Symbols in Chapter 9: THE LAST CHAPTER
In this Chapter Nick seemed to emphasize the Geography of where the story takes place AND the people within...
* Green light : Nick compares Gatsby's green light to the "future." (pg.189) The "unknown" world. This symbolizes the unknown of America and also his relationship with Daisy.
* Upper class : Daisy and Tom are classified as the careless. They only care about themselves, and with Daisy, all she does is take advantage. I believe Nicked classified all upper class like that. Sociology and class had a lot to do on why the novel was written to begin with. Hence, the differences between East and East Egg & the Valley of Ashes.
* The "East Coast" : (pg. 184) "...were all Westerners, and perhaps we possessed some deficiency in common which made us subtly unadpatble to Eastern Life."
The main characters are from the "west" and it shows how they react to life on the East. They can't handle it.
2 comments:
Nice job. I definitely agree with you about Tom and Daisy being careless. Tom is careless and has no regret for cheating with Myrtle or telling Wilson where Gatsby lived. Daisy is careless because she loves Gatsby but worries to much about his status to be with him. She takes advantage of him by playing with his emotions.
Good quote about the future and and green light; I don't remember that. It will definitely help me with the American Dream in my mini-paper. I still doubt that all of the main characters in this book were morally-sound Westerners...
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