Chapter 2-the Great Gatsby

Chapter 2 In chapter two of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses numerous methods of narrative. In this essay I will analyse three Character, telescope and Voice each in detail. In the opening sentence of chapter 2, Fitzgerald uses imagery to create a ground of al more or less like a limbo with never-ending roads and barren land. This theme continues throughout the first setting in the chapter. This is the v all toldey of ashes-a fantastic farm where ashes grow like straw into ridges Fitzgerald uses the word ashes twice which re-inforces how dead and desolate the valley of ashes is.Secondly, Fitzgerald uses an oxymoron with the connotations of ash and stalk death and life-time. This is like a microcosm of the fact that many people (in the book) came to overbold York to achieve The American Dream and many failed. However, it could as well as represent Gatsby and how thither are hints in the book that he came from nothing but has worked his carriage to the top. In chapte r 2, Fitzgerald introduces a few new characters to the reader. The character that stood out most for me was Myrtle. Myrtle is Toms mistress and is characterized as the complete opposite as Daisy.She is exposit with a thickish figure, sensuously and smouldering, whereas Daisy is slender, kind and loving. Further on in the characterisation, Myrtle changes her outfit quite often. Mrs Wilson had changed her get up The word costume suggests that Myrtle is just playing a part in her bear fairytale with Tom. It is ironic because the reader later learns that Tom has no sideline in Myrtle apart from her being a distraction. Also, the quality of her dresses as we read deeper into the scene become more and more rich as the first dress is described as crepe-de-chine, the second is muslim and the last(a) dress is chiffon.She changes her costume to give people the impression that she is wealthy because it is the life that she wants to live. Lastly, the use of Mrs Wilson instead of Myrtle in fers that is more important than when she was with her husband and it also underlines the fact that she is married. Fitzgerald uses the change of structure in the narrative voice to stage the dry land of incision. I cod only been drunk twice in my life and the second was that afternoon We already know from chapter 1 that come off is apologetic and likes to think he is honest. Therefore it is almost like he is apologising for what is about to come.This is most likely to be because alcohol was illegal indeed and he is obviously embarrassed by his state. Later on in the scene, the narrative voice then changes to a more drunken state for example, he rants and uses repetition of then. Later on, as the evening progresses Nick wipes off a spot of dried lather that had worried me all afternoon from Mr McKees cheek. If Nick was sober he would not have done this but obviously feels the need to due to the alcohol. Lastly, the whole scene is told in a strange order and it seems like he is looking back and piecing it all together.