his audience of some advice about not criticizing others his father had given him when he was younger. “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had” was the advice that his father had given him. Nick is a writer from the Midwest, Chicago to be exact, that has recently moved to New York City to pursue a career in the bond business, which was very popular in these times. Nick Carraway had moved …show more content…
They’re on the train and Nick is admiring a ginormous picture of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg. He describes Dr. Eckleburg’s eyes very vividly, saying that “they are blue and gigantic, the retinas are one yard high.” In the middle of admiring the portrait, Tom demands that he and Nick get off the train because he wants Nick to meet his girl. So Nick follows him off the train and to Wilson’s car repair shop. The men enter Wilson’s car shop and speak very casually to him. Tom asks how his business is doing and introduces Nick. Then Wilson’s wife, Myrtle, walks down the stairs and demands Wilson go upstairs and collect chairs for their guests to sit on. Tom tells Nick that Myrtle is his girl in the city. While Wilson is gone, Myrtle and Tom make plans to see each other later in the day. Myrtle and Tom meet by a news stand and Tom takes Myrtle to run a few errands. Then, Tom buys her a puppy. The three of them walk to their apartment. The couple call up their neighbors from downstairs, the Mckees, and Myrtle calls her sister, Catherine. Everyone arrives at the apartment and that’s when the party really …show more content…
Daisy and Tom both show up, but Daisy and Gatsby disappear to Nick’s house to be alone. Tom gets worried and is constantly asking Nick where Daisy is. The couple returns just in time for dinner. Instead of Tom sitting with Daisy, he goes to sit somewhere else. Daisy knows for a fact that he is going to sit with another woman and recommends that he brings a pencil. Nick notices that the tone of the party is different than the others because everyone is hostile, drunk, and kind of rude. Daisy really doesn’t like the party, but begins to laugh when Tom starts insulting the party. Tom then decides he wants to learn more about Gatsby and how he became so wealthy. Daisy suggests that he received all the money when he was in the drugstore business. Nick stays until the very end of the party so he has the opportunity to talk to Gatsby. Gatsby has a ridiculous request of Daisy. He wants her to tell Tom that she never loved him so Gatsby and Daisy can be together. Nick tries to tell Gatsby that he can’t repeat the past. Gatsby doesn’t understand that Nick is right and that he should try to move