While reading through chapter one, I thought the book was going to be very boring and that the vocabulary would be well out of my range, but I was wrong. The author describes the rough times in the 1920's, and does a very good job doing so. What I learned throughout the course of the chapter was that Tom is a " wealthy" and " selfish" man who is married to Daisy. Nick Carraway is the narrator from Minnesota, who went to Yale. Jay Gatsby is a wealthy man living in the Gothic Mansion. Daisy Buchanan is Tom's cousin, but she is the women who Gatsby loves. All in all, I believe Fitzgerald sets very good moods throughout the chapter and that it was a very good opening chapter.
Also, I chose to talk about a specific character that stood out to me in many ways. The character would be Tom Buchanan. He is a very miserable man who is not afraid to speak what is on his mind. Tom is a very racist and sexist man who is very snobby and wealthy. Tom reminds me of many men and women today, by being racist. No matter what time period it, many people dislike one another due to the color of their skin or their heritage. Another reason Tom relates to some people I know is that rich people always keep their chin up and think that the ground below them is like gold. In conclusion, this is how I believe Tom can relate to many of us today!
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