The first 60 pages of Nickel and Dimed tell us enough about the lack of housing among lower-wage workers during the year of 1998-2000. As Barbara started her project by working as a restaurant sever in Key West, she has learnt that the majority of her co-workers do not have proper or affordable houses to live in. Some of them have to stay in a rental trailer or even on a boat (25). Some have to unwantedly stay in a hotel room since they really need to have a comfortable place to lay on after an exhausted working day. In this case, if they earn $8 per hour, they barely live their life because they have to pay around $40 a night already for the hotel room, which takes up to 80% of their total income.

In the end Gatsby is shot dead in the pool, which is unsatisfying to me as the reader . We need to look back and ask why did Gatsby die? The answer is really unexpected and heartbreaking. Gatsby is shot by George Wilson whose wife is hit and killed by a car on the road. Because George was told that Gatsby is the driver of the “death car” (137), he mistakenly murdered Gatsby with a vengeful act. The truth is that Gatsby is not the one who drove the car but he intentionally does not let other people know beside Nick. He sacrifices his life for the his love one, Daisy, the real driver of the death car.

Alexandra seems to feel very disappointed in Marie after everything happened. As in page 117, Cather narrated about Alexandra blaming on Marie “She blamed Marie bitterly. And why, with her happy, affectionate nature, should she have brought destruction and sorrow to all who had loved her ,…” It appears to Alexandra that Marie was the main reason to cause all the troubles. Later in the chapter, when Carl came to meet her she said “Could you have believed that of Marie Tovesky? I would have been cut to pieces, little by little, before I would have betrayed her trust in me! (120)” It is hard for Alexandra to believe and accept the truth that Marie and Emil had a secret affair. However, at the end she did not put any blame on Marie.  As they both, Carl and Alexandra continued the conversation they agreed that “There are women who spread ruin around them through no fault of theirs, just by being too beautiful, too full of life and love. (121)”