Great Gatsby Notes 2/3/4

fractiousness- irritable and quarrelsome
Nick ends up going to Tom and Daisy’s house to see what their life is like
Daisy is irresponsible mom and isn’t mindful of other people





Notes 3:
Valley of ashes
Tom tanked up drinking
Tom breaks mrs Wilson’s nose with and open hand( probably a women beater)


Chapter 4:
1) the truth that Gatsby tells Nick in this chapter is that he came from a wealthy family that are all dead and that he was “educated at Oxford”
2) the truth that Jordan’s tells nick is

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