THE GREAT GATSBY - CHAPTERS ONE AND TWO.

General information;

The mid-west is a very quiet place, that people go to bed early. It's in contrast to New York, the mid-west is a very quiet and sleepy town.
The whole novel is talking about his summer in New York
Daisy is Nick's second cousin
Jordan is a girl
Alcohol is illegal
Segregation didn't exist

Chapter one;

-The sixth line down immediately starts talking about the main character.
-Is the main character judgmental? 
-Describes the setting-from the mid-west going to New York
-The main character is 29 going on 30.
-Nick rented a shabby place next to Gatsby
-Gatsby is a person who Nick's represents as a nobody?
-Juxtaposition is a technique used
-Physiognomy of Tom
-Class/Status is shown
-Questionning on why Daisy is sad?
-Speech/conversations
-Why is the play called ''The great Gatsby''? Why is it ''Great''?
-Tom and Daisy's relationship
-Racists - Tom and Daisy
-Musical refernece
-Nick is also taken by Daisy
-The mood changes?
-Colours are used as connotations within description of main characters
-Interest in names causes attention
-Daisy has a short dark bob compared to Jordan who has long blonde hair
-We meet Gatsby has a strong and secure appearance.
-Metaphors and imagery of cars/mechanical objects - new technology.
-Sound/colour/lighting sets the sense and gives out an atmosphere which is different to the original atmosphere
-Silhouette/shadowing of characters and animals

Quotes from the chapter one that stood out to me;

''Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope''
''When i came back from the East last autumn i felt that i wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever''
''Bright on his boots and dull on the autumn leaf yellow of her hair''
''I was confused and a little disgusted as i drove away''

Summary of Chapter one;

-Causes mystery
-Contrast between Nick
-Past and present
-What's great about Gatsby  


Chapter two;

 -Time?
-Tom and Myrtle/Mrs Wilson are having an affair
-The description of Myrtle on page 28.
-Metaphors
-Weather
-Time
-Day
-Gatsby stays in the background
-The second bottle of whiskey
-The effect on the day 'sunday'
-Why is the 'sunday' used?
-Where did they get the illegal alchol?
-The last paragraph how did he get to the station?
-Why is it 4 in the morning?


Quotes from Chapter two; 

''I was within and without''