Question #1, Chapter #1

Since all of you have chosen to answer question #1, I can respond to all of you collectively. Great job getting online and responding to the prompt. We all need to analyze the question better. There are two things that need to be discussed:1) what are the emotions that are going through the reader's mind as he/she reads chapter 1? and 2) how is the setting used to create these emotions? Emotions are important because this is how the reader connects to the different characters. For instance, do you wish you were just like Tom? - just as rich, good-looking, physically powerful? or do you dislike him because he flaunts his wealth in Nick's face? Do you want to be just like Daisy? lying around that incredible mansion all day long? or do you pity her because she seems to have nothing to do with herself? Why does Fitzgerald spend so much time describing the Buchanan's home? Are you supposed to feel envious of the incredible wealth of the Buchanan's? Some of you did a good job discussing emotions, but didn't really connect them to the descriptions in the story. Others of you did a good job discussing the descriptions in the story, but didn't really discuss the emotional impact that the description has on the reader.