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Chapter One​

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**Summary **

Nick Carraway is the narrator and he describes himself as moal and a saint. He mentions Gatsby, the hero of the story, and briefly states how Gatsby stands for everything he scorns. Nick just works in the bond business and resigns in a rented house on the wealthy West Egg right next to Gatsby. One night Nick drives over to the East Egg to have dinner with his cousin Daisy and her husband, Tom Buchanan. At the dinner party Daisy sits on a sofa with her best friend, Jordan Baker, a professional golfer. After the dinner, the party breaks up. When Nick gets home he sees Gatsby standing on his lawn reaching out toward a green light across the bay. Nick is confused by Gatsby's strange actions. Errors: 1a, sp, ww, 1a, also needed to mention that Nick learns of Tom's affair


 * Newspaper **

Nick Carraway in Suspicion Nick Carraway, a local Midwestern, graduate from Yale, and also fighter in World War I moves to East Egg. He decided to catch up with his cousin Daisy, who is married to wealthy Tom Buchanan, who was a classmate of Nicks at Yale. While Daisy is trying to set her cousin up with Jordan Baker, Daisy’s friend and pro golfer, Tom leaves immediately to take a personal phone call from him lover. Feeling very awkward, Nick leaves to go home, but finds his wealthy neighbor Jay Gatsby reaching out for a green light across the dock. Nick is in suspicion about what is going on with Gatsby, and is also worried about her cousin Daisy. Errors: need consistent verb tense, apostrophe error, comma not needed; this sounds more like a plot summary than a newspaper article

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 * Important Quotes **

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> o When Daisy states this, she is talking about her daughter. In Daisy's reality she believes that only looks are valued, not a woman's ability to think; therefore, the best thing that her daughter could be would be a careless beauty queen. > > · ** “I had no sight into Daisy's heart, but I felt that Tom would drift on forever seeking, a little wistfully, for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game." (6) ** > o Nick states this after having a telephone conversation with Daisy about her and Tom's move to East Egg. Daisy's word is as good as nothing. Throughout the book it is quite clear that no matter what Tom does Daisy will always follow behind him like a lost puppy dog. The couple always wanted attention and that is exactly what they got. This quote is a good reflection of the book because even at the end of chapter nine when Gatsby dies, Daisy still follows Tom by moving to Europe. > > · ** “‘Gatsby?' demanding Daisy. 'What Gatsby?'" (11) ** > o Once Jordan gets on the subject of Nick living in West Egg he starts to say that he knows no one there, but before finishing his sentence Jordan states that he must know Gatsby. Gatsby ends up being Nick's neighbor who lives in the "Hotel de Ville." Daisy's reaction to the name Gatsby is very breathtaking. She was shocked, which obviously led the reader to believe that there is something significant between her and this Gatsby person.
 * ** “And I hope she'll be a fool--that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."(17) **

Errors: 1a, verb tense problems, 1a, 1a; choices were adequate, but there are better ones; for example, Nick's characterization was important: the lesson his father taught him.

**Symbolism ** **In Chapter One, the green light is very significant. It shows how Gatsby is yearning for Daisy. So every time the green light shines Gatsby reaches out to the light as if we were reaching for Daisy. Nick had noticed this when he came home from dinner one evening. He saw him standing there one second, and as he looked away for a minute he noticed he had vanished. **

Errors: 1a, used "we" instead of "he." 1a; What idea does the green light signify? Why green?



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**Works Cited**

Scheumann || Brief plot summary of chapter and this chart || and symbolism picture) || edited newspaper article with gramatical corrections || Attempted to change fonts on paragraphs, and title. The pictures for the catigory "extras" are intigrated ito each section: - Symbolism - Important Quotes ||
 * Alex
 * Hannah Parker || Newspaper article/ photos(chapter picture, quote picture,
 * Katelyn Chase || Three important quotes with explanation,
 * Kaleigh Newton || Brief paragraph explaining symbolism ||
 * Josh Moody || Found pictures of daisy, the green light, and the group at breakfast.
 * Bronwyn Moran || fonts and formatting ||
 * Kierra Crafter ||  ||