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 The Ninny
by Anton Chekhov
Just a few days ago I invited Yulia Vasilyevna, the governess of my children, to come to mystudy. I
wanted to settle my account with her.

Sit down, Yulia Vasilyevna, I said to her. Lets get our accounts settled. Im sure youneed some
money, but you keep standing on ceremony and never ask for it. Let me see. We agreed to give you
thirty rubles a month, didnt we?

Forty.

No, thirty. I made a note of it. I always pay the governess thirty. Now, let me see. You have been
with us for two months?

Two months and five days.

Two months exactly. I made a note of it. So you have sixty rubles coming to you. Subtract nine
Sundays. You know you dont tutor Kolya on Sundays, you just go out for a walk. And then the three
holidays...

Yulia Vasilyevna blushed and picked at the trimmings of her dress, but said not a word.

Three holidays. So we take off twelve rubles. Kolya was sick for four days those days you didnt
look after him. You looked after Vanya, only Vanya.

Then there were the three days you had toothache, when my wife gave you permission to stay away
from the children after dinner. Twelve and seven makes nineteen. Subtract... That leaves... hm...
forty-one rubles. Correct?

Yulia Vasilyevnas left eye reddened and filled with tears. Her chin trembled. She began to cough
nervously, blew her nose, and said nothing.

Then around New Years Day you broke a cup and a saucer. Subtract two rubles. The cup cost more
than that it was an heirloom, but we wont bother about that. Were the ones who pay. Another
matter. Due to your carelessness Kolya climbed a tree and tore his coat. Subtract ten. Also, due to
your carelessness, the chambermaid ran off with Vanyas boots. You ought to have kept your eyes
open. You get a good salary. So we dock off five more... On the tenth of January you took ten rubles
from me.

I didnt, Yulia Vasilyevna whispered.

But I made a note of it.

Well, yes perhaps...

From forty-one we take twenty-seven. That leaves fourteen.

Her eyes filled with tears, and her thin, pretty little nose was shining with perspiration. Poor little
child!

I only took money once, she said in a trembling voice. I took three rubles from your wife... never
anything more.

Did you now? You see, I never made a note of it. Take three from fourteen. That leaves eleven.
Heres your money, my dear. Three, three, three... one and one. Take it, my dear.
I gave her the eleven rubles. With trembling fingers she took them and slipped them into her pocket.

Merci, she whispered.

I jumped up, and began pacing up and down the room. I was in a furious temper.

Why did you say merci? I asked.

For the money.

Dont you realize Ive been cheating you? I steal your money, and all you can say ismerci!

In my other places they gave me nothing.

They gave you nothing! Well, no wonder! I was playing a trick on you a dirty trick... Ill give you
your eighty rubles, they are all here in an envelope made out for you. Is it possible for anyone to be
such a nitwit? Why didnt you protest? Why did you keep your mouth shut? It is possible that there is
anyone in this world who is so spineless? Why are you such a ninny?

She gave me a bitter little smile. On her face I read the words: Yes, it is possible.

I apologized for having played this cruel trick on her, and to her great surprise gave her the eighty
rubles. And then she said merci again several times, always timidly, and went out. I gazed after
her, thinking how very easy it is in this world to be strong.

The Ninny
A Short Story by Anton Chekhov

I. TITLE
In the short story The Ninny, the author Anton Chekhov uses the title to
describe what kind of a person is the character. This literally means a weak
and innocent person. In this way of titling, curiosity will be formed in readers
 mind. If will be given a chance to give a title for this story I would entitle it with
Voiceless

II. POINT OF VIEW

The story is being told by the First Person. The point of view does not change
from start until the end of the story.

III. DRAMATIC CONFLICT

The conflict in the story is character vs. character in which the employer is
tricking the governess, Yulia. There is also an element of character vs. self for
both the employer and the governess in which the employer thinks he is a
very clever man because of the trick he was playing on his governess. The
governess inner struggle was if she should stand up for herself or risk losing
her job. There is also character vs. society. It shows the social injustice in
which the employer demonstrates his insensitivity to the governess hardships.
The protagonist says that he owes her only 30 rubles, but Yulia believes she is
owed 40 rubles. The protagonist politely points out that she has not been
working for them long enough to make 40 rubles, but Yulia timidly tries to
prove him wrong.
The two start to argue about how much Yulia made. The protagonist starts to
make deductions based on things Yulia did throughout her employment. He
deducts rubles for her sick days, if the kids got hurt, if she broke anything, etc.
, and finally decides he owes her only 11 rubles, for he did not think she did a
good enough job.

Yes, conflict is being settled. Yulia realizes she was getting played by her
employer and that she would be getting paid better than what she hoped for.
The nasty protagonist apologizes to Yulia and pays her.

IV. THEME
The theme is will be hinted when you read the whole story, it speaks about
how people are taken advantage of these days.

V. PLOT
The story does employ flashback. It started with the recent happenings, which
is computing the supposedly Yulias wage for rendering her service to them,
then flashback is being applied when the employer counts the shortcomings,
absences, and holidays that Yulia has, then deducted the result to her wage.
The suspense part there is when the employer confronts Yulia if it will be just
fine for her to be treated that way. The story is probable as a whole. I believe
that the climax of the story is when the employer asks her why she said
"merci" when he gave her the wrong amount of money and she took it without
saying anything.

VI. CHARACTERIZATION
The hero in the story is Yulie. She is being admired on how she remained being
submissive to the authority. Instead of complaining on how her employer
treated her, she remained silent, humble and grateful. The villain is the
employer. He still has a good point in treating Yulie that way, because he just
wants her to speak and defend her rights.
 The employer change its character from being rude, he then turns out to be a
good hearted man. I think thats really his attitude yet he only wants to trick
Yulie that is why he treated her with his rude attitude. The characters act as if
it is really their real characters and attitude.

VII. SITUATION
This is an example of a good passage of description.
I gave her the eleven rubles. With trembling fingers she took them and slipped
them into her pocket. Merci, she whispered. I jumped up, and began pacing
up and down the room. I was in a furious temper. Why did you say merci? I
asked.

The story takes place in Russia, in the home of a presumably wealthy family.
Its geographical setting does not shift.

The Ninny" is set in the late 19th century, the same period of time in which the
author lived. We modern readers can identify if the time is not present just by
looking at the life background of the author. We can also identify it by how the
author write the story with regards to the events, traditions or culture they
have during the time the author write the story.

VIII. STYLE
In this story, the author didnt use unfamiliar words.
The author has not mentioned any remote or historical mythological person or
events. Maybe if the author uses his Russian dialect, I would really find it real
hard to understand the story.
Yes the author also uses short sentence with deep meaning such as this, It is
possible that there is anyone in this world who is so spineless? Each
dialogue seems really natural. It is stiff.
POEM
 Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
By Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village, though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near

Between the woods and frozen lake

The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake

To ask if there is some mistake.

The only other sound's the sweep

Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

A Poem by Robert Frost

I. Title
The title makes us feel as if things are in motion, and as if the speaker is in the
middle of a journey or task.
 When we think of woods, we imagine being in them, surrounded by trees. However,
our speaker is not in the midst of a great forest: he's actually just next to the woods
and staring at the trees. We can imagine hanging out with trees, because trees are
cool. Before we begin the poem, Frost makes us aware of the fact that the speaker is
not inside the woods, but is rather beside them. And that strikes us as just plain
interesting.

The title is just self explainatory of what Frost poems flow.

II. Word Meaning

Queer - strange; odd

Harness - a set of straps and fittings by which a horse or other draft animal is
fastened to a cart, plow, etc., and is controlled by its driver.
Downy -soft and fluffy.

III. Imagery
These are some of the images I found on the poem:

man with his horse stopping "between the woods and the frozen lake (sight)
lovely, dark, and deep woods (sight)
harness bells of the horse (sound)
sweep/Of easy wind and downy flake (sound)
snow and the "frozen lake (feel)

Lovely, dark, and deep woods would symbolize the beauty and mystery of the
world that most people are just too busy to appreciate. It is symbolic of the way
that most people nowadays go through life thinking only of themselves, being
self-centered, and ignoring the mystery and the beauty of the nature that
surrounds them.
Man with his horse stopping "between the woods and the frozen lake symbolizes
the undefined traveler on horse-back reminds one of the knights of the Middle
Ages in course of a heroic adventure.
Owner of the woods is referred to but his name has not been mentioned. This can
be a reference to the mystic and almost unnamable presence of god. The cold
and the dead of night and the frozen lake in the woods, the 'darkest evening of
the year' --all these elements build an ambiance where the immanence of death
is at odds with the indomitable spirit of love, as exemplified by the traveler.

The pleasant are the man with his horse and the owner of the woods. The
unpleasant are the lovely, dark woods and the cold and dead of night and the
frozen lake in the woods.

IV. Symbols

These are some symbols found in the poem:

night is cold, dark and snowy

Woods
Village
Horse
Traveler

The night is cold, dark and snowy - these elements of the description built specific
atmosphere of anxiety, fear and thoughts that something bad might happen.

Woods - we can treat woods as a symbol of mystery, danger but as the lyrical eye
says it's also 'lovely'. We can read those woods as if it is a metaphor of world
where people usually don't see it and ignore the beauty and mystery of
surrounding.
 Horse cannot be interpreted only as an animal. It is personified by expression in
line 5 that 'My little horse must think it queer' - horses do not think as animals so
it must be read as if the horse is a human being.

The village can be interpreted as a civilization or society in which there is a house

of not mentioned owner (who is God as far as we can guess). This means that
God's house (a church) is there, among the society.

Traveler - Although traveler enjoys the view of wood he decides to continue his
journey to reach his goal - probably it may be death.

V. Figure of Speech

These are the figure of speech in this poem.

Alliteration
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification

An example of figurative language in the poem is "to ask if there is some mistake"
when he is talking about his horse, and this is an example of personification
because horses can't really talk, only humans can, and personification is giving
human qualities to non-humans. There are no harsh words on lines.

VI. Sound

There are no imitative words found in this poem.

Yes, there are examples of alliteration words in the poem.
There are no harsh words or lines in the poem.

VII. Rhyme

Yes, end-of-line rhyme is used.

For example, Whose woods these are I think I know A

His house is in the village though; A
He will not see me stopping here B
To watch his woods fill up with snow. A

Rhyme pattern is regular.

VIII. Rhythm

Rhyme is regular in each line. Yes it vary from line to line.

IX.Theme

The poem tells the story of a man traveling through some snowy woods on the
darkest evening of the year, and he's pretty much in love with what he sees
around him. He's on his way back to town, but he can't quite tear himself away
from the lovely and dark woods.
 People love to talk about what this poem means. Some argue that it is simply a
description of a man appreciating nature. Others would tell you that there is some
heavy metaphor action going down, and that the poem is about death. And there
are those who take it a step further and say that this poem addresses suicide.
Nature-lovers see it as a piece that trumpets nature and that scorns civilization.
Sometimes we crave a little vacation from responsibility. Sometimes we get
hungry for alone time like the speaker does in "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy
Evening." In a world in which we are constantly stimulated by the Internet, TV,
phones, and ads, and in a world in which we are busy little bees, do we get to
spend much time alone anymore? Do we have time to stop and smell the roses?

No, it is not stated directly. To connect them you must read, comprehend and feel
as if you are the speaker in the poem.

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 The Great Gatsby
By FS Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby is a story told by Nick Carraway, who was once Gatsby's neighbor, and he tells the
story sometime after 1922, when the incidents that fill the book take place. As the story opens, Nick
has just moved from the Midwest to West Egg, Long Island, seeking his fortune as a bond salesman.
Shortly after his arrival, Nick travels across the Sound to the more fashionable East Egg to visit his
cousin Daisy Buchanan and her husband, Tom, a hulking, imposing man whom Nick had known in
college. There he meets professional golfer Jordan Baker. The Buchanans and Jordan Baker live
privileged lives, contrasting sharply in sensibility and luxury with Nick's more modest and grounded
lifestyle. When Nick returns home that evening, he notices his neighbor, Gatsby, mysteriously
standing in the dark and stretching his arms toward the water, and a solitary green light across the
Sound.

One day, Nick is invited to accompany Tom, a blatant adulterer, to meet his mistress, Myrtle Wilson, a
middle-class woman whose husband runs a modest garage and gas station in the valley of ashes, a
desolate and run-down section of town that marks the convergence of the city and the suburbs. After
the group meets and journeys into the city, Myrtle phones friends to come over and they all spend
the afternoon drinking at Myrtle and Tom's apartment. The afternoon is filled with drunken behavior
and ends ominously with Myrtle and Tom fighting over Daisy, his wife. Drunkenness turns to rage and
Tom, in one deft movement, breaks Myrtle's nose.

Following the description of this incident, Nick turns his attention to his mysterious neighbor, who
hosts weekly parties for the rich and fashionable. Upon Gatsby's invitation (which is noteworthy
because rarely is anyone ever invited to Gatsby's parties they just show up, knowing they will not
be turned away), Nick attends one of the extravagant gatherings. There, he bumps into Jordan Baker,
as well as Gatsby himself. Gatsby, it turns out, is a gracious host, but yet remains apart from his
guest an observer more than a participant as if he is seeking something. As the party winds
down, Gatsby takes Jordan aside to speak privately. Although the reader isn't specifically told what
they discuss, Jordan is greatly amazed by what she's learned.

As the summer unfolds, Gatsby and Nick become friends and Jordan and Nick begin to see each other
on a regular basis, despite Nick's conviction that she is notoriously dishonest (which offends his
sensibilities because he is "one of the few honest people" he has ever met). Nick and Gatsby journey
into the city one day and there Nick meets Meyer Wolfshiem, one of Gatsby's associates and Gatsby's
link to organized crime. On that same day, while having tea with Jordan Baker, Nick learns the
amazing story that Gatsby told her the night of his party. Gatsby, it appears, is in love with Daisy
Buchanan. They met years earlier when he was in the army but could not be together because he did
not yet have the means to support her. In the intervening years, Gatsby made his fortune, all with the
goal of winning Daisy back. He bought his house so that he would be across the Sound from her and
hosted the elaborate parties in the hopes that she would notice. It has come time for Gatsby to meet
Daisy again, face-to-face, and so, through the intermediary of Jordan Baker, Gatsby asks Nick to
invite Daisy to his little house where Gatsby will show up unannounced.

The day of the meeting arrives. Nick's house is perfectly prepared, due largely to the generosity of
the hopeless romantic Gatsby, who wants every detail to be perfect for his reunion with his lost love.
When the former lovers meet, their reunion is slightly nervous, but shortly, the two are once again
comfortable with each other, leaving Nick to feel an outsider in the warmth the two people radiate.
As the afternoon progresses, the three move the party from Nick's house to Gatsby's, where he takes
special delight in showing Daisy his meticulously decorated house and his impressive array of
belongings, as if demonstrating in a very tangible way just how far out of poverty he has traveled.
At this point, Nick again lapses into memory, relating the story of Jay Gatsby. Born James Gatz to
"shiftless and unsuccessful farm people," Gatsby changed his name at seventeen, about the same
time he met Dan Cody. Cody would become Gatsby's mentor, taking him on in "a vague personal
capacity" for five years as he went three times around the Continent. By the time of Cody's death,
Gatsby had grown into manhood and had defined the man he would become. Never again would he
acknowledge his meager past; from that point on, armed with a fabricated family history, he was Jay
Gatsby, entrepreneur.

Moving back to the present, we discover that Daisy and Tom will attend one of Gatsby's parties. Tom,
of course, spends his time chasing women, while Daisy and Gatsby sneak over to Nick's yard for a
moment's privacy while Nick, accomplice in the affair, keeps guard. After the Buchanans leave,
Gatsby tells Nick of his secret desire: to recapture the past. Gatsby, the idealistic dreamer, firmly
believes the past can be recaptured in its entirety. Gatsby then goes on to tell what it is about his
past with Daisy that has made such an impact on him.

As the summer unfolds, Gatsby and Daisy's affair begins to grow and they see each other regularly.
On one fateful day, the hottest and most unbearable of the summer, Gatsby and Nick journey to East
Egg to have lunch with the Buchanans and Jordan Baker. Oppressed by the heat, Daisy suggests they
take solace in a trip to the city. No longer hiding her love for Gatsby, Daisy pays him special attention
and Tom deftly picks up on what's going on. As the party prepares to leave for the city, Tom fetches a
bottle of whiskey. Tom, Nick, and Jordan drive in Gatsby's car, while Gatsby and Daisy drive Tom's
coupe. Low on gas, Tom stops Gatsby's car at Wilson's gas station, where he sees that Wilson is not
well. Like Tom, who has just learned of Daisy's affair, Wilson has just learned of Myrtle's secret life
although he does not know who the man is and it has made him physically sick. Wilson announces
his plans to take Myrtle out West, much to Tom's dismay. Tom has lost a wife and a mistress all in a
matter of an hour. Absorbed in his own fears, Tom hastily drives into the city.

The group ends up at the Plaza hotel, where they continue drinking, moving the day closer and closer
to its tragic end. Tom, always a hot-head, begins to badger Gatsby, questioning him as to his
intentions with Daisy. Decidedly tactless and confrontational, Tom keeps harping on Gatsby until the
truth comes out: Gatsby wants Daisy to admit she's never loved Tom but that, instead, she has
always loved him. When Daisy is unable to do this, Gatsby declares that Daisy is going to leave Tom.
Tom, though, understands Daisy far better than Gatsby does and knows she won't leave him: His
wealth and power, matured through generations of privilege, will triumph over Gatsby's newly found
wealth. In a gesture of authority, Tom orders Daisy and Gatsby to head home in Gatsby's car. Tom,
Nick, and Jordan follow.

As Tom's car nears Wilson's garage, they can all see that some sort of accident has occurred. Pulling
over to investigate, they learn that Myrtle Wilson, Tom's mistress, has been hit and killed by a passing
car that never bothered to stop, and it appears to have been Gatsby's car. Tom, Jordan, and Nick
continue home to East Egg. Nick, now disgusted by the morality and behavior of the people with
whom he has been on friendly terms, meets Gatsby outside of the Buchanans' house where he is
keeping watch for Daisy. With a few well-chosen questions, Nick learns that Daisy, not Gatsby, was
driving the car, although Gatsby confesses he will take all the blame. Nick, greatly agitated by all that
he has experienced during the day, continues home, but an overarching feeling of dread haunts him.

Nearing dawn the next morning, Nick goes to Gatsby's house. While the two men turn the house
upside down looking for cigarettes, Gatsby tells Nick more about how he became the man he is and
how Daisy figured into his life. Later that morning, while at work, Nick is unable to concentrate. He
receives a phone call from Jordan Baker, but is quick to end the discussion and thereby the
friendship. He plans to take an early train home and check on Gatsby.
The action then switches back to Wilson who, distraught over his wife's death, sneaks out and goes
looking for the driver who killed Myrtle. Nick retraces Wilson's journey, which placed him, by early
afternoon, at Gatsby's house. Wilson murders Gatsby and then turns the gun on himself.

After Gatsby's death, Nick is left to help make arrangements for his burial. What is most perplexing,
though, is that no one seems overly concerned with Gatsby's death. Daisy and Tom mysteriously
leave on a trip and all the people who so eagerly attended his parties, drinking his liquor and eating
his food, refuse to become involved. Even Meyer Wolfshiem, Gatsby's business partner, refuses to
publicly mourn his friend's death. A telegram from Henry C. Gatz, Gatsby's father, indicates he will be
coming from Minnesota to bury his son. Gatsby's funeral boasts only Nick, Henry Gatz, a few
servants, the postman, and the minister at the graveside. Despite all his popularity during his
lifetime, in his death, Gatsby is completely forgotten.

Nick, completely disillusioned with what he has experienced in the East, prepares to head back to the
Midwest. Before leaving, he sees Tom Buchanan one last time. When Tom notices him and questions
him as to why he didn't want to shake hands, Nick curtly offers "You know what I think of you." Their
discussion reveals that Tom was the impetus behind Gatsby's death. When Wilson came to his house,
he told Wilson that Gatsby owned the car that killed Myrtle. In Tom's mind, he had helped justice
along. Nick, disgusted by the carelessness and cruel nature of Tom, Daisy, and those like them,
leaves Tom, proud of his own integrity.

On the last night before leaving, Nick goes to Gatsby's mansion, then to the shore where Gatsby once
stood, arms outstretched toward the green light. The novel ends prophetically, with Nick noting how
we are all a little like Gatsby, boats moving up a river, going forward but continually feeling the pull
of the past.

The Great Gatsby

A Novel By FS Fitzgerald

I. TITLE

The title itself implies that Gatsby is a high level persona. Infact, he is one
of the wealthiest in West Egg. He seems to live a dream-like existence; he
even briefly wins back the girl of his dreams.
 If I would have the chance to make a title for this story I would prefer to
entitle it with High-Persona Lover.

II. POINT OF VIEW

The story is being told in a first person and it doesnt change its point of
view until the end of the story.

III. DRAMATIC CONFLICT

The Great Gatsby is filled with conflict on multiple levels. The characters
struggle with each other and themselves. One of the first conflict the
reader encounters is the love triangle between Tom Buchanan, Daisy
Buchanan, and Myrtle Wilson. Second is the disenchantment of Daisy by
Tom and her marriage. Though she is a woman of privilege with everything
she could possible want: a beautiful home, wealthy husband, and a perfect
little girl. But at the end of the day, shes married to a man who cheats on
her and bullies the people around him. Third is the love triangle between
Daisy, Tom and Jay Gatsby. Though Daisy and Toms affair is over, the
couple again conflicted by Daisys affair with Jay Gatsby and Tom suspects
that theres something amiss with Gatsby.

IV. THEME
In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald offers up commentary on a variety of
themes such as justice, power, greed, betrayal, the American dream, and
so on. Of all the themes, perhaps none is better developed than that of
social stratification. When you look at the words used in the title it already
suggests the theme of the story. It is also hinted by dialogue,
characterization and symbolism.

V. PLOT
The Great Gatsby has a complex plot about a totally interesting character,
an absolute dreamer named Jay Gatsby. The novel is really a story within a
story, for Nick Carraway, the frame narrator of Gatsbys plot, is really a
protagonist himself. Additionally, there is another subplot revolving around
the triangle of Myrtle, Wilson, and Tom. Much of the story is also told as
flashbacks, so the chronological order of the plot is constantly interrupted.
Fitzgerald, however, masterfully intertwines all the plots and all the
flashbacks into a wonderfully unified whole. The inciting force of The Great
Gatsby starts with the initial complication of Nick going to visit the
Buchanans. There, the reader begins to experience the action of the story.
At this point, there is actually story to be told, not just empty descriptions
of people and places. From this point, Nick meets Tom's mistress, then
Gatsby, then Nick and Jordan set Gatsby and Daisy up, then the four of
them (Gatsby, Nick, Daisy and Tom) go to the city. On the way back, Daisy
runs Myrtle over.

The act of running Myrtle over is the last part of the rising action. There
were many complications that led to significant events in the story as well,
for example, each of the events mentioned above started with a
complication. These complications grow into conflict, as the reader learns
more about the situation. There are a few conflicts in this novel, perhaps
the most glaring between Daisy and Tom. The other conflicts are those
between Nick and Tom, Nick and Jordan, Gatsby and Tom, Gatsby and
Daisy, Gatsby's inner conflict, and Wilson and Myrtle. It is interesting to
watch the tiny complications grow into such hulking conflicts as the story is
told.

VI. CHARACTERIZATION
There are approximately 10 characters in the book. There are good and bad
people in this novel, Gatsby - The titular character of the book, could be
misunderstood to be good due to his appearance being in the third chapter
after much hype. I believe that he only wants Daisy to relinquish his old
 happy life with rose tinted spectacles. The quote wherein a woman had to
return a dress from Gatsby because "it was too big in the bust" shows how
he sees women as objects due to his materialistic, elitist nature.
Nick - Now he is a confusing one. He is introduced as the perfect narrator
as his father told him not to criticize anyone, this means that he should be
able to remain unbiased and give a true recollection of the story. However,
on the same page no less, he admits to pretending to be asleep to hear an
"intimate relation". He is also quite petty when he calls a man Owl Eyes (I
do understand how FitzGerald is portraying the theme of how God is
nonchalant to the whole situation) which could be seen as insulting. As this
narrative is retrospective he may be showing bias to disliked characters
(Daisy) to make his point valid.
Daisy - It is clear that she is a horrible person at the end of the novel
however I shall comment on her at the beginning. For example, when she
murmurs to make people lean towards her. I first thought that she was
simply being childish to ensure that she reflects the norm of the 1920s
(given her woman needs to be fools speech) however I now realize that she
is over sexualizing herself. When people lean towards her she would want
people to appreciate her beauty. This may be why she wanted to be with
Gatsby to message her ego, when everything gets too serious she goes
away - cue Nick's speech about money. Speaking of this Gatsby remarks
that her voice is like money which could represent man's materialistic view
of women or how she flaunts herself to make her do that.
Tom - I'm not going to go into too much detail. He is clearly a controlling
person (forcing Nick off the train) and believes himself to be better due to
his "big books".
Jordan - Very similar to Daisy but to a much lesser extent. She "leaned
forward unashamed" at the door to listen to private matters. This shows
how she doesn't care for emotions and only cares to listen to the gossip -
much like the women at Gatsby's party. Also her speech for not being
careful shows her opinion of the elitist people doing whatever they want
with no repercussion.
Myrtle - It may be considered that she is a victim of man's oppression and
sexualisation of women however there is that time when she stares at
Jordan (mistakenly to be Tom's wife) with jealousy. She also wants to move
to West which shows that she wants to be part of the Elitist culture.
George- The only fault I can pick with him is the murder of Gatsby. This
shows the corruption of women in The Great Gatsby.
The writer combines the dramatic and analytic method of characterization.

VII. SITUATION
These are some of the good passage of description in the novel. First is
about Gatsbys demeanor: He smiled understandingly-much more than
understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal
reassurance in it that you may come across four or five times in life. It
facedor seemed to facethe whole eternal world for an instant, and then
concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It
understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you
as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had
precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey.
Then another is Nicks outstanding opening to the novel: In my younger
and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that Ive been
turning over in my mind ever since. Whenever you feel like criticizing any
one, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world havent
had the advantages that youve had. Then, Nicks description of
Daisy:Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and
a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that
men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a
whispered Listen, a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a
while since and that there were gay, exciting things hovering in the next
hour. And lastly the novels fabulous ending: Gatsby believed in the green
 light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us
then, but thats no mattertomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms
farther. And one fine morning So we beat on, boats against the current,
borne back ceaselessly into the past.

The four important geographical locations in the novel are West Egg, East
Egg, the valley of ashes, and New York City. The story happens during the
20th century. We modern readers can identify that it is not happening on the
present time due to the cultures being displayed in the story.

VIII. STYLE
The author does used direct, clear and forceful style in writing the novel.
He also uses epigrams or short sentences with deeper meanings in the
story. Like this, Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;
If you can bounce high, bounce for her too,
Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover,
I must have you!" The author also uses unfamiliar words such as marred,
suppression, languid, hauteur, strident, deft, gaudy and etc. The gained in
using dialect in the story is that we readers will be resourceful to search the
meaning of a certain word.
Each dialogue seem natural and stiff.