Daisy is disillusioned and unhappy because of her husband’s infidelity. However she hides her feelings behind a mask of shallow cynicism. She and Tom are both from a socially old-established ‘aristocracy’. He is domineering, aggressive and arrogant. He is also hypocritical, as he is outraged at daisy’s relationship with Gatsby whilst he is keen to show off his current mistress.
On Thursdays lesson (20th January) we continued reading chapter one, being introduced to three more characters, Tom, Daisy and Jordan (Miss baker). Throughout the passage, we learnt a lot about their characters as well as underlining any adverbs we could see. the adverbs used were mainly things like: wistfully, restlessly, Politely, impatiently and consciously. On page 21 and 22, we see a lot of adverbs used which are the pages in which Tom’s mistress is revealed. This over use of adverbs you be as a result of the heightened emotions displayed. Throughout the lesson, as we read the passage, this is what we discussed about the characters:
TOM- on page 12, there is a paragraph long description about him. he is described as having ‘various physical accomplishments’, which make him seem big, broad and quite admirable. He is presented as very masculine and quite awe-inspiring, the way he has moved house ‘in a fashion that rather took your breath away’. The fact that Nick describes him in this way, quite sexually and overtly masculine was,we thought, quite strange. later on, Nick asks Tom about the bonds business which Tom says he isn’t in, but we weren’t quite sure as he has all of this money. on page 19, we encountered Toms racist ideas, which Daisy mocks him about. He angrily retorts that ‘its scientific’ as if trying to prove his intelligence. DAISY- on page 15 we discover her trait of wanting attention and her ability to get it. She promises to nick that ‘there was no one in the world she so much wanted to see’. This shows her manipulation, and Nick picks up on it, saying it was a ‘way she had’. We also see how boring her life really is when she says how she watches for the longest day and always misses it. This is contradictory to the ‘gay’ and ‘exciting’ life that people assume she has. It suggests that she is either unorganised or carefree and a bit scatty. However, she also asks, ‘what do people plan?’ which tells us that she doesn’t know because all she is doing is waiting and her life has no purpose. we also discussed the way Daisy talks about her daughter, being a ‘beautiful little fool’. This is her way of telling people that the only thing a woman can be is a vivacious decoration in society.this changes our view on her, from the previously manipulative we see. She is quite clever and aware of things – her place in the world and what she puts on is just a front. JORDAN (Ms Baker)- we discussed that her character was quite androgynous and boyish, the words used to describe her are quite masculine –‘slender’/’cadet’/’erect;. She is described to have quite a manly figure
Daisy is disillusioned and unhappy because of her husband’s infidelity. However she hides her feelings behind a mask of shallow cynicism. She and Tom are both from a socially old-established ‘aristocracy’. He is domineering, aggressive and arrogant. He is also hypocritical, as he is outraged at daisy’s relationship with Gatsby whilst he is keen to show off his current mistress.
ReplyDeleteOn Thursdays lesson (20th January) we continued reading chapter one, being introduced to three more characters, Tom, Daisy and Jordan (Miss baker). Throughout the passage, we learnt a lot about their characters as well as underlining any adverbs we could see.
ReplyDeletethe adverbs used were mainly things like: wistfully, restlessly, Politely, impatiently and consciously.
On page 21 and 22, we see a lot of adverbs used which are the pages in which Tom’s mistress is revealed. This over use of adverbs you be as a result of the heightened emotions displayed.
Throughout the lesson, as we read the passage, this is what we discussed about the characters:
TOM- on page 12, there is a paragraph long description about him.
he is described as having ‘various physical accomplishments’, which make him seem big, broad and quite admirable. He is presented as very masculine and quite awe-inspiring, the way he has moved house ‘in a fashion that rather took your breath away’. The fact that Nick describes him in this way, quite sexually and overtly masculine was,we thought, quite strange.
later on, Nick asks Tom about the bonds business which Tom says he isn’t in, but we weren’t quite sure as he has all of this money.
on page 19, we encountered Toms racist ideas, which Daisy mocks him about. He angrily retorts that ‘its scientific’ as if trying to prove his intelligence.
DAISY- on page 15 we discover her trait of wanting attention and her ability to get it.
She promises to nick that ‘there was no one in the world she so much wanted to see’. This shows her manipulation, and Nick picks up on it, saying it was a ‘way she had’.
We also see how boring her life really is when she says how she watches for the longest day and always misses it. This is contradictory to the ‘gay’ and ‘exciting’ life that people assume she has. It suggests that she is either unorganised or carefree and a bit scatty. However, she also asks, ‘what do people plan?’ which tells us that she doesn’t know because all she is doing is waiting and her life has no purpose.
we also discussed the way Daisy talks about her daughter, being a ‘beautiful little fool’. This is her way of telling people that the only thing a woman can be is a vivacious decoration in society.this changes our view on her, from the previously manipulative we see. She is quite clever and aware of things – her place in the world and what she puts on is just a front.
JORDAN (Ms Baker)- we discussed that her character was quite androgynous and boyish, the words used to describe her are quite masculine –‘slender’/’cadet’/’erect;. She is described to have quite a manly figure