ABOUT half way between West Egg and New York the motor road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. This is a valley of ashes a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and […]

Allusion – An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. Oxymoron – a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).

Tom – through our eyes    Strong Buff Intimidating Overbearing Confident Arrogant Dominering wealthy   Tom – through nicks eyes Strong Sturdy Supercilious Cruel Arrogant Husky Defiant Dominant Aggressive Gruff Power Tom is racist

Nick : Narrator non-judgemental –  “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.”  pg 1 People Frequently open up to him and he is bored of this and thinks its shallow. –Most of the confidences were unsoughtfrequently […]