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.
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