The Great Gatsby Dialectical Journal

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1. The most crucial plot is Nick moving back to New York and meeting up with his neighbors Tom and Daisy. This is where he also first meets Jordan. Most of all this is where he discovers Mr. Gatsby for the first time as sees him next door. 2. He describes himself as a man with his own morals and standards. He also calls himself highly tolerant. He also says he is like his father, which reserved judgement about other people. 3. Nick described Tom as a sturdy straw haired man with arrogant eyes. He appeared to be a muscular build under his riding clothes and hated by alot of men. 4. Jordan Baker was Daisy's friend that was visiting. Nick enjoyed looking at Jordan and describes her as slender, small breasted woman that stood with good posture. He loved to listen to her voice and see her glowing face. …show more content…

Gatsby and Daisy are radiantly happy when Nick comes back. He finds Daisy shedding tears of joy and Gatsby glowing. Gatsby tells her about all of his nights he spends outside staring at the green light. 4. Gatsby's feeling was feeling of happiness. He was so happy that he doubted if it was real. He had built up feelings of Daisy so long that it all came out at once. 5. Daisy cried when he pulled out the shirts because she was not from the same class as he was. He was wealthy and had everything and she had not seed so many nice things. They’re such beautiful shirts,” she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such — such beautiful shirts before.” 6. It is rainy the day that Gatsby and Daisy meet. At first it was coming down and dark then the darkness parted. They were both nervous at the beginning but were comfortable with each other later. The rain was still falling, but the darkness had parted in the west, and there was a pink and golden billow of foamy clouds above the sea. “Look at that,” she whispered, and then after a moment: “I’d like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around.” Ch.

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