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Houses
play many important roles in this story. First of all, they add to the
setting in which important events in the story take place. For
example, an event such as the meeting of Daisy and Gatsby for the first
time in five years would probably seem dull or less real without the
detailed description of both Nick and Gatsby's houses, and how Gatsby
insisted that the meeting be held at Nick's house. The whole
ordeal with the houses just adds to the excitement of the scene and how
we view Gatsby's reaction to the meeting.
Secondly, the use of houses throughout the story also help us understand the characters better. Gatsby's, Nick's, and Daisy's houses are all described to us throughout the book. This helps us to learn key facts about each character such as how Gatsby is rich, Nick has a modest but nice home, and so on. Also, we would not have completely understood certain situations without the part that a house played. For example, we might not have understood exactly why Myrtle cheated on Wilson with Tom. Why did she cheat on him with a rich man, and not a poor man? She most likely choose a rich man because he could give her more than what she had, and we know what she had was little because of the description of her humble home. Houses are also used to show important lessons in this book. One particular house was mentioned in our passage. It was referred to as the "wrong house". "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be." -- Unknown In our passage it is trying to convey to us that people in this story, and life in general, don't always end up at the right place, or at the place they had hoped to be. Sometimes people just have the wrong timing and there is nothing we can do about it. Things just turn out the way they are meant to be. *Laura* |
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