Before the beginning of the third chapter of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, I took note of a few more details about Myrtle and Tom. First, I found Myrtle’s first meeting with Tom to be strange. She saw Tom as a once in a lifetime opportunity, and therefore, went for it. She repeated, “You can’t live forever” and I’m not sure if I’m clear on what she meant by that. Did she intend for the affair to be a fling? Because with an apartment and the fact that Daisy knows about all of it, it has become much more than a fling. Also, Tom hit her during an argument; he hit her! Though I thought I was in shock at first, the more I looked at it, the more I realized that I was correct in my last blog when I said that he was a very demanding person, and is used to getting what he wants.
Moreover, as I began reading the third chapter, I was very excited to finally be introduced to Gatsby, the namesake of the novel! However, I was thoroughly disappointed when it turned out to be another person! Plus, to add on to that, it is well known that his parties are typically wild and most people are not even invited, they just show up. Hopefully, as we continue the novel, we will finally the character whose name this book is named after.
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