Page 25. A wrecked, dust-covered Ford is the only car visible inside the Wilsons’ garage.
Page 114. In the sweltering heat, Nick describes a car as being on the “edge of combustion”
Page 136. Nick, Tom, Jordan drive off “toward[s] death through the cooing twilight” after wrapping up the face off between Tom and Gatsby. CM. Fitzgerald portrays cars as being wrecked and mistreated by nature. The wrecked Ford is coated in dust, the decay and remains of what use to be living, and a car is on the edge of bursting into flames. Fitzgerald then foreshadows that more car mishaps are sure to come. Even more so when he states that Nick, Jordan, and Tom ride off “toward[s] death through the cooing twilight.” As the car drives off towards the future and what is yet to come, the day also comes to an end.
Page 57- 58. Jordan’s carelessness and apathy becomes apparent when she ruins a convertible she doesn’t own and when she drives so recklessly, she brushed the clothes of a man walking. Even as she admits to this, she acts apathetic, not caring and by stating, “It takes two to make an accident.” Page 62. Carelessness is also depicted when, while attending one of Gatsby’s parties, Mrs. Swett ran over Mr. Snell’s hand while he was drunk on the gravel driveway. CM. One of the main causes of automobile mishaps was carelessness. Jordan Baker is the essence of carelessness when it came to cars. She was aware she drove fast and recklessly, but still took no shame or guilt when she almost hit a working man. Jordan’s apathy towards almost injuring a working man indicates the classism she and her peers took part in, because if she had almost hit or injured a aristocrat of her class or higher, she would have reacted differently to the situation as a whole. This is similar to her reaction to ruining the convertible. She never took the blame for leaving it out in the rain, mainly because it wasn’t her problem after she gave it back to the owner. Jordan is a selfish and egocentric, not worrying about how her actions affect others, comparable to how Tom and Daisy act. Carelessness with automobiles is a depicted through the lavish lifestyle the party-goers have. For instance, when Mrs. Swett ran over Mr. Snell’s hand, he was severely drunk, almost passed out on the driveway, showing that with the distractions and depressants the upper class elites enjoy, brings about an air of carelessness as they become self interested. Page 68-69. Gatsby and Nick pass a funeral procession as they make their way to New York. Page 9. After the Buchanan’s leave Chicago, Nick states “The whole town is desolate. All the cars have the left rear wheel painted black as a mourning wreath.” Page 156. After Myrtle dies, Catherine is driven “in the wake of her sister’s body.” CM. …show more content…
As Nick and Gatsby pass by a funeral on their way to New York, the somber atmosphere is quickly replaced, being brushed aside as if it is something of a nuisance. This incident foreshadows Gatsby’s reaction of the deaths to come and how easily he brushes aside death in order to achieve what he wants. In correlation, Nick states early in the novel that Chicago is mourning the absence of the Buchanans by painting the back wheel black,like a funeral wreath. He says this implying that the town is sad they are gone, but in reality Chicago is grieving because of the state in which Tom and Daisy left it in. Later in the novel it is revealed that something embarrassing happened between Tom and Daisy that made them leave town, implying that the Buchanans leave chaos everywhere they go. Finally when Daisy leaves her final trace of chaos, Catherine is stated to be driven “in the wake of her sister’s body.” As Daisy leaves, Catherine is left to pray and watch over her sister’s body as it is removed from the scene of the hit and run. Page 53, 55. One of the major automobile accidents that occurred was the separation between the car and the wheel when it was leaving one of Gatsby’s parties. Page 77. The front wheel flies off Tom Buchanan’s car when he hit a van while leaving Santa Barbara with a
Page 114. In the sweltering heat, Nick describes a car as being on the “edge of combustion”
Page 136. Nick, Tom, Jordan drive off “toward[s] death through the cooing twilight” after wrapping up the face off between Tom and Gatsby. CM. Fitzgerald portrays cars as being wrecked and mistreated by nature. The wrecked Ford is coated in dust, the decay and remains of what use to be living, and a car is on the edge of bursting into flames. Fitzgerald then foreshadows that more car mishaps are sure to come. Even more so when he states that Nick, Jordan, and Tom ride off “toward[s] death through the cooing twilight.” As the car drives off towards the future and what is yet to come, the day also comes to an end.
Page 57- 58. Jordan’s carelessness and apathy becomes apparent when she ruins a convertible she doesn’t own and when she drives so recklessly, she brushed the clothes of a man walking. Even as she admits to this, she acts apathetic, not caring and by stating, “It takes two to make an accident.” Page 62. Carelessness is also depicted when, while attending one of Gatsby’s parties, Mrs. Swett ran over Mr. Snell’s hand while he was drunk on the gravel driveway. CM. One of the main causes of automobile mishaps was carelessness. Jordan Baker is the essence of carelessness when it came to cars. She was aware she drove fast and recklessly, but still took no shame or guilt when she almost hit a working man. Jordan’s apathy towards almost injuring a working man indicates the classism she and her peers took part in, because if she had almost hit or injured a aristocrat of her class or higher, she would have reacted differently to the situation as a whole. This is similar to her reaction to ruining the convertible. She never took the blame for leaving it out in the rain, mainly because it wasn’t her problem after she gave it back to the owner. Jordan is a selfish and egocentric, not worrying about how her actions affect others, comparable to how Tom and Daisy act. Carelessness with automobiles is a depicted through the lavish lifestyle the party-goers have. For instance, when Mrs. Swett ran over Mr. Snell’s hand, he was severely drunk, almost passed out on the driveway, showing that with the distractions and depressants the upper class elites enjoy, brings about an air of carelessness as they become self interested. Page 68-69. Gatsby and Nick pass a funeral procession as they make their way to New York. Page 9. After the Buchanan’s leave Chicago, Nick states “The whole town is desolate. All the cars have the left rear wheel painted black as a mourning wreath.” Page 156. After Myrtle dies, Catherine is driven “in the wake of her sister’s body.” CM. …show more content…
As Nick and Gatsby pass by a funeral on their way to New York, the somber atmosphere is quickly replaced, being brushed aside as if it is something of a nuisance. This incident foreshadows Gatsby’s reaction of the deaths to come and how easily he brushes aside death in order to achieve what he wants. In correlation, Nick states early in the novel that Chicago is mourning the absence of the Buchanans by painting the back wheel black,like a funeral wreath. He says this implying that the town is sad they are gone, but in reality Chicago is grieving because of the state in which Tom and Daisy left it in. Later in the novel it is revealed that something embarrassing happened between Tom and Daisy that made them leave town, implying that the Buchanans leave chaos everywhere they go. Finally when Daisy leaves her final trace of chaos, Catherine is stated to be driven “in the wake of her sister’s body.” As Daisy leaves, Catherine is left to pray and watch over her sister’s body as it is removed from the scene of the hit and run. Page 53, 55. One of the major automobile accidents that occurred was the separation between the car and the wheel when it was leaving one of Gatsby’s parties. Page 77. The front wheel flies off Tom Buchanan’s car when he hit a van while leaving Santa Barbara with a