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.