"Then I was lying half asleep in the cold lower level of the Pennsylvania Station, staring at the morning Tribune, and waiting for the four o'clock train." (Page 38)
The end of chapter two confused the heck out of me, and to be completely honest, I ended up glossing over some of the drunken banter between Myrtle, Tom, the McKees, and all of the other randoms that decided to walk across the pages of chapter two because I just couldn't see the significance in some of it. Tom has a mistress, she's a little chubby, and she's a bit of a diva. They all like to drink. There. I just summarized it for myself.
I could handle all of the insanity up until the end when Tom randomly punched Myrtle Wilson in the face and broke her nose because she kept repeating Daisy's name and then the above quote happened when I'm assuming he awoke from his blackout. Who knows? I could definitely use some clarification on this particular scene. He mentions standing by somebody's bed, underwear, a great portfolio, and then Pennsylvania Station. All after accepting a lunch invitation from Mr. McKee that has yet to actually happen at the end of chapter five. Hmm.
Hi best friend! Right now you are sitting next to me playing with the fish on my blog. Anyway, I had the same reaction as you. As soon as I read that Tom punched Myrtle, I was like wahh? Just thought I would share my thoughts. =)
ReplyDeleteFantastic analysis, Juliana. Could not have said it better myself. :) I also thought that this scene was extremely odd and sort of out of left fiend, if that is the correct way to say that cliche. Hopefully Tom will lose his abusive ways and maybe stop cheating on his wife.
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