The Great Gatsby Chapter 2 Questions

Tom takes nick with him onto New York, to George Wilson's garage to talk about his car. In the garage is George wife Myrtle, Tom's mistress, which Tom introduces to Nick.

She seems to act like she is happy to see Tom and fell as if she is all that with a snobbish attitude.

George Wilson is a working man who is trying to make a living but a less than confident person who seems to be not truly there. When Tom arrives he seems all shaken up and nervous, in disbelieve that he is there.

Myrtle attitude changes from a person with life and vitality to someone with arrogance, laughing around making everyone seem like they are nothing compare to her.

The reason that Catherine believes that Tom has not divorce Daisy is because Daisy is a catholic and it will go against her religion to divorce.

Myrtle was getting drunk at the party shouting about her new puppy and then she mentions Daisy. Tom tells her not to say his wife's name but instead, she is now chanting it and Tom full of range, breaks her nose. This shows that Tom's body is a "cruel body", and he had the appearance of "always leaning aggressively forward" this shows of his appearance of an aggressive person is true. Tom has the idea that clearly men are better than women and he has the right to make them do what he wishes, that they are there to serve him.

The valley of ashes is a poor land where there is industrial dumping, and all dump of the city is where the air is dirty with pollution and dying land. The valleys of ashes represent the core of west and east egg where behind all this richness and glamor is a dirty place that is dying. That represents the ugly side of the beautiful land of east and west egg, for example, the people.

Mr.wilson a very unconfident man who has no life in him, opposite to him is myrtle who if full of life and does not want to waste it, she is filled with arrogance. Mr.wilson does not seem to belong there while myrtle does she is a sneaking person who wants only the best as in money or social status in the big city where everyone is moving around with life and goals. Mr. Wilson seems like an honest hard working man who is trying to make a living for himself.

In this chapter, is seems that nick is not into drinking and cares what people think of him in the way that he wants to fit in with others. Nick is not like all the people who he is around with, they all seem, selfish people who want nothing more than power and will do whatever to get it and have no respect for others even their own husband/wife. While nick seems to be interested in making money he seems to show respect and decency towards other people.