The Great Gatsby Dialectical Journal

Authors Note: This Chapters kind of like a Introduction, but I plan for the other chapters to be longer.

11. What type of pants does Tod try at the thrift store? He tries flared pants.

Tilting his chin upwards, Tom peered up seductively through his long, thick lashes. “So, does that mean you wanna fool around?” he asked in a soft, lilting voice.

1)The most crucial in the plot is when Nick came back to West Egg he was afraid that his house might be on fire. The wind was blowing power lines back and fourth. The fire was at Gatsby's house from town to cellar. Nick thought he was having some big party again.

Recently I was asked for a bedtime because *someone* couldn’t sleep, so I told a story where Nick and Harry are lying awake in bed, too.

1. Moments that are crucial to the plot of the story in this chapter include: the mention of Tom having an affair, and Nick noticing Gatsby for the first time. Another would be Gatsby reaching out towards the light near Daisy's house when Nick first spots him. One other is the implication that Daisy may know Gatsby.

“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” (1).

The first thing I noticed was, the first sentence in the chapter. "Git up! What you 'bout?" "What you doin' with this gun?" The second thing I noticed was, just after the first thing I noticed was that Huck fell asleep with the gun in his hands and didn't make sure that he woke up before his father. If i was in the same position I would make sure that I woke up before Pap. Just in case that Pap had the correct idea and didn't believe the Lie that Huck told him. The two things that I really noticed contradict each other, because I believe that if I was in Pap's shoes then I would probably think to myself that my kid who I have imprisoned in this cabin more than likely hates my guts for keeping him here and beating him repeatedly. So how come he would hesitate to shoot me, as well as who would come all the way out to the

The kinesthetic imagery of temperature in this passage serves as an extended metaphor of the tensions between Gatsby and Tom that culminate with a booming argument. Similar to the “seats of the car”, both Tom and Gatsby’s emotions are close to a point of “combustion”, as their jealousy towards each other has been increasing at a rapid rate. The hottest day of the year is the stimulant for the coming argument, as the heat seems to increase the anger in an already tense situation. The symbolism of the hottest day is also significant for Daisy’s relationship with Gatsby, because it not only serves as the turning point of the summer, but their relationship as well. Following this day the temperature will begin to cool, and the emotions between

It’s mid to late afternoon when he wakes alone in his tent. The empty bottle and flask are sitting in the middle of his small table holding down a piece of paper.

20. “The docking module – which looked a lot like a giant version of a propane container you might hook up to your barbeque, only orange…” (Pg. 188) A simile is used to describe the docking module by comparing it to a propane container.

To me, the first part of the book is really important. It made me want to read the book more, and I became more interested in each character. Because of this, both of the important passages that I picked are about the storked baby. In chapter eleven, “She looks at Connor. Still red, he intentionally avoids her gaze. The reason Connor gave was a lie. Something else drove him to run to that porch. But whatever the real reason was, Connor's keeping it to himself” (Shusterman 50). Once I read this sentence, I believed that Connor must has a really interesting background and experiences. I started to get interested in this character. And I personally think that the storked baby actually is the transition of the personalities of characters. Mostly,

He acted upon these initial feelings and started to communicate with her. Janie Also acted upon her feelings and agreed to start a relationship with this man, even though it might not be filled with “pollen and blooming trees, he spoke for far horizon” (C.4 p. 29). Janie felt as if Joe could satisfy her every need eventually. It just needed time to flourish. Joe started the relationship off by expressing to Janie that she was meant to be almost worshipped and that “she never knowed what it was to be treated like a lady” and he was here to show her what she's been missing out on. This later turns into irony. Joe is elected mayor of a town and becomes this powerful character with too much ego to bare. He starts to ask Janie to run the store that he put up for the people of his town, even though he claimed that a “ pretty doll-baby leak her is made to sit on de front porch and and rock and fan herself and eat p’taters dat other folks plant just for her” (C.4 p.29) so the guy that Janie thought was supposed to be her knight and shining armor, turned out to be her previous love in all the disguise of power and

It isn’t long in their relationship before he becomes controlling and dictates what she can and cannot do. He forces her to wear her hair up because he doesn’t want any of the men staring at her. He forbids her from leaving the inside of the store to hang out on the porch or play checkers or even to make speeches. As their relationship progresses, Jody begins to insult Janie by commenting on his appearance. Whenever there were more people on the porch, “the more ridicule he poured over her body to permit attention away from his own” because he still wanted to keep up the appearance that he was this powerful rich man that had no faults (78).

After many years of marriage with Jody, the two have aged and the strain between them has grown. Jody scolds Janie, bulling her and calling her old. Janie snaps back and tells him he is just as horrible and fat. Jody, angered by her words feels as if she has taken away all of his masculinity. With all of that anger, Jody slaps her in front of everyone in the store.