2. Nick was born into a good family, has money, received an education, has a good job, is intelligent, has traveled the world, and has a good personality. Nick says that after he got back from the war, he was less tolerant and more judging, but so far in the novel Nick doesn't seem very judgemental at all.
3. June 7, 1922.
4. Nick is a youngish man from a good family who has money and a good job. He attended New Haven college and works in bonds. He lives in an apartment right next to Gatsby's mansion. Nick is Daisy's second cousin once removed and knows Tom from collee. Nick is nonjudgemental, but wishes her weren't so tolerant because he doesn't really care to know as much as people tell him about themselves. He has many friends, and knows many secrets. People like Nick, but he doesn't care so much for them. Nick fought in WWI, and enjoyed it. He moved to West Egg in Long Island from the West after the war because he wanted a more fast-paced lifestyle. Nick will be a good narrator because he is so unbiased and can tell the story from all of its perspectives.
5. Fitzgerald describes Jordan Baker as "balancing" and compares her to a polite, curious, discontented, slender cadet. This shows how different Miss Baker is from Daisy. Jordan is shown to be more of a strong feminist, as she represents the theme of women's rights, and Daisy represents more of the traditional female. Jordan doesn't feel she needs to impress anyone or try to entertain them, she does whatever she feels like doing, even if that's traveling around, being athletic, and just not caring about things.
6. Nick feels a little awkward around Jordan, and isn't used to her kind of girl. He is surprised by her mannerisms and personality, but is slightly attracted to her nonetheless.
7. Tom is your typical male chauvinist pig. He thinks he is better than others because he is good at polo and has a lot of money and nice things. He isn't tolerant of others at all. Tom is very disrespectful towards Daisy, and is obviously a horrible husband/person (not that I believe anyone can actually be a good or bad person though), as he is having an affair with another woman in New York, and Daisy knows about it. He is haughty, obnoxious, self-righteous, selfish, and unintelligent.
8. Nick describes Daisy's voice as low and thrilling. It is enticing and charms people. This reveals Daisy's character. She attracts people to her just by speaking. She is a people-pleaser and enjoys being the center of attention.
9. Daisy says that the best thing for a girl to be is a beautiful, little fool right after her daughter is born. She is meaning that women are born into a world of eternal sorrow and disappointment, and that it is better for a girl to just not pay any attention to what is going on, not think about what the people around them are doing, even if it is affecting them, and basically just play the happy, dumb blonde. She hopes taht her daughter doesn't end up feeling like she does and is just content living a happy, little lie. This reveals that Daisy has experienced/is experiencing some troubles in her life, that she can't do anything about because she is supposed to be just a stupid girl. She goes along with Tom's affair and pretends not to mind and continues to not do anything about it. Daisy would rather not know anything about the things going on around her, so she can try to just live in her own self-created lie of happiness.
10. I dislike Tom with great intensity, for the reasons stated in question 7. He is allied to Nick in only one way, and that is because they are related by marriage. He also brings Nick into his second life, connecting them further. Tom is a horrible husband. He doesn't care about Daisy at all obviously because he is cheating on her with an older, less attractive woman in the city. He is rude and disrespectful to Daisy and doesn't care about what she has to say in any situation. He sees her as inferior. I'm assuming he doesn't care much for his young daughter either. Tom recently read a book entitled 'The Rise of the Colored Empires' and other "deep" and "profound" books, which he views as scientific and complete fact, revealing to us not only his racistness but his unintelligence as well. Tom feels he needs to find an ego boost somewhere other than in just physical activities now. Nick is surprised by this at first, but then realizes that it's just like Tom to believe in something like that.
11. The Buchanan's are richer than Nick, Nick works, and Nick rents his home.
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