chapter 2

American Dream- “You can’t live forever; you can’t live forever.’’ This shows you just have to live life to the fullest, always do what you want when you want to do it. There is also a lot more about how the American Dream is being rich. Mrs. McKee says, “I almost made a mistake, too,” she declared vigorously. “I almost married a little kyke who’d been after me for years. I knew he was below me. Everybody kept saying to me: ‘Lucille, that man’s ‘way below you!’ But if I hadn’t met Chester, he’d of got me sure.” This shows that people are more after money than love they will do anything to be rich.

Character Development -“Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand.” In chapter one there was a description of Tom that described him as being a fierce tough cold man, this quote just shows how mean he really is. He doesn’t care who he hurts he will do whatever it takes to get what he wants.

Colors- There are a lot of dark colors in this chapter for example, ash gray and plain gray are mentioned a lot in the first paragraph. I think it’s a way to set the tone of personality for the chapter. Sort of dark and sneaky and mean.

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