The Great Gatsby
In chapter 8
How does Fitgerald achieve a melancholic mood in the beginning of this chaper
How does Fitgerald achieve a melancholic mood in the beginning of this chaper
That night, Nick finds himself unable to sleep, since the terrible events of the day have greatly unsettled him. The mood is very foreboding and filled with restless anxiety,
I couldn’t sleep all night; a fog-horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound, and I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage, frightening dreams.