Myrtle Wilson Quotes Chapter 2

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Myrtle wilson quotes chapter 2. Chapter two the second chapter begins with a description of the valley of ashes a dismal barren wasteland halfway between west egg and new york. In chapter 2 nick travels with tom into the valley of ashes on their way to new york city where tom stops at george wilsons automotive garage in order to briefly meet with georges wife myrtle. Despite not being a particularly beautiful woman myrtle possesses a liveliness and energy that proves captivating. We get our first look at myrtle in chapter 2 when nick goes with tom to george wilsons garage to meet her and then to myrtles apartment in manhattan for a party.

The idea of myrtle wilson is introduced in chapter 1 when she calls the buchanans house to speak to tom. Chapter two of the great gatsby is the place where readers learn that nick is not a drinker. She thought he was a gentleman but his veneer of classexemplified by the fact that he he borrowed somebodys best suit to get married in and never even told me 2116was almost immediately dispelled after the wedding. Jordan is clearly more of a social butterfly than nick and she seems to be stringing him along.

In contrast with daisy who describes herself as paralyzed the first time she sees nick and jordan who has a hard body myrtle is irrepressibly alive. But her behavior in this situation does not seem to surprise or phase nick who has always found her aloof and a bit cold since first meeting her at the buchanan residence. The first time we meet myrtle in chapter 2 she is described as carr ying her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can fitzgerald writes that while she may not necessarily be beautiful. Nicks first impression of myrtle wilson recounted in chapter 2 emphasizes a sense of vitality emanating from her physical presence.

Myrtle describes her decision to marry wilson as a case of mistaken identity. Chapter 2 quotes chapter 2 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 so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. A pair of enormous eyes broods over the valley from a large decaying billboard. Myrtle wilson tom buchanans woman on the side who is alluded to by jordan baker in the first chapter comes fully on stage in chapter ii when nick and tom visit wilsons garage on the edge of.

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