NOTES AND THOUGHTS ON GATSBY CHAPTER 9

It has been two years since Gatsby died and Nick describes that day as full of "...police and photographers and newspaper men..." after that there were many newspaper articles about what they thought had happened, but most of them told false or untrue stories. Nick found himself responsible for Gatsby because no one else was "interested" in helping and also because Gatsby had no one who really cared for him. He tried to contact Daisy in hopes that she cared and would help him, but she left town with Tom and her daughter and there were no signs of them anywhere. He tried to contact Meyer Wolfsheim and he too did not seem at all interested in Gatsby's death. After the third day Gatsby's father came to attend his sons funeral. He told Nick about how Gatsby was as a child and how he was always so ambitious. Later that day somebody called and Nick told him that he should come to Gatsby's funeral, but he just wanted to get his tennis shoes.This just comes to show how people don't care about you when you are in the trenches and how they pretend to care when you are doing good in life. During his funeral nobody really showed up except for the man that Nick was in Gatsby's library three months ago.Nick planned to go back to the midwest so he talked to Jordan to clear up things. One October he saw Tom and he asked him what he told Wilson that day and Tom told him that he had told Wilson that Gatsby had owned the car and that Gatsby had deserved what happened to him.After a couple of days later Nick went back home. At the end of the book it says "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past ''.

NOTES AND THOUGHTS ON GATSBY CHAPTER 8

Nick wakes up after not being able to sleep because he has a feeling that something bad could happen. He goes to Gatsby's house and Gastby tells him that he waited till 4 in the morning before she turned off the lights. After that Gatsby starts telling Nick about how he fell in love with Daisy and that she promised to wait for him after the war but she didn't and she got married to Tom. He says that he came back to find her because he wants things back like they used to be. Mid story the gardener tells Gatsby that he is going to drain the pool and Gatsby tells him to leave because he is going to swim in it.Nick says good-bye to Gatsby and goes to work. The pov of the book shifts to Gorge Wilson and Michaelis. Wilson tells Machaelis that he knows who it was and he left to search for the person with the yellow car (which he thought was Gatsby). He finds out that Gatsby owns the car and he goes to Gatsby's house and shoots him and then he kills himself. Nick rushes to Gatsby's house, and when he gets there he just sees Gatsbys and Wilson's body. 

NOTES AND THOUGHTS ON GATSBY CHAPTER 7

Nick goes to Tom's house and when he gets there he sees Gatsby and Jordan there.It is very hot and Daisy suggest that they should go into the city and Tom agrees so they all go to New York.Gatsby and Daisy ride together in Toms car and Nick and Jordan ride with Tom in Gatsby car.On the way to New York Tom stops at Wilsons gas station and he talks to him.Wilson tells Tom that he is sick and is going to move to the west with his wife because he found out that she has been cheating on him.After that they get to a hotel where they all stay.While in the hotel room Tom starts to ask Gatsby many questions(he know that Daisy and Gatsby were lovers).Gatsby then tells Tom that Daisy never loved him and that she loved him, Tom disagrees with Gatsby and asks Daisy if this is true and she starts to cry and wants to go home.After a while of talking they all decide to go back home.When they were going back home Daisy was with Gatsby and she was driving.Tom,Nick and Jordan go back together.When they reached the gas station Tom noticies that something has happened and he pulls over to discover that his mistress was hit by who he believes was Gatsby but it wasn't because Daisy was driving.Tom doesn't know daisy was driving so he thinks that it was Gatsby.When Tom gets home he calls a taxi for Nick so that he can go home while Jordan goes inside his house with him.During this time Daisy is already home and gatsby is outside so that he can keep an eye on Daisy.

NOTES AND THOUGHTS ON GATSBY CHAPTER 6

Rumors spread about Gatsby and a reporter had come to his house to ask him what he thought of the rumors.After Nick says that he starts talking about how Gatsby's road to wealth came to be and says that Gatsby went to collage for 2 weeks then he dropped out and started working lake superior and while working there he meet a man that was extremely wealthy and started working for him, he cared for him when he would get drunk.The man's name was Dan Cody he had given Gatsby his name because before his name was James Gatz.While working with him Gatsby wanted to be wealthy like Cody and so after Cody died from drinking Gatsby inherited 25,000 and dedicated his life to getting rich.One day after weeks of not seeing Gatsby after the day he was with Daisy he saw Tom at Gatsby's house and Nick approached them after talking for a while Gatsby mentions that he had meet Daisy before and next saturday Tom and Daisy attend his party.When everyone leaves Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy herself and he wants things to be like they used to.He wants Daisy to leave Tom for him.At this time Tom is being a little suspicious of Gatsby and wants to know who he really is.

NOTES AND THOUGHTS ON GATSBY CHAPTER 5

When Nick gets back home Gatsby offers him to hang out and offers him a job which he declines.They settle a time for Daisy to come so that Gatsby could talk to her. Nick sets up a time for daisy to come to his house and when she gets there she is very nervous and so is Gatsby.They started talking to each other and they both seemed very "embarrassed " like Nick said.After taking in Nick's house for awhile Gastby said that they should go to his house.So they walked to his house and when they got there Gatsby started showing daisy his house sort of giving her a house tour.At the end of the chapter gatsby took hold of her hand and nick left them alone.

Gatsby Test Grades

Vee 6/8

1. He is dishonest

2. Two eggs that separate the bay

3. Myrtle

4. I think he will stay since he still protecting her still when the mistress is talking about her

5. ?

6. He is just eager to meet Gatsby

7. Jordan

8. To make himself look better

Rubi 4/8

1. Nick describes himself as being a politician since that what everybody tells him

2. East Egg and West Egg are the villages where the people in that town live in

3. Tom’s mistress is Ms. Wilson

4. Honestly if he chooses to be happy then he cold with Myrtle but since he is married with Daisy and in case they have problems then yes, he would probably choose Myrtle

5.Jordans intention at the party was to stir some people up

6.Nick feels very uncomfortable until he meets Gats\by Daisy bridesmaids was Jordan Baker

7.He lied about the things he had done because he changed the lives of almost 50 million people all because he said something he didn’t

Answers

(some of the answers were opinions)

1.Tolerant

2.Two eggs that separate the bay

3.Myrtle

4.(more of an opinion)

5.(Multiple answers)

6.Eager/Excited to meet gatsby

7.Jordan

8.To hide his identity 

Questions for the Great Gatsby 1-4

Chapter 1

-How does nick describe himself?

-What is east egg and west egg?



Chapter 2

-who is Toms mistress?

-Do you think Tom will leave Daisy to be with Myrtle



Chapter 3

-What is Jordan's intention at the party?

-How does Nick feel at the party?



Chapter 4
-who was Daisys bridesmaid?
-why did Mr.Wolfsheim lie about the things hes done?