Friday, November 13, 2015

The Great Gatsby (chapter 4 my opinion & review/summary)

In beginning of chapter four, it lists several names of the people who attended the party (pages 65-68). To be honest I skimmed through the names. But the significance of the names listed show the status of how rich they are and who is who and who is related or engaged to who. Which is pretty surprising to hear Nick care about the status of people with his "judge free" ways. But maybe it was put into the book to explain how corrupt the "rich" are. The time changes and it goes back to the summer, Gatsby goes to Nick's home and then invites/tells him to go to lunch with him. "Good morning, old sport. You're having lunch with me today and I thought we'd ride up together" (page 68) and during this trip to lunch, this is where you start to learn a lot more about Gatsby. He opens up to Nick telling him, where he's from, how'd he get money, how his life was, and where he went to school. "I am the son of some wealthy people in the middle-west--all dead now. I was brought up in America but educated at Oxford because all my ancestors have been educated there for many years. It is a family tradition." (page 69) "My family all died and I came into a good deal of money." (page 70) "After that I lived like a young rajah in all the capitals of Europe--Paris, Venice, Rome--collecting jewels, chiefly rubies, hunting big game, painting a little, things for myself only, and trying to forget something very sad that had happened to me long ago." (page 70) "Then came the war, old sport. It was great relief and I tried very hard to die but I seemed to bear an enchanted life. I accepted a commission at first lieutenant when it began." (page 70) "I was promoted to be a major and every Allied government gave me a decoration-- even Montenegro, little Montenegro down on the Adriatic Sea!" (page 70) These are all the things he he did or happened before where he is today. Next in the book, a cop tries to pull over Mr. Gatsby but Mr. Gatsby just shows the cop a "card" and the cops let them go. "I heard the familiar "jug-jug-spat! of a motorcycle, and a frantic policeman rode alongside, 'All right, old sport,' called Gatsby. We slowed down. Take a white card from him wallet he waved it before the man's eyes. 'Right you are,' agreed the policeman, tipping his cap. 'Know you next time, Mr. Gatsby. Excuse me!" After that Nick asked Gatsby what he had shown the officer "What was that?" (page 73) Gatsby tells him "I was able to do the commissioner a favor once, and he sends me a Christmas card every year." because of this you can tell that "rich" people are careless and think money can solve everything. When they go to lunch, Gatsby introduced Wolfsheim to Nick. Gatsby starts to tell Nick about Wolfshiem "he's a gambler" (page78) "He's the man who fixed the World's serious back in 1919" Later on in the chapter Jordan starts to tell Nick about Daisy. And Nick finds out Daisy and Gatsby had a thing for each other in the past and she did not want to marry Tom. "It wasn't until then that I connected this Gatsby with the officer in her white care." (page 83) "Say Daisy's change' her mine!" (page 81) at the end of this chapter, you also find out "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay" (page 85) and Nick kisses Jordan! "Her wan scornful mouth smiled and so I drew her up again, closer, this time to my face" (page 85)

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