Chapter 9 Post

      Chapter nine is the final chapter in the Great Gatsby. In this chapter Gatsby has his funeral. Gatsby's funeral is very depressing because out of everyone he knows, only three people show up; Nick, the man from the billboard in the city of ashes, and Gatsby's Dad. Not even Daisy shows up and Tom and her move away to Chicago to escape. This event really makes you pity Gatsby.The man devoted almost his whole life to Daisy and in the end she pretends like she never even knew him. Out of the hundreds of people that came to his parties not one comes to his funeral. His own father barley knows who he is and Nick has to help fill him in on Gatsby's life. None of the characters really seem sad over Gatsby's death. Everyone just seems like it is time to move on and forget about him. A major theme is this chapter is don't put all your eggs in one basket. Gatsby devoted almost his entire life to Daisy and in the end she picked her husband over him. When he dies he has nothing to show for his life. All he has is his money that he earned to impress Daisy. He put all his eggs in one basket and the basket dropped and all his eggs broke. I think that if there were a sequel or another chapter to this book. It would just add emphasis how Daisy and Tom run away. She decided to dot he right thing and stick to her husband and her child. Even though she may of loved Gatsby more she was married and with a child and running away with a past affair would not of been a good choice.

Chapter 8 Post

      Chapter eight is a very serious chapter. In the end of this chapter Wilson shoots Gatsby and then himself.  Wilson believes that Gatsby had an affair with his wife and than killed her. He believes this because the car that killed his wife was Gatsby's car; but Gatsby was not driving it. Tom was the person who was having the affair with Wilson's wife. I am very shocked when i read this. Throughout this whole book nobody had died. Even though the characters have had their disagreements nobody had died. I was not expecting this murder/suicide at all. I was expecting everybody to just pick a side and get on with their life. Daisy would move away with Tom and Gatsby would move away too. All the characters were shocked too. Nick could not believe it but he didn't seem to act sad; he just pitied Gatsby and his life. Daisy and Tom move away and just pretend they have never heard of Gatsby. A theme that has taken place here is live your life with no regrets. No matter how on top of the world you may feel things can change so quickly so easily. One moment Gatsby is a billionaire with hundreds of "friends" and an affair with the love of his life and the next minute he is dead floating in his pool with no friends to even come to his funeral. I predict that everyone who knew Gatsby will try to forget about him and move on.

Chapter 7 Post

     A lot of interesting events occur in chapter seven. One of the most important events is when Tom decides to call out Gatsby on him and his wife's affair. This scene is crazy; Gatsby and Tom are yelling at each other discussing who Daisy really loves. I am disappointed in how Daisy handles this because she just agrees with whatever they tell her. At first Daisy sides with Gatsby, saying how she never loved Tom and that everything has just been a lie. Than when Tom asks her if she had faked their love during certain points in their relationship she says i loved you too. All of the characters were very mad. Nick and Jordan feel uncomfortable and try to leave, Daisy just listens and agrees and does not argue much, and Tom and Gatsby both are convinced that the other is crazy. In the end Daisy does seem to pick Gatsby because he drove her home but at the end of the chapter she is eating dinner with Tom. Her position on what man to go with is very unclear. A theme that is going on here is to never cheat. All cheating does is complicate things and hurt people. If Tom had never cheated Daisy and his relationship would not be as bad. If Daisy had never cheated, she would not be forced to have to pick what man she wants to spend the rest of her life with. In the future Daisy is going to have to pick a man. She can't keep playing Gatsby and Tom because everything is out in the open now. Who ever she picks though, the other person is not going to take it lightly and there is going to be much conflict in the next chapters to come.

Chapter 5

       In chapter five Gatsby finally meets Daisy for the "first time in five years in November". This statement by Gatsby took Nick and Daisy by surprise because it shows how much Gatsby thinks of Daisy. This scene was very interesting because the usually smooth and eloquent Gatsby is nervous and embarrassed  He tells Nick at one point that this was a mistake and Nick has to convince Gatsby to go back over and talk to her. He tells him he is "acting like a little boy". You would think after five years of waiting to finally meet Daisy he would have more to say to her than to sit their bashfully. Eventually they go to Gatsby's house like he had planned and she gets a tour of his house. She is amazed at how nice and rich he is. Gatsby flaunts his wealth as much as possible during the tour at one point showing her all the fancy clothes he owns. Nick felt a little annoyed that Gatsby would not allow him to leave their date and he kept him a long as a third wheel for most of the date. Gatsby and Daisy are both very nervous but excited around each other. They both hide a lot of emotion but you can tell they both like each other a lot. A theme of this scene might be hard work pays off. Gatsby had planned to meet daisy for five years, buying his house and making friends just so that way one day he could convince his neighbor to have Daisy over for tea. I predict that Daisy and Gatsby's relationship continues and grows. They will see a lot more of each other throughout the novel and Daisy may even end up cheating on her already cheating husband Tom or may simply leave him and be with Gatsby.

Chapter 3

      In chapter three there is much talk about Gatsby. Many of the characters are gossiping about his past and who he really is. A girl says, "Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once". Another girl named Lucille claims that he was "a German spy during the war". Another girl than chimes in saying, "It couldn't be that because he fought for America during the war. I think Gatsby is a very shady character with a secret he doesn't  want anybody to know about. Nick is very curious about Gatsby. After hearing this, He and his friend Jordan walk around the party searching for him but he is nowhere to be found. Most characters have no idea whether or not the rumors are true or not. Since most people at Gatsby's party have never even met Gatsby before nobody has any idea about who he really is. Because of this, rumors spread very fast and almost everybody has heard a story about Gatsby. A theme that may be illustrated by these events are "Never judge a book by its cover". Many people judge Gatsby without ever seeing him or talking to him. They make rash decisions about who he is and what he's done but nobody knows for sure what he has done. I predict that Nick and Gatsby will start spending a lot of time together. While talking Nick will realize the rumors that Gatsby being a spy or a murder are not true. There is something Gatsby is hiding and he will either reveal it to Nick or Nick will realize it on his own.

Chapter 1

      I have read chapter one in The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This chapter made me think about   how fake Tom is from the east eggs. When Nick first meets Tom he is overlooking the water still wearing his polo clothes. If a regular person were going to have a dinner party they would make sure they are dressed normally. I believe Tom purposely left these polo clothes on to try and show how wealthy he is. He behaves arrogantly and tells people that he has "got a nice place here" and instead of asking Nick if he wants to go inside he just says "We'll go inside". According to Nick he basically is saying that "Don't think my opinion on these matters is final, just because I am stronger and more of a man than you." He makes Nick almost seem annoyed by him and his acting of that he is better than everyone else. He even orders his wife, Daisy, around.
Even though he is being openly rude to her and obviously cheating on her she pretends like she is oblivious. Nick can very easily see through both of their acts as can everyone else. The main theme i have gotten from this chapter is that money isn't everything. Daisy is staying with her arrogant and cheating husband because she is afraid of not having the life of luxury. Even though Fitzgerald never says this directly he makes it very obvious in the way she acts. She is willing to deny the fact that her husband has a secret lover because she wouldn't want to risk the life of non-luxury. She should be more worried about her personal happiness than how expensive her clothes and house are. I predict that there is more to come between Tom and Daisy's relationship. Their relationship seems too unstable and too important to be left alone. Fitzgerald spent a lot of time talking about how arrogant Tom is and how in denial Daisy is to just leave their relationship alone. Nick also seems to calm and normal to just stay the way he is. He never picks a side and always stays non judgmental and just states how things are. Eventually in this novel he is going to have to pick a side.