Chapter 2 Pgs 23-38
Summary: The chapter begins with the description of the ashy road between West Egg and New York. During Tom and Nicks journey to New York, they stop off and go to George B. Wilson’s garage. There, Nick meets Myrtle Wilson, Tom’s mistress. After arriving in New York, Nick, Tom, and Myrtle go to their apartment and get drunk. They invite the McKee’s over and Nick doesn’t leave until 4 in the morning.
Character: Myrtle Wilson
Description: “She was in the middle thirties, and faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can. Her face, above a spotted dress of dark blue crepe-de-chine, contained no facet or gleam of beauty, but there was an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her body were continually smouldering.” (Pg 25)
-During the chapter, Myrtle seems to be someone who takes advantage of others. She takes advantage of her husband by going behind his back, not trying to hide the fact she is cheating on him too much. She takes advantage of Tom by constantly buying things, whether it is a dog or a new dress. She seems to be nice to Nick, offering him to stay and meet her sister. She also thinks she is beautiful, wanting to take pictures with Mr. McKee.
-Her most important role in the story is the fact that she is ruining the relationship between Daisy and Tom. Considering that Daisy is hurt by Myrtle, there could be a feud between the two later in the story. She defiantly plays a large role in the life of Tom.
Meaningful Quote:
“’I live at West Egg.’ ‘Really? I was down there at a party about a month ago. At a man named Gatsby’s. Do you know him?’ ‘I live next door to him.’ ‘Well, they say he’s a nephew or a cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm’s. That’s where all his money come from.’ ‘Really?’ She nodded. ‘I’m scared of him. I’d hate to have him get anything on me.’ This absorbing information about my neighbor was interrupted by Mrs. McKee’s pointing suddenly at Catherine.
-During certain points of the first chapter, Nick was able to get a little bit of information of his mysterious neighbor. In this chapter, Nick is once again hinted to information that he seems to be trying to gather about his neighbor. Once again, Nick is cut off from learning more. It seems to be a reoccurring event, and through enough conversations involving Gatsby, Nick might be able to form an idea of who he actually is without meeting him.
-Jack Kauffman
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