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.
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