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‘Her voice is full of money,’ he said suddenly.
‘Her voice is full of money,’ he said suddenly.
Chapter 7
Chapter 7
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Skill Builders
Skill Builders
‘Self control!’ repeated Tom incredulously. ‘I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife. Well, if that’s the idea you can count me out.... Nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions and next they’ll throw every- thing overboard and have intermarriage between black and white.'
‘Self control!’ repeated Tom incredulously. ‘I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife. Well, if that’s the idea you can count me out.... Nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions and next they’ll throw every- thing overboard and have intermarriage between black and white.'
Things To Think About
Things To Think About
Think About Tom
Does Tom really love Daisy?
Do you think that Tom is genuinely upset about what happens to Myrtle?
How many mismatches are there between perception vs. reality in this chapter?
See if you can count them. Once you've finished, compare your list with mine.
Time and space!
How does Nick’s remark about turning 30 carry greater significance for modern readers—who know that the Great Depression followed the prosperity of the Roaring Twenties—than it might have for readers when The Great Gatsby was first published in 1925? What does this reveal about how interpretation works? In what ways can a reader’s context shape the meaning they take from a text?
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