Coming Through Slaughter: Close Reading II

"Right on my head. But i still have the razor and we stand looking at each other. The blood drooling of his chin on to the wet shredded shirt. He takes a quick look at himself in the mirror and the tears just rush out of his face. I am exhausted, sorry for him. Got no anger at him now. I'm finished i'm empty but i cant tell him. What the hell is wrong with me? And Picket's face is hard waiting to come for me, looking around the room."(73)

The first sentence shows us how Buddy is determined, he has a sharp object in his hand and doesn't seem scared of using it. He faces facts as they come. He is fighting with his friend and while fixing his beard cuts him. Buddy shows us an aggressive side, and at the same time a weak one. He seems impulsive, some things trigger attacks and its hard for him to control himself.

Coming Through Slaughter: Close Reading

"There was much curiosity on Boldens part. They had been away from news for nearly a month, god knew if there was a famous murderer in the area. His mind went into theories. Eventually he decided to take the car and drive to Pontchartrain and tell Webb about it. Nora refused to be left with a strangler around. They drove with dead Mrs. Bass in the front seat settling carefully into rigor mortis. At the turns however she would fall over onto Boldens lap like a valuable statue, so Nora got in the front and Mrs. Bass was put in the back seat. Covered with a trap for diplomacy. Bolden parked outside the police station and asked for Webb. Nora went to a restaurant to get a meal." (26)

This quote shows us how Nora and Bolden are careless about facts that would be very significant for other human beings. Finding a loved one strangled in the front seat of their car isn't very pleasant. As we see in the first sentence, it mentions the curiosity that arises in Bolden, it demonstrates how he isn't really surprised and how he might of seen this already. "... god knew if there was a famous murder in the area." and they didn't seem to care. Buddy takes everything as it comes and tries to solve things by himself, allowing his minds to make up theories, after several days, when he cant take it more and has the necessity of answers, he recurs to Webb. "Nora refused to be left with a strangler around", she is scared of being killed rather than being charged with murder, they both take Nora's mom to the police station where they talk to Webb in a very straight way. It seems Buddy is very direct, he says what he has to say without playing around with his ideas. Neither of them get shocked or surprised with life.

The Great Gatsby Symbolism

During the novel, The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald symbolism is a mayor topic for discussion. As the story progresses, we can see how the characters are affected by certain things and how some of them shape them to certain extend. Some symbols are obvious, such as the green light Gatsby observes, or the yellow car he drives; others aren't so visible, such as the fact that Gatsby maintains distance with alcohol. He has lots of parties, and is a great host, however, he doesn't drink that much, it is strange, for someone who constantly lives in the social network. Another symbol that comes to my interest, is the pool. Gatsby never uses the pool, it is full during summer, but it is never used. Ironically, the only time he uses it, he gets murdered.