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The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby . Chapter 2. Nick Carraway. Went to meet Tom’s mistress, Myrtle. What happened at the end of the chapter? Nick is experimenting with his sexuality. Nick has intercourse with Mr. McKee. Gatsby. More rumors…. Tom. Is not afraid to show off his mistress. Buys Myrtle a dog

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The Great Gatsby

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  1. The Great Gatsby Chapter 2

  2. Nick Carraway • Went to meet Tom’s mistress, Myrtle. • What happened at the end of the chapter? • Nick is experimenting with his sexuality. Nick has intercourse with Mr. McKee

  3. Gatsby • More rumors…

  4. Tom • Is not afraid to show off his mistress. • Buys Myrtle a dog • Has a furnished apartment for Myrtle. • Brakes Myrtle’s nose.

  5. Myrtle • Lives in the Valley of Ashes with her husband. • Treats her husband, George Wilson, as if he is a ghost. • Having an affair with Tom Buchanan. • Buys the Town Tattle, waits for a new taxi cab, wears her best dress. • Gets her nose broken after screaming the words “Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!” • Says George isn’t fit to lick her shoe.

  6. George Wilson • Is married to Myrtle • Lives in the Valley of Ashes and owns a repair shop. • Is waiting for Tom to sell him a car.

  7. Symbols: Valley of Ashes • A desolate area where empty people labor • Symbolizes the “wasteland mentality” of the materialistic middle class. • Spiritual emptiness of society • “Watched over” by the giant eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg.

  8. Eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg • Watch over the Valley of Ashes. • Godlike • Sign from a doctor trying to make more money for himself

  9. Colors • White: purity • Gray: dark, gloomy, desolate, death

  10. From another character’s Point of View… • 1. Myrtle wants a dog. • 2. Wilson and Tom • 3. Myrtle at the hotel party • 4. Myrtle’s sister, Catherine gossiping • 5. Myrtle gets her nose broken.

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