Chapter #9 - Gatsby's Death

Two years later, after Gatsby has left the earth, the crew (Daisy, Tom, Jordan, and Nick) have all split up. Nick was still reminiscing the times with Gatsby and Daisy saying "He had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it" (Fitzgerald 189). I predicted that a big funeral was going to occur, but instead it was just reporters, Nick, and Gatsby's dad pretty much! It was sad to see that no one showed up, goes to show people just used him for his parties and wealth. I feel like that's how Hollywood stars are! Like, all the stars have all the friends, money and camera time and what not till they lose it all one day and now they have no one because people only liked them for their possessions, and wealth. "The Great Gatsby" was a very materialistic book, it had a lot of very mean and cruel people only using one another for the wealth and power they had. And it went to show when it goes away so do the fake friends and other people that only use that person for the parties and what not. I liked the book overall though, it really showed a lesson that we should all take into heart. Never to judge a person on what he or she has or looks like from the outside. We are all human and we all have feelings and just because one person is richer than another than that doesn't mean you can't be their friends, everyone is just unique and different from one another and I feel that's how Gatsby's and Nick's relationship was. I predict in the future that all of them are going to move away and lose all contact with each other. There all going to be gone and forgotten by each other.

Chapter #8 - Gatsby Dies!!

O my goodness! The Mr. Gatsby is shot! The book explains it saying "The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfshiem's proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadn't thought anything much about them" (Fitzgerald 169). And then I read further and the book explains that Wilson's body was found around Gatsby's too! The book says "It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilson's body a little way off in the grass, and the holocaust was complete" (Fitz. 170). I'm still just in shock about this whole event, I remember you telling us that in class, that this was the biggest and most important chapter and now I can see why! Haha. Words cannot describe how I felt when I read and found that out. It's weird too because Gatsby was accused of liking Wilson's wife, when really Daisy was his lover the whole time. It was Tom that was to be shot, not Gatsby! I feel really bad for Gatsby, dying for no reason. I thought he was a good man, and you know what they say, only the good die young. I predict in the last chapter that there will be a huge funeral for Gatsby and there will be like 500 people in attendance. This chapter I feel is going to be a huge mourning kind of chapter. And there will be a funeral for Wilson I predict, but I don't feel there will be that many people at his than at Gatsby's .Last chapter coming up, stay tuned!

Chapter # 6 - Money Can't Buy Love

In chapter 6, I was reading "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and couldn't help but think how cocky and so high up Gatsby is. The author stresses a lot of how Gatsby can win over Daisy with money and how everything will go perfect by buying Daisy's love and such. Tom is very mad at Daisy on how she keeps visiting how Daisy talks, hangs out, and flirts (in a non noticeable way) with Gatsby. I predict that fireworks are going to fly soon with Tom and Gatsby! Tom is starting to catch on I feel and it won't be long before something goes down between them and before you know it, guess who is going to be involved, poor old NICK! Nick, as of now, knows all pretty much, from all the secrets, to the cheating going on. I feel bad for Nick, he's in a horrible spot and if he doesn't say something soon, something is going to happen and it's not going to look pretty! Also, as I was reading in the chapter, it talked about how Daisy did not have a good time at Gatsby's party. Gatsby is trying so hard to impress her and make her happy and it doesn't seem to work. I too have been in a possession like that (trying to impress a girl), and sometimes it just doesn't work. Its ok! But as for Gatsby, he just won't give up! He using all of his money to make her happy when really as the old saying goes, "Money can't buy you happiness", and good old Gatsby is still trying to figure that out. I do predict though, that in the future of this book, Gatsby will start to notice that hopefully, and not use his money as much to impress Daisy but rather love her and try to win her back without possessions and money but what is from his heart. We'll just have to see!

Chapter #5 "The Love Affair"

In chapter 5, of "The Great Gatsby", written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick and Gatsby seem to work together and try to finalize and try out the plan that Gatsby wants to be with Daisy. Daisy, as you remember is one of Tom's wives, so it's pretty weird how you would see Daisy cheating on her husband, because remember, the reason Daisy couldn't cheat was because Jordan said she was Catholic and such. Shifting back to talking about Nick and Gatsby's team up on this whole entire plan, in the book Gatsby is sort of anxious and weird because he just wants the plans for Nick and Daisy to go well so when he meets Daisy everything is perfect. It says in the book "Just as Gatsby had when he had made his nervous circuit of the house half an hour before..." (Fitzgerald 93). He asks Nick to get his men to cut his lawn and such (knowing that's how Gatsby gets around, by asking to do favors for one in return) and Nick refuses all of them. That goes to show Nick as a very modest and caring character throughout the book. This sort of remind me of Nick being the "Hemingway Hero" in the book "Great Gatsby". Now I say this for a couple reasons. Throughout the book thus far, Nick seems to be the only man that is modest about his money (even though he's not as rich as Tom and Gatsby), he is very mature as a man, he doesn't go cheating on girls and such, and he is very caring and always there for Tom and Gatsby and does not accept any gifts in return, like Nick getting his lawn cut or even "make some money" with whatever side business that Gatsby has going on. If I were to predict anything coming up in the next couple chapters, I would have to say that this "side business' that Gatsby is in is most likely a drug dealing or trade. Gatsby has so much money and it all has to come from somewhere. I know it can't all be from his little side business but I predict later in the book it will come up and Gatsby will reveal that it's a drug business.

Chapter #2

In chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald, our author, talks about the valley of ashes in between the West Egg and the City. I think the author talks and describes this particular place because it is suppose to represent the slum parts of the beauty and such, Sort of like the outer beauty of this state when really on the inside its like decaying and poorness in a way. It's hard to describe how I can describe it but I can relate to it in many ways. The book talks about the valley "This is a valley of ashes - a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens, where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air" (Fitzgerald 27). Like girls for example. Not to sound mean, but girls can have beautiful facial structures and be really pretty on the outside, but maybe on the inside they are very mean, insecure, and needy. Maybe they are cheating on someone. Same thing can go from a girl's point of view on a guy in their lives. Also, in the Chapter, our author talks about near the end of the book how Tom punches Myrtle straight in the nose and breaks her nose for talking about Tom's wife, Daisy, and clearly Myrtle was intoxicated and not in the right state of mind acting obnoxious and what not. I have been in a similar situation when I was spectating a man who was drunk and kept talking and talking trying to start a fight and the other man defending his wife came and revolted on him and started punching just like how Tom did to Myrtle. In the book it describes the event "Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand" (Fitzgerald 41).

Chapter #1

In chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby, Nick, our narrator and main character, seems to find that he is one of the only few people with decency on the West Egg of town. He states "that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool" (Fitzgerald 21). Another major event throughout chapter 1 was seeing Gatsby on his lawn near the end of Chapter 1. Gatsby, as the book describes, is so handsome, or gorgeous, while his arms are outstretched towards the water. When I heard that, I thought of the most interesting man in the world (from the DosEquis commercial). The way Nick describes him, makes Gatsby sound like God almost.
Near the end of the chapter, Nick is finishing up talking to Mr. and Mrs. Carraway, when all of the sudden they sort of pressure Nick into marrying Jordan. The book says "In fact I think I'll arrange a marriage. Come over often, Nick, and I'll sort of-oh-fling you together. To me that sounds like a very awkward and or uncomfortable situation for our narrator, Nick, to be in. I've been in many uncomfortable positions myself in the past and you always want to get out of them as soon as possible and I think Nick was trying to do that here by leaving their house and escaping their front door rather quickly. When I comes to materialism, these book is screaming about it pretty much! In chapter one the descriptions of the East and West Eggs is ALL about materialism. You got one side, that old fashioned like, and another part of the egg that is newer, and what to expand from the old and adventure into the new. Like for example, with Gatby's mansion he has. That is just one reference of materialism in the book, and the way they describe both eggs as being different in tastes and opinions comes down to their beliefs on how they feel about their material goods. Like their houses, clothes, cars, ect. The theme might be to be yourself in Chapter 1. Because Nick seems to be carefree, like it seems he doesn't care about his material goods and such throughout the chapter. He doesn't focus on the short, snobby, short minded, insecurities of having a big house or what he wears or who he talks to. Because although he lives in the West Egg, he has many friends in the East Egg. There are many predictions I feel that can happen in the next couple chapters. I feel that they are going to force Jordan and him together to go out on dates and such. They want to have their daughter with him, but I also feel that Nick is going to take a stand and start to not allow Jordan in his life because of the forceful relationship that was brought upon them. Also, I think Gatsby is going to start influencing him as well. He thought of Gatsby as a God, so I feel like he is going to start modeling off of Gatsby and do everything he does and such. I feel like him and Gatsby are going to be close thought. Like be really good friends on the West Egg and start to do things together and such. Chapter 2 is coming soon stick around!