The Great Gatsby- Chapter 9

Summary: At the beginning of chapter 9, there are a lot of people like photographers, journalists, and policemen coming in and out of Gatsby's house. Nick said how Michaelis said that Myrtle was having an affair. Catherine denied this though and said that Myrtle did not know Gatsby. Everyone thought that Wilson was just a madman. Nick then becomes nervous because people are asking him questions about Gatsby's funeral. Nick realized that he was responsible because no one else was interested in doing it. Nick had called Daisy half an hour after they found Gatsby's body. When he called though, Daisy and Tom had left and did not leave an adress to where they were going. Nick wanted to find someone to comfort Gatsby. He tried to contact Wolfshiem. Nick then tried to find some information about Gatsby's parents. The next day he sent a butler with a letter to give to Wolfshiem. Daisy never sent a telegram, and Wolfshiem never came. He sent a letter though. The letter said how he did not really want to be involved in the funeral but would like to know about the funeral. Nick then got a phone call from a mysterious person. The person thought that Nick was Gatsby. The man was talking about business stuff and how it had gone wrong. Gatsby's old father then came from Minnesota. He had seen about Gatsby's death in a Chicago newspaper. Gatsby's father was in grieving over his son's death, but he was also very proud of his son's accomplishments when he was looking around his house. He says that Gatsby would have lived to be a good man. He also says that he will leave Gatsby's body in the east because he always loved it. One night Klipspringer calls and is very frantic. He wants a pair of shoes he left at Gatsby's house. Nick is talking to him about going to the funeral. Klipspringer says that he will try to make it to the funeral, but he says that he has a picnic to go to in the city. On the day of the funeral, Nick goes to New York City to find Wolfshiem. At first his secretary says that he his not there. When Nick mentions Gatsby, the secretary goes and gets Wolfshiem. Wolfshiem says how he made Gatsby in business. Wolfshiem says he can't go to Gatsby's funeral because he doesn't want to get mixed up in the business. He says that he should show his friendship was his friends were alive and not dead. When he gets back to West Egg, Nick finds Mr. Gatz proudly roaming the halls of Gatsby's house. Mr. Gatz says how Gatsby visited him two years before and bought him a house. He shows Nick a picture of Gatsby which is worn because he has shown it so many times before. He then shows Nick one of Gatsby's schedules from when he was little. He thought that Gatsby was very productive since he was young. They waited for people to come to Gatsby's funeral, but no one came. They then go, and it is raining. Three cars drove to his funeral. Nick, Mr. Gratz, and some servants went to the funeral. One man then came thought. It was the owled-eyed man from the party before. He was the drunk man from the library. He says the 'poor-son-of-a-bitch'. Nick then talks about trains. He says how he, Gatsby, Tom, and Daisy were not able to make it in the East because they were from the west. He says how he can see West Egg even two years later. Nick says how before he left the East. He went to see Jordan to end things with her. She replied to him that another man wanted to marry her. He pretended like he was surprised, but he wasn't. She said that he threw her over. She says how they were bot bad drivers, and they both met each other on the road which wasn't a good idea. One afternoon, Nick saw Tom. Tom tried to pretend like he didn't see Nick, but Nick talked to him anyway. You then find out how Tom had talked to Wilson before he went and saw Gatsby. Tom had told Wilson the truth. Tom had told him who owned the car. He tried to get rid of Wilson because he didn't want him to shoot him or Daisy. Tom also said that he suffered when he went back to the apartment and saw dog biscuits. Nick then goes on to says how Tom and Daisy are careless people. He says that the nights before he left he would go to New York City to avoid the memories. He says that sometimes cars would come up and then leave. He then goes to the beach before he left. He thinks about how close Gatsby was to his dream. Gatsby believed in the light, the past, even though tomorrow always came, but everyone had to beat on in their boats.

Response: Gatsby's life seemed so great, but in reality it wasn't because he had no one. The only people who were there for him were his father and Nick. His servants only came to his funeral probably out of respect for their boss. Gatsby may have been wealthy, but he was not rich in love. He loved Daisy a lot, but Daisy obviously did not feel the same thing for him. Daisy would not have left Tom for Gatsby. It also sad because Gatsby strived to live in the past. He wanted to pretend like those five years that separated Daisy never happened, but they did. There was proof though because of Daisy and Tom's daughter. Gatsby wanted something that was impossible to get. He could not go back in time. Daisy could not pretend like never loved Tom because she did. Gatsby had to learn that he could only live in the present and not try to recreate the past. Nick was right that Daisy and Tom are careless. They can't even take care of each other or themselves let alone their daughter. It seems like every relationship each of them was in was flawed. They made promises to people that they couldn't keep. They wanted to act like they could be good with another person, but they couldn't. The flaws that each of them had made it so that only they could be with another person because in the end they will just leave behind the destruction they caused and move to a new place to do it all over again.

Question: Where does all of Gatsby's money go? He might have left it to Daisy, but I doubt it because then there would be a chance that Tom would get it.

The Great Gatsby- Chapter 8

Summary: Nick wakes up and hears a taxi come to Gatsby's house. When he goes over, Gatsby says that nothing happened and he left. Nick and Gatsby are then talking, and Nick tells Gatsby that he thinks Gatsby should go away because they will be able to trace his car, but Gatsby won't leave Daisy. That was the same night that Gatsby told Nick about Jay Gratz. He also tells about him and Daisy. He says that Daisy was the first nice girl he had known, and he wasn't expecting anything from her. He says that Daisy was very rich which kind of amazed him because she didn't even realize it and just lived her life like normal. He also liked Daisy because many other men had loved her. He knew that he was below Daisy. He let Daisy believe that he was on the same level as her. Gatsby 'took' Daisy. She then left him with nothing he said, but he felt married to her. Daisy and Gatsby were in love with each other though. Gatsby then left for war. He did well, but Daisy kept on sending him nervous letters asking him why he couldn't come back. She wanted to see him again and feel his presence. Daisy eventually went back to dating. She now wanted someone practical with money whom she loved. That person was Tom. Gatsby then says that he does not think that Daisy did ever love Tom. But then he says she may have loved him for just a minute but had still loved Gatsby more. When Gatsby came back to the US, he went to Louisville when Tom and Daisy were on their honeymoon. He walked the same streets that he and Daisy had walked. When he leaves, he is on a train and realizes that he lost the best part of between him and Daisy forever. The gardener then comes to Gatsby and says that he is going to drain the pool for fall. Gatsby says to wait though because he hasn't been in it all summer. Nick finally leaves for the city even though he does not want to leave Gatsby. When Nick is leaving he tells Gatsby, "They're a rotten crowd. You're worth the whole damn bunch put together" (162). Nick reflects on how he was glad he said it because it was the first compliment Nick ever gave Gatsby. He says that he had always disapproved of Gatsby. At work, Nick is kind of restless. Nick then tells what happened at Wilson's garage after they left. George Wilson was very distraught. Michalelis stayed with him all night while he just kind of rocked back and forth. In the morning, Wilson began talking about the yellow car. Wilson then tells Michaleis to open a drawer. When he does, he find an expensive dog leash. Wilson says that he found it on Myrtle's dresser wrapped in tissue paper. Wilson then says, "He killed her"(166). He thinks that the man Myrtle was cheating with murdered her. He says that she ran out to speak to him, but he wouldn't stop. Wilson says that he told Myrtle that he could fool him, but she couldn't fool God and pointed at the advertisement with the Doctor staring at them. Michaelis leaves in the morning, and when he comes back, Wilson is gone. They tracked Wilson's movements then. He walked from place to place acting crazy. They say that he must have been going from garage to garage asking about a yellow car. By half past two, he was at Gatsby's house. Meanwhile, Gatsby had gotten in his swimsuit and had gotten a mattress to go to his pool. He had told his servants not to have the car moved. Gatsby's chauffeur said how he had heard the shot but thought nothing of it. Nick then has come to Gatsby's house. He runs to the pool and finds Gatsby's body. After they have started towards the house with Gatsby, they see that Wilson's body and, "the holocaust was complete" (170.)

Response: It seems like ever since Gatsby left Daisy he was trying to go back to the past. He went back to Louisville and remember the past. He tried to act like nothing had happened during the five years that Daisy and he were separated. He wanted to live with Daisy like nothing had ever happened. It is kind of sad because Gatsby tried to earn so much money and please Daisy in order to live in the past. That was the best thing of his life, and he didn't want to move on. I don't think that Daisy would have ever left Tom. I think that she felt too comfortable with him even though he had cheated on her. He made her feel secure. I think that she probably loved money more than any man including Gatsby which is why he wanted to become so rich. Gatsby didn't care if she loved money more than him because he loved her. Was Doctor Elkenburg in the advertisements like God? That is what Wilson referred to when talking to Myrtle. He did sort of see everything and was all knowing. He knew that Tom and Myrtle were having an affair. It is also odd though that Fitzgerald would write that he is like God because Daisy compared Gatsby's eyes to the Doctor in the advertisement. Was Fitzgerald trying to say that Gatsby knew everything all along? It doesn't really seem like it though because Gatsby was kind of delusional. He thought that Daisy had or would only love him. He thought that since he did not love anyone else Daisy couldn't which is unrealistic.

Question: Did Fitzgerald write Gatsby by thinking about himself? Gatsby and Fitzgerald's lives both seem sort of similar because they both tried to earn money in order to get the woman they loved.

The Great Gatsby- Chapter 7

Summary: Just when everyone is starting to become even more curious about Gatsby, he stops throwing his parties. Nick went over to his house then to see what was going on. When he rang the doorbell, an unfamiliar butler answered. He had replaced his servants with new ones who will not gossip about him because Daisy comes over quite a lot in the afternoons. His new servants are brothers and sisters who used to run an old hotel. They are people that Wolfshiem wanted to do something for. Gatsby called to tell Nick this and that he wanted Nick to go to dinner at Daisy's. When Gatsby and Nick arrive, Daisy and Jordan are laying on the sofa because it is too hot to move. Tom is busy talking to his mistress on his phone. When Tom comes back in, Daisy asks him to go get drinks. When he leaves, she goes over to Gatsby and kisses him. She also tells him that she loves him. Daisy and Tom's daughter then comes in with a nurse. Nick and Gatsby said hello. Gatsby kind of is awe because he had never really believed in her existence. Daisy says that she looks like Daisy and not Tom. Tom then comes in and invites Gatsby to go outside. Gatsby says how he lives across the sound from them. At dinner, Daisy says how she wants to go to town. Her and Gatsby look at each other then and Tom can tell that something is going on. Daisy says that Gatsby looks like the advertisement of the man. Tom then interupts and says that they will all go to town. When the boys are outside, Tom goes back in to get some whiskey. When he leaves, Gatsby turns to Nick and says that he can't talk in Tom's house. He also says how Daisy's voice is full of money. Tom then takes Gatsby's car with Jordan and Nick. Daisy and Gatsby ride in Tom's car. When they get in the car, Tom asks Nick and Jordan if they saw what he did. He says that he's not stupid. Tom goes on to say that he has had Gatsby investigated. Tom hints that Gatsby didn't really go to Oxford. They then stop at Wilson's garage to get gas. Wilson comes out and says that he is sick. You then find out that it was Wilson who Tom was talking to at lunch. He says how he wanted Tom's old car. Tom then says that he can have the yellow one that he is driving. Wilson says how he and his wife want to go west. Tom is very surprised. Wilson says that he has just found out something two days ago and that is why he wants to move west. Nick then notices that there is no difference between Tom and Wilson. Nick then notices Myrtle watching them from upstairs. Myrtle was looking at Jordan with jealously because she thought Jordan was Tom's wife. Tom is angry because he realizes that he no longer has control over Daisy or Myrtle. When they got into the city, they got a room at the Plaza because Daisy wanted to take baths, but they fought then and just rented the room to drink. Tom tells Daisy to stop complaining about the heat. Gatsby then tells Tom to stop bothering her. Tom then remarks how Gatsby always says old sport. They then hear wedding bells. Daisy remembers how someone named Biolxi that no one really knew fainted at her wedding. They brought him to Jordan's house where he stayed for three weeks until her dad kicked him out. Biloxi had said how he was class president at Yale, but they didn't have a president. Tom then says how he has heard that Gatsby is an Oxford man. Gatsby then sort of denies it and says how he went there for only five months. Tom then asks Gatsby why he is having an affair with Daisy. He calls Gatsby a Nobody. Gatsby then says how Daisy never loved Tom. He says the only reason she married Tom was because she was tried of waiting around for Gatsby to become rich. Gatsby says that they have loved each other for five years. Tom says that Daisy loved him when she married him and still loves him now. Tom says that he has always loved Daisy even though he has had affairs. Gatsby wants Daisy to tell Tom that she never loved him and always loved Gatsby. Daisy says it, but she is reluctant. Daisy then says how she did love Tom, but she loves Gatsby now. Tom says that there are things between him and Daisy that Gatsby will never know. Gatsby says then that he wants to talk to Daisy alone. Gatsby says that Daisy is leaving Tom. Tom then says that Gatsby is a bootleger. Tom goes on to say that Gatsby is doing something now that his source is afraid to talk about. Gatsby looked then like he had killed someone. Tom then tells Daisy and Gatsby to leave in Gatsby's car. He says that Gatsby now knows that the affair is over. Nick then realizes that it is his 30th birthday. Nick thinks that 30 means the promise of a decade of loneliness. When they are leaving, Nick says that they are driving towards death. A boy named Michaelis then goes and finds Wilson sick. Wilson tells him how he has his wife locked up and won't let her out until they leave in two days. He leaves then and forgets about Wilson. He remembers Wilson though sometime later. He sees Myrtle run away towards a yellow car. The car hit her and killed her and just kept going. Nick, Tom, and Jordan are soon there. Tom wants to stop to see whats going on. When Tom sees Myrtle's body, he is upset. When Wilson says it was a yellow car, Tom realizes who hit her. He tells the police how his car is blue, but the car that hit her was yellow. Tom says how Gatsby is a coward. When they come back to Tom and Daisy's house, Tom tells Nick to wait for a cab. As he is waiting, Nick runs into Gatsby who is waiting in case anything happens between Daisy and Tom. After they talk about the accident, Gatsby reveals that Daisy was driving when they hit Myrtle. She had veered away from her but then went back into the lane. Gatsby says though that he will take the blame. Nick then is looking through Daisy and Tom's windows and see them just sitting there not looking unhappy or happy. He says that it looks intimate. Nick then leaves to go back to West Egg, and Gatsby stays there.

Response: This chapter seems to be when everything came together and kind of like the climax. Tom feels completely out of control because his wife is having an affair with Gatsby and now Myrtle is going to leave with Wilson to go out west which probably makes him feel very angry. It is also odd how Nick almost feels like his life is over because he is thirty. He feels like 30 means you are lonely, but he has Jordan. I think Gatsby may not be all there. He insists on Daisy telling Tom she never loved him, but she really did. I think he feels like Daisy needs to be exactly like him and feel as much for Gatsby as he feels for her. The Doctor in the advertisement also seems to kind of be all knowing like he is watching over everyone. I think that is who Daisy thinks Gatsby looked like. When Tom said that Gatsby knows this flirtation is over right before everyone leave the hotel room does that mean that he knows that affair is over? Does Tom think that Gatsby will no longer go after Daisy because Tom will find out some deep dark secret that Gatsby does not want Daisy to know? I don't really think Gatsby will ever leave Daisy though. He had waited so long for her and now they are finally together. I don't think he would let Tom's threats scare him. I think Gatsby would want to stay with Daisy no matter what. He was probably crushed when she said that she had loved Tom because Gatsby had never loved anyone else which he feels should be the same for Daisy.

Question: Was the man in the advertisement really Gatsby? Because Daisy said it looked like him, and Gatsby did own drug stores, so there is a possibility he could be that man.

The Great Gatsby- Chapter 6

Summary: At the beginning of chapter six a reporter comes and asks Gatsby if it is really true. Gatsby does not know what he is talking about. There is then a story about Gatsby. Gatsby used to be James Gatz until he was seventeen and changed his name. He always thought and dreamed that he would be a famous and wealthy man. He believed it was destiny. James Gatz was poor until one day when he went up to Dan Cody's boat. Dan Cody took a liking to Gatz and took him to get some new clothes. That is when James Gatz became Jay Gatsby. Cody kind of became Gatsby's mentor. Gatsby traveled with him around the world for five years doing many different jobs for him. Cody came to really trust Gatsby. Many women like Cody. One woman who was his mistress was Ella Kaye. One night she came onto their yacht in Boston and then the next week Cody died. Gatsby was supposed to inherit all of his money ($25,000), but Ella took it all away. Gatsby liked Cody and has a portrait of him in his house, but Gatsby didn't like his drinking. Gatsby does not drink. Nick then says that he learned all of this information a long time ago, but he thought he should tell it so people would not believe the rumors. One day after Nick had not seen Gatsby for awhile he is spending time with him. Then all of a sudden three people so up. One man's name is Sloan. There is a woman, and Tom Buchanan also comes. Gatsby tries to be really nice to them. He is kind of aggressive towards Tom though and says how he knows his wife which makes Tom not like him. Gatsby wants them to stay for supper, but they can't. The woman instead invites Gatsby to eat dinner with them. Sloan and Tom both do not want him to come, so while Gatsby is getting ready they leave. Nick feels bad for Gatsby when he comes down, and they are gone. The next Saturday Tom decides to accompany Daisy to Gatsby's party. Nick says that this party was different from other ones because it was very hostile and he could feel the tension. Gatsby goes around and introduces Tom and Daisy to all of the famous people. He introduces Tom as the 'polo player' even though Tom asks him not to.During the party, Daisy and Gatsby go to Nick's house to talk on his porch. At dinner, Tom eats with another table. Daisy knows that he is going to talk to a girl and remarks that she is common but not pretty, but she gives Tom a pencil in case he needs to write anything down. The people that Nick and Daisy are sitting with are all drunk. Daisy likes one movie star that Gatsby showed her. She is sitting underneath a tree with her director who clearly likes her and kisses her. Daisy is not impressed with the other people at the party and thinks that they act badly. When they are leaving, Tom wants to know what Gatsby does. He thinks that he is bootleger because he is so rich. Nick denies it, and Daisy says that he got all of his money from drug stores that he owned. After they leave and at the end of the party, Nick and Gatsby talked. Gatsby says that Daisy didn't like anything. Nick sort of agrees with that but doesn't tell Gatsby. Gatsby goes on to say that Daisy does not understand him like she used to. Nick says that Gatsby wants Daisy to say that she never loved Tom. He wants to get married to Daisy in Louisville and pretend that the five years of separation never happened. Nick says the past can't be repeated which Gatsby denies. He thinks that they can ignore everything that happened and just live like they were never separated. After Gatsby describes a moment before he kissed Daisy when they are younger, Nick says that he was going to say something but cant' remember.

Response: It is odd how Gatsby changed his name and lied to everyone. Why would he want to pretend he is someone different? Does Daisy know all of this? Daisy might not like how he changed his name, but maybe that is what Gatsby is talking about when he says that Daisy used to understand. What does he want Daisy to understand now? I think it was kind of sad when Tom, Sloan and the woman left Gatsby at his house. It seems like all Gatsby wants to do is please people and have them accept him which they don't because they think he is mysterious. It is another blow to Gatsby to have people just leave him. It seems like a lot of the people at his parties are just using Gatsby because he is rich and can throw good parties. Gatsby is kind of using them though because he wants them to come to his parties, so he can impress Daisy. His plan seemed to have backfired though which he feels really bad and distraught about.

Question: Is it important what at the end of the chapter when Nick says that he wants to say something but can't remember? It seems like it would be because it was in the past when he remembered something about Jordan.

The Great Gatsby- Chapter 5

Summary-When Nick came back to his house, he said it seemed like his house was on fire. He said that the whole corner of the peninsula was lit up. The reason it was lit up was because of Gatsby's house. All of the rooms in his house had a light on in it. Gatsby was walking on his lawn looking in his windows. He wanted Nick to go for a ride with him and then swimming, but Nick said he couldn't. Nick then says he talked to Jordan. They decide on a date to have tea. Gatsby says he wants the lawn mown. He also offers Nick a job that will make quiet a bit of money but won't take up much time. Nick declines though. The next day Nick called Daisy and invited her, but told her not to bring Tom. Gatsby then sent over man to mow Nick's lawn. Gatsby also has a lot of flowers sent over. Gatsby comes into Nick's house and is worried because it is raining. After they wait awhile, Gatsby says he is going home because no one is coming. Daisy then comes. When she is getting out of the car, she asks Nick if he is in love with her. When they come inside, Gatsby is not to be seen. They then hear a knock, and Nick opens the door and find Gatsby extremely pale and looking scared. When Gatsby first walked into the room, no one said anything. Daisy then said that she was glad to see him again. Gatsby is leaning against the mantel piece while Daisy is sitting on the edge of a chair looking scared.When they are getting the tea ready and everything seems a little normaler Nick tries to leave the room, but Gatsby follows him because he says he has something to say. He then kind of freaks out on Nick and says that it is not going well. Gatsby goes back in the room though because it is rude to leave Daisy alone. Nick then goes outside and walks in the rain. Nick then comes back in the house and makes a lot of noise in the kitchen. When he walks back in on them, they don't seem embarrassed anymore. Nick could see that Daisy had been crying, but Gatsby was glowing. Gatsby then says that he wants Nick and Daisy to come to his house. Daisy leaves to wash her face. Gatsby then asks Nick if his house looks all right. He says that he spent 3 years saving up for it. Nick then said that he thought Gatsby inherited the money. Gatsby says he did but almost lost it all in the panic. Nick asked him what business he was in, and he said thats my affair. He then said that he was in several different things like the drug and oil business. They then take a long route to his house. Daisy is very impressed. Gatsby says how he keeps his house full of interesting people. They then tour the entire house. Gatsby couldn't take his eyes off Daisy. He valued everything according to her reaction. They then go to Gatsby's room and look at all his shirts. Daisy says they are beautiful. Gatsby then says that he can see Daisy's house across the bay. He can see the green light at the end of the dock. They look at pictures, and Gatsby says that he has clippings about Daisy. Gatsby then gets Klipinsinger and tells him to play the piano and sing. Nick the leaves leaving the two together.

Response- Gatsby seems to have worked for everything he has and done everything for Daisy. He clearly wants to impress her especially since it seems that he gages an item's worth on Daisy's reaction to it. Now I think Nick understands the first time he saw Gatsby when he was reaching toward the green light. The light symbolized Daisy, and Gatsby wanted to be by her so badly that he was trembling towards the light. Gatsby seems to sort of reflect F. Scott Fitzgerald because he did the same thing to get his wife Zelda to marry him. Daisy is always described as having a wonderful voice. Everyone seems to love it, and it draws people in. Once it was described as a 'deathless song'. I kind of think that Gatsby is a criminal or has illegal ways in which he gets his money because he is very touchy and secretive around the subject especially when he snapped at Nick, but then tried to cover up it by saying that he was in many businesses.

Question: Why does Gatsby call Nick 'old sport' all the time? It is kind of odd because he has not really know Nick that long, but that name implies that he does.

The Great Gatsby- Chapter 4

Summary: The chapter opens with Nick talking about the many people that come to Gatsby's parties. Many famous people go and also criminals. His parties are the place to be among the elite. One of Gatsby's guests Klipspringer was there so long and so much that everyone soon called him the boarder. One day Gatsby comes over to Nick's house and says that they were going to go to New York for lunch. They go in Gatsby's big yellow Rolls-Royce. On the drive there Gatsby tells Nick is life story. He says how he was from the mid-west, but his family all died. He went to Oxford because it was a tradition in his family to. He then shows Nick a picture of him during his Oxford days. Gatsby is from San Francisco. Gatsby then went to the war. He said that he tried to die but couldn't. He was then made into a major when he held off some troops in front of everyone else on his side. Gatsby says he got many rewards and honors from all different countries for his military work. He even shows Nick a medal. Gatsby is then pulled over, but when he shows the officer his id, he gets off because he had previously done a favor for the police commissioner. Gatsby also tells Nick that he wants him to talk to Jordan about something, but he won't tell what. When they are in New York, they go to eat lunch. At lunch Nick meets Gatsby's business partner Meyer Wolfshiem, an odd man who has teeth for his cuff links. Mr. Wolfshiem is a professional gambler and fixed the 1919 World Series. He is a crook and Gatsby kind of hints that he would set up Mr. Wolfshiem and Nick from something. They then see Tom Buchanan, but when Nick goes to introduce Gatsby and him, Gatsby is gone. Sometime later Nick meets with Jordan where she tells him the story Gatsby wanted him to know. Jordan says how she always admired Daisy because she was very popular. She always had guys going after her. One time she saw Daisy and Gatsby together when he was a young soldier. They were in love with each other, but when he went to war, Daisy's parents would not let her go to see him off. Daisy was crushed. By the next fall though. Daisy had gotten over Gatsby and had started hanging around with older people. She soon became engaged to Tom Buchanan. Jordan says that the night before the wedding, Daisy got drunk. She said that she didn't want to marry Tom. She was fine the next day though and married him. Jordan says that Daisy was crazy about Tom. They soon had a daughter too in April. Tom supposedly had an affair though with a maid because she was with him when they got in a car accident. Jordan says how six weeks ago she had mentioned the name Gatsby, and Daisy said that must have been the man I used to know. Jordan then says that it isn't by chance that Gatsby has a house on West Egg. He had purposely bought the house to be close to Daisy. Gatsby wants Nick to invite Daisy over for tea, so that he can then come over.Gatsby wants Daisy to see his house. He doesn't want Daisy to know anything though.

Response: It is odd how Gatsby feels like he must tell Nick his whole life story. Why does he feel like he must prove himself to Nick? It is also odd that he feels like it would be necessary to show Nick the picture of him at Oxford and the medal. Why doesn't he think that Nick will believe him? It kind of seems like Gatsby is hiding something. He is trying to show all this proof, so everyone will believe him. It is also odd how he bought a house by Daisy but never contacted her. It seems kind of stalkerish. He must have felt like Daisy family didn't aprove of him because he wasn't rich or that she didn't quiet like him as much because he wasn't as rich as Tom. That is probably why he wants Daisy to see his house so that she sees that he is rich and wealthy. He it seems like he wants to prove to Daisy that he has made something of himself. He must really love Daisy though because he could probably get any girl he wants, but instead he is just waiting around hoping that he'll run into Daisy or that she may come to one of his parties.

Question: What is Gatsby's occupation? No one seems to know how he got all the money he has which is odd because he is extremely rich so you think that everyone would know.

The Great Gatsby- Chapter 3

Summary: Nick talks about the many parties that Gatsby throws in the summer. They are very extravagant and had champagne and orchestras. There were also many lights and a lot of food. Many famous and rich people went. People also came who were not invited and did not even know Gatsby. People dance and drink all night. Nick was invited to one of these parties by Gatsby who had a chauffer go to his house and give him an invitation. When Nick went to the party, he tried to find Gatsby but couldn't. He wandered around the party because he did not really know anyone there. He then saw Jordan Baker though and attached himself to her. Jordan is talking to two girls. One of the girls says how at the last party she tore her gown, and Mr. Gatsby sent her a new one. The girls also say how Gatsby supposedly killed a man once and was German spy during the war. They then went to the first of two suppers. Jordan and Nick leave though. Jordan wanted to look foro Gatsby. They looked everywhere, but they couldn't find him. They then went into the library where there was drunk man who just rambled. They then go a sit down. They are sitting next to a man. Nick and the man recognize each other from the army. The man wants to go out with Nick on his hydroplane. Nick then finds out that the man is Gatsby. Nick was embarrassed that he didn't know who he was. Gatsby then left though because he had a call from Chicago. Nick then wanted to know everything about him. Gatsby then has a butler come over because he wants to speak to Jordan alone. Nick goes inside and sees a woman crying and a lot of people fighting with their spouses. When Jordan comes out she says she has some really great news, but she can't tell Nick because she promised Gatsby she wouldn't. Jordan tells Nick to come to her aunt's house. When Nick leaves,he notices a car that has run into a wall and lost its wheel. At first everyone thinks it was the drunk man in the library driving, but it was really a mysterious man who then leaves. Nick and Jordan don't start spending time with each other until mid-summer. Nick says he isn't in love with her. She just makes him curious. One day Jordan lies, and Nick remembers then where he heard her name before. She has supposedly moved her golf ball during a match once. Nick then realizes that he should end things with the girl back home.

Response: It is odd how Gatsby just throws parties. He seems kind of lonely even though he has all of these parties with lots of people surrounding him. He is just a bachelor living in a big house by himself with no family. He is also really mysterious. He also is giving though because he bought the girl a new gown. He seems to want nothing in return for helping others and throwing parties. He is a sort of odd fellow. You think he would have girls throwing themselves at him because he is rich, but that doesn't seem like the case. They seem sort of scared of him. Why do they think he killed someone? They probably just made it up because they thought that there has to be a reason as to why no one knows his past and that reason must be because he did something illegal. What are all the phone calls about? Are they for his business? It would seem odd that he would get phone calls during the party because it is late at night, and people do not tend to call others late at night.

Question: Why does Gatsby isolate himself from the people at his parties or people in general?