The Great Gatsby Dialectical Journal Essay

Huckleberry gets in trouble from Miss Watson for wearing dirty clothes. She wants Huck to pray every single day, and tells him he can have whatever he wants. This confuses him, but Miss Watson meant he gets “spiritual gifts.” He figures that he should always put other’s needs in front of his, but he sees no advantage for himself, if he does this.

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

Whenever Nick mentions the eyes he always realizes something else immediately afterward as if the eyes were reminding him or telling him. The eyes appear to be Nick’s guide. When Nick, Tom, and Jordan are in the car with an awkward silence between them, Nick notices the eyes’ watching over them and he becomes reminded that the car needs gas. Then, when they are getting gas he feels like he’s being watched so he looks at the eyes than above him to notice Myrtle looking at them with terror. The eyes are like Nick guardian that hints at him where to go so that everything lines up. It wasn’t just by chance that Nick notices the eyes just in time for Jordan to notice the garage that contains to women Tom is having an affair with in it. The eyes

Foreshadowing – “ And there was the living room, signs of a struggle. I already knew Amy wasn’t phoning back.”(31) This gives the book a fairly dark twist, suggestion that the wife might be dead, or murdered.

“Someone called in about a small home in Sector B-20. Said the man there might be sheltering food.”

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).

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.

"Oh, Gods! Give me strength!" Milano pleaded, looking up at the ceiling, hoping that it would split apart, the gods would descend to the earth and calm his raging flesh.

...."and my small earnings from the flocked were only a little augmented by my mornings' work at the rectory and occasional service at the Hall, when they needed extra hands.

Response: This quote characterizes Tom as a man who takes pride in what others think of him and his family. Even though he will probably never see the truck driver again, Tom feels the need to clarify that both he and his father are literate. Although it would appear that he and his father are not close because they haven't exchanged letters, Tom is quick to defend his father so he must care for him.

Ex 1: Twain emphasizes the segregation between blacks and whites. Although there was lots of segregation present in this time period, he made it more prominent by using the N-Word and making remarks about the color of Jim’s skin in order to classify white and black and separate the two distinctly.

It´s been a long time since I cooked for you in that fancy kitchen of yours. As much as I

Quote 1: “I’ve lived across the street from you for 18 years… I shoveled your walk in winter. I cut your grass in summer… I didn’t think I had to ask you for your vote. He never forgot her response.

In The Great Gatsby, a classic novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway is in love with Jordan Baker, George Wilson is in love with Myrtle Wilson and Jay Gatsby is in love with Daisy Buchanan. Regrettably, all of these women are unworthy of the love and affection bestowed upon them by these men. Throughout the course if this essay, the love between these individuals will be analysed and the reasons why these women are unworthy will be highlighted.