Summary Of Dialectical Journal For The Great Gatsby

Thematic Thinker – Day 3
Theme
A theme present in these two chapters is “Living far away from a loved one can distance your relationship.” Ming and Fitzgerald were very close and met each other often but ever since Ming moved their relationship isn’t what it used to be. They are no longer able to meet each other and they are only able to talk on the phone which isn’t enough to keep their relationship going.

Three Passages
“Both she and Fitzgerald were there on Mondays and Tuesdays, but on Wednesdays neither of them went to the hospital. Instead they went to the ski hill that was abandoned for the summer, where they would not encounter their classmates or Ming’s cousins” (Lam 54).
This passage starts to develop the theme. Before Ming and Fitzgerald went to different parts of the country, they always met each other and talked. This helped their relationship a lot and it grew stronger when they used to meet every day. It even got to the point where Fitzgerald wanted to marry Ming but, Ming told him that she would talk to her parents and later they moved and Ming was never able to find the right time. In addition, it was clearly shown that when they moved away they started to talk less and were never able to meet each other.

They filled her freezer with white plastic containers of ginger beef, sesame chicken, and other favourites of Ming’s. Fitzgerald took the train to Toronto on the same day that Ming’s parents drove back to Ottawa… In September, Fitzgerald returned to Ottawa”