Chapter 2 ~ pg 23-38

In chapter two, we are introduced to the infamous mistress of Tom, Myrtle also known as Mrs. Wilson. In order to meet Myrtle, Nick and Tom take a train ride across the "valley of ashes" into the city. In the city they go to George  B. Wilson's garage, where they meet his wife Myrtle. After awhile they leave and meet Myrtle later. Later one Tom and Myrtle bring Nick along to their apartment where they have a party. Nick meets her sister Catherine who tells him about how both Tom and Myrtle hate their spouses and also a bit more information about Gatsby. The party continues but ends when Myrtle yells Daisy's name and Tom breaks her nose.

Catherine

"I'm scared of him. I'd hate to have him get anything on me" (pg 32)

-she gives Nick some more information about Gatsby: "Well, they say he's a nephew or a cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm's. That's where all his money comes from." (pg 32)

-she was about to marry someone in a different class: "I almost married a little kike 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." (pg 34)

Catherine seems to be the type of person who lets many things slip out of her mouth, basically she is a gossiper. She lets Nick in on some interesting details about many things that he is trying to find out without even knowing what she is doing. Maybe later in the novel she will reappear again or be mentioned with some other clues to crack the mysteries that are flying around the people Nick is associated with.

"You can't live forever; you can't live forever" (pg 36)

This quote from Myrtle really stood out to me because of the idea of living life day by day and trying new things. Sure it was not a good thing that the new thing she wanted to try was cheating on her husband but it is a good thing to try new things. For me that is what I would love to do, to have the courage to try new things and live day by day because obviously I can't live forever and I do not want a day to go by that I will regret not doing something. This quote is important to the book because it is at the end of the paragraph of how Tom and Myrtle met and that is a big part of this chapter especially.

--Andrea Garcia, 4