Thanksgiving: A Short Story

Nick describes himself as coming from a prominent well-to-do family. He further goes on to describe himself as educated, and more used to the finer thing in life. He is a third generation rich person and is considered to fit into the group that he is describing.

It was Halloween night and Elizabeth was at the pumpkin patch picking the perfect pumpkin for the pumpkin carving contest on her street. She saw her best friend, Lindsey, down the street so she ran down to meet her.

He is surrounded by wealth, coming from a "prominent, well-to-do" family and living within the "consoling proximity of millionaires" (7, 10). Besides this prominent admiration of money, Nick is also impressed with the American quality of independence, conceding that "almost any exhibition of complete self sufficiency draws a stunned tribute" from him (13). These first few confessions illustrate the atmosphere of the entire novel, an environment in which extravagance was popular and social goals were aimed at achieving wealth and mastering one's identity.

He cares for the outdoors and camps and fish very often. Duane also helped find the panther that lives at the swamp of the arson. Even though he never did the arson and was framed he had to serve juvenile detention for running. Overall Nick, Marta, and Duane was never good friends after the swamp incident they all got involved somehow and became great friends throughout the book to find the

This quote, which Nick stated he lived his life by for a while, is very revealing of his character. It shows us he was nondiscriminatory of others and tries to understand people from different walks of life. It also shows us how much admiration he had for his father, or at least this advice.

Nick is from the poor class. He is nice, and wanted to have friends but had a hard time keeping friends because

The aroma of stuffing and hot, tender turkey was dancing in my nose. Football was being viewed in 55 inches of high definition. There was a visit from crazy Uncle Eddy. Yes, it was certainly a Thanksgiving to remember. Over the years, Thanksgiving has been very hit or miss. Some years it’s great, and other years, it’s not so great! Because the turkey was terrific, there was football on all day long, and Uncle Eddy played all his usual pranks, this Thanksgiving was the best holiday on record.

Nick comes off as a character who is much more distant as well as more practical and down to earth than the other characters. Early on in the novel, the reader knows that he/she can trust Nick as a narrator because of his first impression. Trust

Nick appears to be very optimistic and he plans out his success in a diligent manner. As the story continues, It is apparent that Nick is a very hard and consistent worker, who prioritizes his goals over personal pleasures. Nick explains how he lives in “West Egg, the--well, the less fashionable of the two” (Fitzgerald 5). Even though Nick is forced to live in a smaller house, he is most certainly determined to achieve his American dream. He was never quite as fortunate as the rest of the characters portrayed throughout the story, but he is certainly

Nick, as with all characters is a believer in the American Dream because even he moves East to work in the bond business - then a booming industry. Because of the actions of his cousin Daisy, her husband Tom and the beliefs held by his love interest in the novel Jordan, Nick is finally privy to how the dreams and values held by all these people overrun their sense of sensible behavior and how the general society caused their personalities to be affected this way.

Nick is carried away (pun intended) by the fun, fast-paced lifestyle of the rich and powerful in New York City. He is going along with the lavish lifestyle that his friends are providing him. Nick is building dreams with the perception of what his friends are providing him, a name, a reputation. Nick thought that wealth was a great thing to have until after he had found out about the fatal car crash that killed Myrtle Wilson. Nick realized that night after the car crash that wealth corrupts people. The wealthy hide behind their status and money believing that they are untouchable, this belief makes them think that there are no

On May 16, 2017 I interviewed Nick about what it means to be American to him. Nick is an American citizen that lives in California. He is a father of 4 children. He is a very hard working man that always holds a job and has a good look on society and how to live through it.

First, Nick was an honorable man who lived on the West Egg. His housing was called an “eyesore”, besides the fact of it being small. By the way, it was described, anyone could imagine it clearly. An example that was stated in the novel was “it offers him the consoling proximity of millionaires". Showing us how his living conditions were made better by his housing surroundings. Nick’s social position seemed to be more of a merging high class with the traits of the bourgeois class. Even though he was portrayed as a bystander who never judged, he was trusty and was always down to earth and practical. His house, in a way, reflected how it wasn’t something eye-catching, but it blended in just like him. To take a deeper look into Nick, we learned that by the end of this novel he picked up what misery fortune can bring.

One of my families’ favorite thanksgiving deserts is homemade upside down apple pie. From the smell throughout the house to the pie with ice cream on top has become a family enjoyment we have all come to live and enjoy every thanksgiving. Often times, my sisters and I would enjoy conversation and memories while making the pies while the men in the family were sitting together talking about and watching the Dallas Cowboys game. The pies have always served a way of bring all of the girls together to share laughter and stories each year and enjoy a fantastic desert in the process.

The crisp, cool, and cinnamon air filled the morning of Thanksgiving in 1987. Although I was only two years and eleven months old, I remember the scratchy, fuzzy, purple- footed pajamas that I was wearing that morning. After I woke up, I "helped" my mom make her famous orange- cranberry relish, got dressed in my cream sweater dotted with cherries and my navy pleated skirt, topped off with my favorite cream fuzz- warn tights, and before I knew it we were out the door to my grandmother's house. After an early dinner with my grandparents, mom, and dad, my grandfather and dad left to catch the Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day football game, leaving the rest of us to find entertainment of our own.