Gatsby saw the blocks of the sidewalks really formed a ladder and mounted to a secret place about the trees- he could climb to t, if he climbed alone, and once there he could suck on the pap of life, gulp down the incomparable milk of wonder.(110) Gatsby, who sees Daisy as his everything, follows [...]
Archive for November, 2010
The word “holocaust”
November 8, 2010
The usage of the word holocaust in the last paragraph relates to many of the thematic elements of the book. This passage, written before the Holocaust, uses the word in a way in which readers now would find confusing. Holocaust by definition means a a burnt offering to god. The way Fitzgerald uses this word [...]
Nick-character analysis
November 8, 2010
A true friend is a friend that cries for you when you are upset and laughs for you when you are happy. A true friend cares about you and bare with you no matter what happened. Throughout the book, the only person who matches the description of a true friend is Nick. Nick has been [...]
Green light and eyes
November 4, 2010
The Green light is the symbol of the story, and it is showed several times in the novel. It appears in “the end of a dock”(P21) and Gatsby stays around the sea alone. And when Gatsby chats with Daisy, he mentions that Daisy has “a green light that burns all night at the end of [...]