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Intervention To The Great Gatsby

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Intervention “The Great Gatsby” (“penguin classics edition” Pg. 135-136) I was feeling a little sick and I wanted to be alone. But Jordan lingered for a moment more. ‘It’s only half-past nine,’ she said I paid no heed to her comment. Behind her, beyond the door to a world of darkness and carelessness, walked what until recently was the supercilious back of Tom Buchanan. But now an unpretentious impostor took its place. As we stood out under the night’s sky, above us the stars were all but non-existent, high aloft in the sky arose puffs of grey. Those balls of cotton seen during the day shifted into streams of grey the colour of ash and soot. They blanketed the sky, hiding the full moon in its full. But the moon fought, oh how it fought to …show more content…

Its rays pieced the darkness. Selene’s light upon the house was all that could be seen in a world that seemed devoid of light. The stillness of the night was only disturbed by the elegy of the crickets. “What a night” I whispered to myself. “Why, yes what a night” Jordan replied. A small shock fell upon me, I had forgotten she stood there. An awkward silence fell, an almost deathly silence took its hold in the night. The crickets had stopped their elegy. Now only silence reigned. “Did you see her body” Jorden solemnly said. Her face was as though all life had been drained from it, for it was a deathly pale. “Yes, I did” I replied “The sight of death…… It is a sight none can ever be accustomed to” “You speak as though you have being privy to …show more content…

Jordan pleaded “I ought to wait outside” I insisted Being rejected twice finally hurt Tom. Her turned arrogantly and aggressively inserted his hand in his pockets and strode back inside. The Tom that the world knew was back, but only for a split second. Has he drew near to the stairs, the solemnly, humble impostor once again took hold of him. As he ascended, each creak echoed in the house. With each step, his feet became heavier. His back resembled the back of Atlas, for it seemed as though he carried the world on his shoulders. “Careless, All of them are” I murmured silently to myself. “Why, does that mean me too?” Jordan replied “If anything you are as careless as us” “Me?” I interjected “Yes, you…. You stayed as quiet and mute as Daisy this afternoon, although you ignited all of this” Jordan proclaimed. Her slender body extended to its full height, her arms rested upon her tight waist. “Nick, let’s not argue out

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