List four details from the text that Fitzgerald uses to establish the tense and nervous atmosphere in Nick’s house as Gatsby first reunites with Daisy.? 1

1. They were uncomfortable with each other

2. Gatsby nearly knocked down the clock in his nervous state.

3. There was an awkward silence when Gatsby entered

4. Gatsby was looking ghastly pale when he first arrived.

Explanation:

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald tells the story of the now successful Jay Gatsby who tries to reignite his love with Daisy.

Gatsby returns after five years after the war as a successful man and tries to set up a meeting with Daisy and there are four distinct details from the text that shows that there was a tense and nervous atmosphere in Nick's house as Gatsby reunites with Daisy.

These four details are:

1. They were uncomfortable with each other: From the book, Daisy is described as sitting frightened but graceful on the edge of a stiff chair.

2. Gatsby nearly knocked down the clock in his nervous state: Jay Gatsby was so nervous in Daisy's presence that he almost knocked down the clock.  "The clock took this moment to tilt dangerously at the pressure of his head, whereupon he turned and caught it with trembling fingers and set it back in place".

3. There was an awkward silence when Gatsby entered: There was a silence when Gatsby entered that you could almost hear a pin drop.

It was described as "A pause; it endured horribly".

4. Gatsby was looking ghastly pale when he first arrived: Jay Gatsby was looking like death when he entered and it was not clearly specified what caused his loss of color but he was described as "pale as death. . .hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets"

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)