In "The Great Gatsby", Nick observes that Gatsby throws huge parties every weekend. What can be inferred about Gatsby's intention? A. He just likes to have fun. B. He wants to show off his wealth. C. He hopes to attract Daisy's attention. D. He is a very sociable person. 相关...
Nearly forty years after its release, The Great Gatsby sets the stage for the epic mob movies that followed. Huge budget, authentic staging, and faithful period detail. What this movie lacks is pace and a central character to focus on. The switch after 25 minutes from Nick as protagonist to...
> Perhaps his presence gave the evening its peculiar quality of > oppressiveness — it stands out in my memory from Gatsby's other > parties that summer. There were the same people, or at least the > same sort of people, the same profusion of champagne, the same > many-colored, many...
He goes so over the top that Nick says it looks like the Worlds Fair because it is so huge 'what day would suit you?' 'hesitated' 'he fumbled' constrasts his confident self and his extravagant parties, daisy means the world to him 'the day agreed upon was pouring rain' C5 ...
On the last night, with my trunk packed and my car sold to the grocer, I went over and looked at that huge incoherent failure of a house once more. On the white steps an obscene word, scrawled by some boy with a piece of brick, stood out clearly in the moonlight, and I erased ...
It was the only compliment I ever gave him, because I disapproved of him from beginning to end. I tried to do some work, but I fell asleep in my chair. Just before noon, the phone woke me. It was Jordan. ‘I’ve left Daisy’s house. I’m going to Southampton,’ she said. ‘...
t know that he was reaching out for daisy . The green light symbolizes that gatsby should go and get the girl that he loves . This is why he throws huge parties just to impress daisy and show her how rich he is but she never ends up coming . Since nick is cousins with daisy, ...
I've always been glad I said that. It was the only compliment I ever gave him, because I disapproved of him from beginning to end. First he nodded politely, and then his face broke into that radiant and understanding smile, as if we'd been in ecstatic cahoots on that fact all the ...
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” ...
George taking his dreams of an ideal life "too far." In fact, he struggles just to make one car sale so that he can finally move out West with Myrtle. Also, given that his current situation in the Valley of Ashes is quite bleak, it's hard to say that striving upward gave him ...