Dulce: A Short Story

This matter of the "girl back home" warrants further study. This is the girl whom Daisy and Tom ask about, and the subject of whom Nick clearly (and

1. Pay attention to Nick's judgments. What do they reveal about his character that he does this (especially in relation to his opening comments)?

Nick's actions support his claim of honesty throughout the book. Gatsby's convoluted ways of passing on information lead Nick to confront him outright admitting that "I don't like mysteries." "Why has it all got to come through Miss Baker?" Instead of lying or trying to pass off that he wasn't annoyed.

To begin with, because Nick is merely another character in the unfolding tragedy readers can never see into

He wants the wealth and feeling of belonging to the upper classes. When he is parties, he feels that has infiltrated the class and experiences the wealth. However, as shown in this passage, Nick still feels as if he is on the outside. Figuratively, Nick is on the outside of the group and party just like the watchers down in the streets literally outside of the party. Nick does not belong to this social class and is out of his element. This exemplifies the theme of wealth and class. It shows how characters similar to Nick are striving to attain the wealth and reach those higher classes. They want to be on the inside. However, there are limitations that these characters face and will stop them from reaching the wealth and class, but they will still try to chase after their dreams of prosperity and comfort of

Nick is an unreliable narrator. He seems, from the beginning, to be level headed and wholly observant. However, he blacks out when he gets drunk, and we lose time. Also, he is deeply embedded and prejudices us against Tom and for Gatsby.

When Nick meets up with his cousin Daisy and his old classmate Tom in East Egg, he is shown an unfamiliar side of people, a darker side, and he is at a loss and out of his element. Nick is tempted and curious about these things and they lead him away from his midwestern upbringing. The love triangles, the infidelity, gold digging and homicide disgust Nick and he becomes resolved to move back to his midwestern comfort zone almost like in doing so, he will be able to wash himself clean of the experience. Although the character Nick acts as a confidant for those around him, it seems that the burden of their indiscretions is too much for him and he returns to the familiarity and the safety of the morals he was raised on.

The first night Nick goes to Gatsby’s for a party, he’s one of a very few actually invited guests. Everyone else just crashes. At the party, Nick is

Nick believes that he is a high standing midwestern boy. He has high expectations for everyone he meets including himself. He makes sure to maintain his standards, even in the corruption of the East. Even Nick is wealthy, he can’t control his way of thinking. He became dishonest and it was because he wanted to achieve what he believed he deserved in the American Dream.

One thing that surprises me about Nick is that he was loyal to Gatsby who seemed likeable enough but empty inside. He seemed like the picture was more important than the real person. Nick was interested in person and would put himself in a bad light to help a friend. “I didn’t want to go to the city. I wasn’t worth a decent stroke

Every piece of information that the reader received is all through Nick’s perspective. This makes situations either be over exaggerated or under exaggerated depending what influences Nick most as a

Regarding Gatsby, Nick "had enough of all of them [referring to Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, and Jordan]"(Fitzgerald 79) and he thought Gatsby was "despicable."(Fitzgerald 79) This is all just after the accident. By the end of the whole story though, Nick's sympathy toward Gatsby improved. He felt terrible that no one paid honor to this man or cared that he was dead.

Role competence is also a major part of this scene as well, it is shown in a variety of ways by both of the characters in the scene. Nick shows that he has interpersonal sensitivity (Goffman’s Theory), by how he is looking at the kid with the perception that Sam may be his kid just by saying that he has a peanut allergy (the same as himself), also with the thought that he had earlier in the show when Sam’s mother told Nick that sam was ten years and ten months old. They also had line’s in there just like we do in our everyday lives whenever we have dialogue in any verbal way. They verbal communication that we all have is the just what they were having throughout the whole episode so I have to point out the obvious in this scene as well. The

“Just so you know,” Angela uttered sounding exhausted, “I won’t let you take him. I will never let you kill my son.”

"Well, as much, as I care about her, we should go on. I don't think it's fair of us to jeopardize ourselves for her even if she is a friend of ours. It's for the best." Takara scratched her arm full of insect bites.