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Summary:
Nick Carraway tells the story of his experience with the Great Jay Gatsby, as Gatsby tried to win back Daisy, the love of his youth, from her husband, Tom, in the dazzling but equally disillusioned 1920s.
Thoughts:
This might be my favorite book that I've ever read for English class. While reading, I kept getting so into the book that I would forget to annotate. But there were so. many. annotations to make. There was a lot of symbolism, but also a ton of connections and interesting pieces of the plot as well. And the language. I know Fitzgerald wasn't a good person, and he stole a lot of ideas from his wife, but god, his writing is brilliant. His word choice is stunning; every adjective he uses is incredibly specific, and creates exactly the image that he was aiming for.
I am super excited to continue analyzing the novel in class, and will post any more discussion/essays that happen, but here is a list of study guide questions that I answered:
Chapter 5 Questions
As Nick approaches his house at the beginning of the chapter, what does he notice about Gatsby’s house? (hint: it’s at night) Why is Gatsby “glancing into some of the rooms”?
Nick notices the rooms in Gatsby's house because they are lit up. Gatsby is likely "glancing" into them in preparation for Daisy seeing them; he wants to be sure that they are as glamorous as she is accustomed to.
After Nick tells Gatsby that he has spoken about “the matter” with Jordan Baker, what does Gatsby try to offer Nick? Why does Nick refuse his offer?
Gatsby offers to get Nick into the bootlegging business. Nick says that he has too much going on already, but really does it because it was basically a bribe for helping Gatsby with Daisy, and Nick didn't like the idea of being payed off for what he did.
On the day of the meeting, who arrives in the morning from Gatsby’s house? On what errand? What might that indicate about the suitability (in Gatsby’s eyes) of Nick’s house for a meeting with Daisy?
Gatsby shows up with a boatload of flowers. Flowers are pretty, decorative, and welcoming. Gatsby's bringing them over implies that he believes that Nick's house is not fancy or decorated enough.
What is Gatsby’s demeanor just before Daisy arrives for tea? Why?
Before Daisy arrives for tea, Gatsby acts insanely nervous. He is impatient, constantly looking at his watch, and becomes miserable when Daisy isn't at Nick's house two minutes before the time she agreed to show up. Gatsby has been waiting for literal years for this moment, so it makes sense that he'd be nervous and would want to make a good impression.
When she finally arrives, what does Gatsby do? How does he make his entrance? Once face to face, how do Gatsby and Daisy respond to one another? What can you tell about how they feel about each other?
When she first arrives, Gatsby runs outside and knocks, pretending that he just arrived by accident, dignified and polite, but he acts super weird and jerky, and it's extremely awkward between him and Daisy. This interaction is the beginning of a comedically hysterical couple of scenes. Their awkwardness shows just how much they've grown apart, and how they're no longer easily compatible in the way that they were five years ago
What is symbolic of Gatsby almost breaking the clock on the mantelpiece?
?? Gatsby's clumsiness is another result of his nerves. The symbolism of Gatsby almost breaking a clock, which represents time, might imply his dislike of the time that separated the him-and-Daisy of five years ago.
How has Gatsby’s behavior changed when Nick comes back inside after leaving Gatsby and Daisy alone?
When Nick returns after his walk out of the house, both Daisy and Gatsby appear to have gone through an emotional wringer: Gatsby is ecstatic, and Daisy has been crying. This is a huge change from the painful awkwardness of the two of them from before. They must have had some kind of transformative talk.
Does Gatsby really believe, as he tells Daisy, that his house is always full of interesting, celebrated people?
Gatsby doesn't particularly believe that the people he invites over are interesting; he is mostly putting on a front so that he seems desirable and deserving of the more affluent Daisy's affections. Gatsby doesn't much like the society he invites over; they are simply a way to appear rich and important.
How does Daisy react to Gatsby’s house? What about the house surprises Nick? (hint: what does he keep expecting?) Why does Nick compare Gatsby to “an overwound clock”?
Daisy reacts with delight and amazement to Gatsby's house. I don't get this though: she's rich. She grew up rich, and she lives rich now. Why should she be so amazed at more wealth. Maybe it's that poor Gatsby owns it all? Nick is surprised that there are not guests everywhere. This hints that Gatsby keeps partiers around to keep his house full; without them, it feels oddly empty. An overwound clock is erratic, overcompensating, and frantic. Gatsby is exactly this: he is frantically looking, moving, and showing things to Daisy. He seems fairly mad with it.
What does Nick mean when he says that Gatsby “revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from [Daisy’s] eyes”?
Gatsby built his entire house, his entire fortune, so that he could deserve Daisy and win her back. Since none of his belongings were bought for him, but instead as agents in order to woo her, her responses to them are more significant than his own. The things that impress her are successful at doing so, and therefore are amazing at the purpose for which they were bought. Things that she isn't as impressed by are not doing the job that they have been purchased to do, and therefore are now bad.
What does Gatsby do that brings Daisy to tears? What might she really be crying about?
Gatsby begins piling up rich and colorful fabrics, which bring Daisy to tears. Since the fabrics are representative of Gatsby's wealth, Daisy could be crying at the fact that now, while she is married to Tom, Gatsby is in a position to deserve her. If he had had the shirts, and the wealth that they symbolize, five years earlier, she might have married him and not Tom. Therefore the shirts are to her a tangible symbol of her regret, and of what might have been.
After Gatsby points out the green light on Daisy’s dock to her, Nick states “Now it was a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.” What does he mean?
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Why does Nick wonder if after five years, perhaps Daisy can’t possibly meet Gatsby’s expectations?
Five years is a long time, and when a person wants something for that long, they begin to romanticize it far beyond what it originally was. Since Daisy is the sole thing that Gatsby was working for, that he was seeking, he likely thought about her, and the things he loved about her, so much that she became almost deified in his mind, and her faults were probably forgotten. However, once he is with her again, he is forced to see her for who she is, and not as the image he has in his head.
Do you feel this reunion with Daisy was everything Gatsby hoped it would be?
I think that the initial reaction (the crying, followed by the amazement at all of Gatsby's possessions) was likely what Gatsby's greatest hope of their reunification would be. At the very end of chapter five, Gatsby and Daisy are holding hands, forgetting about Nick due to their overwhelming bliss. However, this cannot last: Daisy is clever, Gatsby is ambitious and overconfident, and there are too many secrets and volatile tempers involved for things to stay blissful.
Shirts rep gained wealth, idea of right person wrong time,
Gatsby’s “wealth” was a factor, and a requisite, in Daisy’s consideration of him for a partner, but while that makes their connection a little more shallow, it doesn’t necessarily negate their relationship
The Great Gatsby Chapter Six
Nick refers to Gatsby as the Son of Whom? What do you think he means?
Nick calls Gatsby a "son of God." I am a little confused by this, to be honest, but it could be taken to mean that James Gatz was natural, and Gatsby was a creation of his own volition.
What was Jay Gatsby’s real name? What does the change in name signify in terms of Gatsby’s development as an ideal? (hint: what does Gatsby’s dream have to do with his character?)
Jay Gatsby's real name is James Gatz. He changed from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby in order to manufacture a persona of success, to throw of the legacy of his deadbeat parents, and to become someone of import.
Who is Dan Cody? What role did he play in Gatsby’s life? How much money did he inherit from Cody? Did the money or the experience matter more in shaping Gatsby’s destiny?
Dan Cody was a rich bootlegger who took Gatsby under his wing. After Cody died, Gatsby technically inherited millions, but by some legal mess, all of the money was given to Cody's girlfriend, while Gatsby got none of it; therefore the experience Gatsby gained from working for Cody was more valuable than the (nonexistent) money. Gatsby also learned to rarely drink because of Cody, so he shaped Gatsby's personality and tastes as well as business sense.
While at Gatsby’s house one afternoon, who arrives on horseback? How does Gatsby react, and what does he offer them? After Gatsby is invited to a dinner party, how do the others react? What about Gatsby might offend them?
Tom Buchanan, Daisy's husband, along with an unnamed man and woman, arrive on horseback at Gatsby's house. Gatsby ebulliently invited them in and offers them cigars and drinks, which were illegal commodities. This was quite careless, but there were no ramifications. The others are surprised that Gatsby agrees to attend the dinner party, since they were really just inviting him as a formality. Gatsby's carelessness with alcohol, and his newfangled ideas annoy the guests.
When Tom attends one of Gatsby’s parties several weeks later, what is the effect (at least in Nick’s eyes)?
Tom seems to be arrogant, and not fitting in very well at first. He says he doesn't know anyone, and he does it rather meanly. However this could be a defense mechanism for nerves and social awkwardness, since parties, especially unfamiliar ones, are scary.
How does Gatsby introduce Tom to various people? How does Tom react? Ultimately, how does Daisy feel about the party, the first of Gatsby’s that she has attended?
Gatsby introduces Tom as a polo player. Tom says that he doesn't like that title, but Gatsby keeps using it, with almost a sibling-like glee in annoying him. Daisy was "offended" by most of the party. She thought that it was too forward and not old and proper enough. This actually says a lot about Gatsby and Daisy—Gatsby created all these riches for her, but he doesn't understand her enough to give her the kind of wealth that she desires, and Daisy doesn't like Gatsby's taste enough to really see and love all of him.
What does Gatsby want Daisy to say to Tom? What do you think Nick’s opinion is of such a desire? To Nick’s consolation that “you can’t repeat the past,” how does Gatsby respond? What does he then go on to affirm?
Gatsby wants Daisy to tell Tom that she never loved him (Tom). Gatsby wanted Daisy to reject Tom so entirely that it would erase his claim over not only her, but over years of her life. Nick says this as fact, but it's probably really more of a hypothesis. Regardless, Nick says it in such an extreme way that I have to imagine that he views this wish as extreme and impossible. Gatsby refused to believe Nick that the past cannot be repeated—he reacts with denial. He then frantically tries to change his house to reflect the very past that Nick says cannot be repeated, thereby attempting to do just that.
The Great Gatsby Chapter 7 Study Questions
Why does Gatsby fire all his servants at the beginning of the chapter? With who has he replaced them?
Gatsby fires all of his servants out of worry that they would say something about Daisy's visits and ruin their secret. He replaces them with shady, mean friends of Mr. Wolfsheim, so likely people involved or tangentially related to the bootlegging business. Though they are less likely to gossip, since they rarely leave his house, and because they are criminals used to keeping secrets, they are unfriendly and create an effect farther from that of polite, old money which Gatsby aims for.
What is the purpose of Gatsby’s phone call (why doesn’t he simply walk over?) to Nick? What does Nick suspect?
This puzzled me a little bit, but it could have been a way for Gatsby to re-assert his superiority and richness over Nick, while attempting to create distance after Gatsby was so indebted to Nick for something. Nick suspects that there's going to be some kind of showdown, and he's nervous about what it could be.
Describe the weather on the day of the lunch. How does it play into the events of the chapter
The weather is insanely hot. To the point where everyone is cranky and everything feels like a fever dream. The heat-insanity also sort of hides the fact that most people in the scene are on cocaine at the time. The heat, though its effect on people's temperament and through the way it pushes people to find relief and to leave the place where they are miserable, causes action in a way that might not occur without it.
Just after Daisy kisses Gatsby “on the mouth,” who walks in? Why is Gatsby so surprised?
Just after Daisy kisses Gatsby, Daisy's child walks in with her nurse. Gatsby is likely so surprised because he has become accustomed to making light of Daisy's relationship with Tom—In Gatsby's mind, Tom and Daisy were never together in any real way. Because of this, seeing the child which was the product of their relationship, and therefore a symbol of the realness of said relationship, took away from Gatsby's delusion, which shocked him.
After staring at Gatsby for a moment while at lunch, Daisy breaks the gaze and then says, “You always look so cool” (125). How does Nick translate this remark? What effect does it have on Tom? What does he immediately do?
Nick translates this comment as a declaration of love. He is shocked that this happened in front of Tom. Tom was “astounded.” He immediately changed his mind, agreeing to go into town, which was the very thing that Daisy had been asking for moments before. I don’t really understand this interaction. Is “cool” translated by Tom as “you are more exciting and interesting and desirable than my husband, since he won’t do the fun things I ask for,” or simply “he’s amazing,” and that rattled Tom into agreeing?
Nick begins to say that Daisy’s voice is “full of” something and then interrupts himself. How does Gatsby finish his sentence?
Gatsby finishes his sentence by saying that Daisy’s voice is full of money, and that’s what allows it to take up space: to be loud, and to be heeded. This strikes Nick hard, since he’s never really thought about it before, but it’s obvious that Gatsby has thought about it a great deal. He says it “suddenly,” but often people blurt out thoughts they’ve been agonizing over for a long time in this manner. This shows that a large part of Gatsby’s infatuation with Daisy has to do with her status as rich.
Describe the driving arrangement as the group heads into New York? Who drives what? Who sits in whose car?
Tom takes Nick and Jordan in Gatsby’s car, and Gatsby takes Daisy in Tom’s. Tom and Gatsby are the two driving. They are foils, the two people who embody the stereotype of masculine power, but in different ways: Gatsby is new money, and Tom old. However, Gatsby takes both Tom’s car and Tom’s wife, which effectively renders him powerless.
On the way to New York, Tom realizes he needs gasoline and is forced to stop at Wilson’s shop. When Wilson emerges, what does Nick notice about him? What surprising secret does he share with Tom? How does Nick put the two together? Who oversees the entire scene at the gas pumps?
Nick notices that Wilson is looking incredibly ill. Wilson tells Tom that he found something out, but didn’t say what. Nick realizes that it’s about Myrtle cheating on Wilson because of the combination of his previous knowledge and the guilt apparent on Wilson’s face. Both Myrtle, locked in an upstairs room, and the ever-watching eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleberg.
Nick observes that there is “no confusion like the confusion of…” what? How is this related to Tom and the two women in his life?
… “a simple mind.” This implies that Tom is not all that intelligent, and in trying to keep up with the two women in his life, he is unable to grasp fully what is happening with either of them. His confusion and lack of surety, also, makes him panic, which makes him feel the need to act more masculine and overbearing to make up for what he sees to be a loss of control or a weakness.
Where do they all end up once they arrive in New York? At a moment of extreme tension in the room, what sound “explode[s]” from downstairs? What’s the irony?
When they arrive in New York, they end up at the fancy rich-people hotel, which displays their wealth. However, they are just as unhappy inside of the hotel as they were outside, which says a lot about the effect that wealth has on their happiness. As their conversation gets to a high point of tensity, they suddenly hear a wedding march. This is ironic because they are in such a mess because of failed romance and longing and cheating, and a wedding, which is a symbol of faithfulness, is the complete opposite of their situation.
As Tom begins his relentless interrogation of Gatsby about his claim to be an “Oxford man,” what does Gatsby do to renew Nick’s faith in him? After Tom’s outburst about causing a “row” in his house, how does Tom end his tirade? What does it echo from Chapter One?
Gatsby talks about his heroism in the war and his short stint at oxford. While these may be lies, they seem believable and amazing enough to let Nick again become enamored with Gatsby, or at least the illusion he presents. Tom ends his tirade by bringing–quite illogically—race into the picture. He starts ranting about interracial marriage basically completely out of the blue, and his nonsensical tangent basically discredits the rest of the points he’s made by making him seem unstable and conspirically-inclined. The same thing happened in chapter one, and ended in Daisy discreetly making fun of him for the bs that he had been spouting.
What does Gatsby tell Tom that he has evidently wanted to say for a very long time? Why does he keep insisting that Daisy repeat it? Why doesn’t she? When she finally does say it, what happens?
Gatsby tells Tom that Daisy has never loved Tom, and she has only ever loved Gatsby. He keeps insisting that Daisy repeat it basically in order to stroke his own ego—he wants to feel validated, and Daisy undermining Tom in favor of him would do exactly that. He also wants to feel superior to Tom in general. However, the more he asks Daisy to confirm her love, the more unsure she becomes. As an intelligent woman in a sexist and patriarchal society, Daisy’s heightening unsurety represents her desire to not be trapped by another man, and to not be coerced into anything at all. When she finally does say it, Tom starts giving examples of times when he thought that she loved him, and asking if it was a lie, which is definitely a kind of mental manipulation.
When Tom reveals the results of his “investigation,” what do we learn about Gatsby?
We learn, or really just have confirmed, that Gatsby is a bootlegger and a criminal, and that his money is new, illegal money rather than old, reputable wealth. What is ironic, though, is that immediately after Tom asks if Nick wants some alcohol, which is likely a product of Gatsby’s bootlegging—Tom is benefiting from and condemning Gatsby all at once.
At the end of the horrible scene, what does Nick suddenly realize? With what does the prospect fill him?
At the end of the entire mess of a scene, Nick abruptly realizes that it’s his 30th birthday. A person’s 20s are still full of youth and playfulness, while one’s 30s are supposed to be more adult and respectable. Nick sees this new decade as pompous and scary and lengthy; he isn’t the least bit thrilled to be 30. Directly after he notices this, Nick gives into Jordan’s romantic advances, and the scene ends with a sexual innuendo. The fact that Nick turns away from his infatuation with Gatsby (being in love with a man) and towards his relationship with Jordan (the available woman) likely reflects Fitzgerald’s own perspective on gay relationships: that they are youthful folly that should be cast off once a person reaches true adulthood.
Who is Michaelis, the young Greek? What is the story he tells at the “inquest”? In particular, how does the story end?
Michaelis runs a “coffee joint,” which means he is a working man and not a wealthy one. At his inquest, he tells the story of Myrtle Wilson being struck by a mysterious car after darting out into the street in anger at her controlling husband. He makes it clear that the car’s act wasn’t malicious, but also that the car did not stop to see if Myrtle was okay.
As the policeman is taking statements from witnesses, what does Tom hastily confer with Wilson about?
Tom’s quickly asks Wilson about the details of the hit and run so that he can be aware of the culprit, and how to make sure that he is not blamed for the crime, since it was his car that did the murdering.
After returning to Tom’s house, Nick asks to be left alone outside and then takes a short stroll along the gravel. Whom does he meet? What is his reaction to Nick’s recount of the scene at Wilson’s garage? Who was driving Gatsby’s car?
While wandering around outside, Nick meets Gatsby. He seems most concerned with the outcome of the hit and run, and how Daisy feels about it, but he isn’t incredibly upset at the woman’s death. Nick discovers that it was in fact Daisy who was driving the car, and that for Gatsby, it is a forgone conclusion that he takes the blame for the death in order to protect her.
When Nick returns to the house to check on things, what does he see? What does it portend in the relationship between Tom and Daisy? What might they be discussing?
When Nick goes back to the house, he finds Tom and Daisy sitting together, not happily, but also not with animosity. Tom seems earnest, and Daisy is agreeing. They could be reminiscing about old good times that they had together, but they are definitely not discussing the hard topics that they need to, because if they were, Tom would be more visibly upset and defensive.
Tom’s wife killed his mistress. Not on purpose, but there’s still an irony in it. — is it possible that it was on purpose?
Tom only begins to fight for Daisy once someone else tries to take her—basically the same situation as Gatsby wanting Daisy all the more for her desirability for other people.
The Great Gatsby Chapter 8
When waiting all night for the signal from Daisy, what does Gatsby explain happened? How does it make him feel? What is the effect on “Jay Gatsby” the persona? (hint: what does Tom’s “hard malice” effectively do?)
Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy briefly stood on the balcony, then turned off the light and went to bed. This might show that she did consider Gatsby, but eventually decided that she was better off just staying with Tom. The disappointment and misguided hope that Gatsby feels makes Nick pity him, which breaks the illusion that Gatsby had created of wealth and ease in rich circles.
What does Gatsby recall about his first impressions of Daisy and her house five years ago in Louisville? Under what pretenses did he allow Daisy to fall in love with him? What surprised him?
Gatsby’s first impression of Daisy and her house was that it was “nice.” This likely means respectable, liked, and wealthy, all things that he spent years striving for. Gatsby had let Daisy belief that he was rich, and from a similar old wealth background to hers. At first, he thought it was just going to be a fling, but then he really fell for her, maybe especially because so many other people were infatuated with her, and so he stayed. He was surprised that it became anything more.
When Gatsby left for war, how did Daisy initially cope? What led her to Tom Buchanan? (hint: what was something inside her “crying for”?)
At first, Daisy was nervous and wanted Gatsby to reassure her that everything was okay. But soon she slipped back into her life of wealth and parties, and then began dating again. Daisy wanted someone to shape her life; she wanted someone to reassure her, and flatter her, and be predictable and strong for her, and Tom filled these roles perfectly.
When did Gatsby return to Louisville? What happened while he was there that permanently attached his Dream to Daisy herself?
Gatsby returned to Louisville during Daisy and Tom’s honeymoon. While there, he saw all of the pieces of the city that Daisy had made incredible, and that made him realize how amazing she was. He knew he could never go back to that feeling of gaiety and youth, but he was willing to chase it.
At their parting, what does Nick tell Gatsby that he’s “always been glad [he] said”? Why is it ironic?
Nick compliments Gatsby, telling him that he’s “worth the whole damn bunch [of rich people] put together.” This is ironic, though, because monetarily, they are actually worth much more than Gatsby is.
How does Nick’s relationship with Jordan end? Does he seem upset about it?
Nick’s relationship with Jordan ends in a passive-aggressive argument ending in a abrupt hang-up, but Nick didn’t seem particularly upset about it. He said he didn’t care if he never saw her again, and then immediately turned his attention back to Gatsby.
In the episode in the garage, what question does Michaelis continually ask Wilson? When Wilson explains how he told Myrtle, “you may fool me but you can’t fool God,” whose eyes is he staring out at? What might be the significance?
In the garage, Michaelis keeps asking Wilson if he belongs to a church, as a way to try to find some kind of a support system for him during his grief, since Michaelis, as lovely as he is, cannot provide all of the support needed. When Wilson tells Myrtle that she can’t fool God, but is staring at the giant eyes of T.J. Eckleburk, Fitzgerald creates the effect that God is Eckleburg. This is kind of humorous, and maybe Fitzgerald’s own comment that God doesn’t really exist, but that there is someone out there watching. Regardless, the sense of surveillance foreshadows that none of the characters of the novel will be able to get away with their sins without some kind of punishment.
Some time during Wilson’s hunt for the owner of that cream car, Nick explains that Wilson had “an easier, surer way of finding out what he wanted to know” – speculate on who this source might be.
This source might be Tom. He knows Tom. Tom was there, and concerned about the perpetrator of the hit and run. Tom knows a lot of people, and has a lot of power.
How does Nick imagine Gatsby’s end? Why, after the death of Gatsby’s Dream, does Nick describe it as a kind of mercy killing, a blessing in disguise?
Nick imagine’s Gatsby’s end to be one of longing and loss, with the figure of Daisy still centered in it after all this time. Since Gatsby’s dream, the one he’s spent five years fixated on, is gone, Nick thinks that it’s at least a little merciful for Gatsby to not have to live with the consequences of his dream being shattered.
Words:
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