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The Great Gatsby Task Essay

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The great Gatsby Task
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With my written task I would like to explore one of the parts of the book of which the narrator does not talk about. Those who will be mentioned in this gap will be two of the main characters: Jordan Baker and Jay Gatsby.
Being a fill-the-gap kind of writing piece the text type is gonna be a short story.
The reason why I chose to fill this gap is due the empty feeling who got triggered in me making me feel incomplete and unfulfilled while reading the chapter.
Even though the writer does explain what happened while Jordan talked with Gatsby, I felt compelled to write something about it anyway.
Intended for people like me, my writing aims to ordinary readers, such as students or anyone who reads for pleasure.
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“[…] Mr. Gatsby would like to speak with to you alone.”
“With me?” she exclaimed in surprise.
“Yes, madame.”
As I slowly crossed the flight of steps wondering what was going to happen, the butler led me upstairs inviting me to enter the study. I desperately searched for a look from Nick, who was already searching around for someone to talk with.
Big bookshelves on the walls were making seem the wooden desk a little piece of furnishing.
It took a while for my eyes to get used to the dark in the room and after a bunch of seconds the door was closed and the homeowner was sitting in the expensive chair.
“So, you must be Jordan, right?” he said slowly, trying to hide a certain emotion; stress, maybe.
“Yes, I do am. I was wondering about this strange call. If I did someth..” I have been cut by his words.
“Yes, yes. No, don’t worry; you are a valued guest, my dear.” he quickly answered before even letting me finish what I was about to say.
“Sorry, I’m confused..” once again he interrupted me.
“Jeeves.” he said calmly, talking to no …show more content…

While he was leaving the room we both sat down being quite for a minute or two, not saying a word.
“James Gatz. It’s a pleasure to meet you.. and your friend.”
“James Gatz? I thought your name was Jay Gatsby..” I asked interested.
“Well, it was. You’ll understand once I will tell you the reason why you are here at the moment, my dear.” he quickly said, as if that was the answer he was waiting for.
“Daisy Fay; I dream of her since we had to end our

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