prominent at the forefront; well-known – proximity nearness – pungent strong-smelling – reciprocal returned – riotous exuberant – rotogravure old method of developing photographs – sedative calming – submerged put under – supercilious coolly haughty – superficial shallow; surface-level – tangible solid; touchable – turbulent disturbed; in commotion – unaffected natural – uninflected toneless; unaccented – unobtrusively without getting in the way – vigil watch – wan pale; sickly – In Chapter One we meet the narrator, Nick Carraway. These first four paragraphs serve as a prologue that introduces the rest of the story. What information does Nick give us about himself in this prologue? What does Nick say is Gatsby? (Find the quotation in the fourth “gorgeous” paragraph.) In the same paragraph, Nick tells us of his disillusionment with mankind. In your opinion, is it Gatsby or something else that causes this disillusionment? (Be prepared to defend and/or explain your answer.) What is Nick’s socio-economic background?
prominent – at the forefront; well-known proximity – nearness pungent – strong-smelling reciprocal – returned riotous – exuberant rotogravure – old method of developing photographs sedative – calming submerged – put under supercilious – coolly haughty superficial – shallow; surface-level tangible – solid; touchable turbulent – disturbed; in commotion unaffected – natural uninflected – toneless; unaccented unobtrusively – without getting in the way vigil – watch wan – pale; sickly In Chapter One we meet the narrator, Nick Carraway. These first four paragraphs serve as a prologue that introduces the rest of the story. What information does Nick give us about himself in this prologue? What does Nick say is “gorgeous” Gatsby? (Find the quotation in the fourth paragraph.) In the same paragraph, Nick tells us of his disillusionment with mankind. In your opinion, is it Gatsby or something else that causes this disillusionment? (Be prepared to defend and/or explain your answer.) What is Nick’s socio-economic background?
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