Funeral of Gatsby

Chapter 9 is Gatsby's Funeral. In this chapter we learn that the wealth only care about themselves. All of the wealthy people who had been at Gatsby's parties dont even attend his funeral. The people in east were just so morally corrupted. This is so shocking to Nick that he moves back to West Egg. The corruption of morals is not only a main theme in this chapter but the whole book. Nick judged all of the characters in the book and he felt like the wealthy people were morally corrupt. Daisy was morally corrupt, she was very close to Gatsby, and she didn't even recognize that he died, she didn't pay any kind of services. The wealthy people in this novel seems to have their priorities very mixed up. "Daisy hadn't sent a message or flowers" (183) "About 5 o clock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle besides the gate" (182) These two quotes show that they really dont care much about Gatsby

Gatsby Shot!

In chapter 8 we learn the surprising death of Gatsby. Gatsby is shot to death by Wilson, who though Gatsby had an affair with Myrtle (his wife) and then killed her. Wilson thinks this because he had seen Gatsby fill his yellow car with gas prior to death of Myrtle. I almost expected Gatsby to die, however not like this. Gatsby was always a mysterious person. I wouldn't even be surprised if he had a few dead bodies somewhere in his mansion. I also think that people may have been jealous of him, he had everything, wealth, girls, social life. "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" (162) This quote represents the body of Wilson, after he shot himself. Seems like Wilson was extremely depressed over the death of his wife and was out to seek revenge. He was even willing to cross the line by killing himself. Myrtle must have met everything to Wilson. What a surprising way to end the chapter, and life of Gatsby.

Gatsby vs Tom

Seems like there was a lot of argument between the two during the final chapters. Tom goes off on Gatsby and mocks his habit of calling people "old sports", and accuses that he lied about going to Oxford. He then accuses him of running a bootleg operation, and sends Gatsby home, knowing he just beat him. I think that Tom was very mad at Gatsby for trying to steal his wife from him, as well as Gatsby always acting suspicious around him. After all of this Daisy admits that she is in love with Tom and not Gatsby. Gatsby realizes that he just waisted all of those years trying to pursue Daisy. I feel very bad for Gatsby because he had just spent all of those years trying to go after the women he loved, and he tried to gain wealth and move up on the social ladder just to try and impress Daisy. Gatsby can now live a normal life, a life he has probably been wanting to live for years. Without Daisy to impress, I assume that Gatsby wont throw anymore parties. Gatsby has a very lonely live ahead of him.

Make Up Your Mind

It seems as if Gatsby is trying to hard to lure Daisy in. He invites her to all of his parties yet she doesn't show any interest in them. To make things worse for Gatsby he soons realizes that Daisy had a child, whom she shows no interest in. Daisy looks like she doesn't know who she wants. Daisy and Gatsby were almost meant for each other. She seems to enjoy the luxury life that Gatsby can provide compared to the personality of Tom. Will Daisy learn that she needs to carry on and ditch Gatsby? She has a child and seems to do just fine with Tom.Will Gatsby be able to persuade Daisy with his money or will Daisy realize that she needs to move in without him and take care of her daughter. If Daisy does end up staying with Gatsby will he be the reliable husband that she has been striving for?, or will he be to selfish about himself and abandon Daisy?

Transformation!

The main theme of chapter 6 was transformation. In this chapter Gatsby's early life and how he became motivated to become rich and gain a higher social status. Gatsby was motivated by a man named Dan Cody who showed Gatsby what it was like to be wealthy and have a high social status. Dan Cody helped James Gatz transform into Jay Gatsby. Gatsby had undergo a transformation in the early stages of his life that made him want to be wealthy and of a high social status. The transformation in his early years made him who he was in the novel.
"And it was from Cody that Gatsby inherited money" (99) This shows how Dan Cody helped Gatsby achieve his goal of having a high social life, and wealth.

Gatsby's Party

The main theme in this chapter was the corruptness and how dumb the wealthy people were. I found this chapter one of the most important because it shows how stuck up these people are. Many of the characters did not even know Gatsby was or what he did but still attended his parties and criticized his home. Some of the people at the party were talking about Gatsby's past saying that he killed a man in cold blood. They were even surprised that he had real books in library, which showed that most of the people in this novel are corrupt. They gossiped about home constantly and made up false rumors. Seems like most of these people care more about their social life and tend not to care about the small things in life. "Owl eyes washing his hands with the whole matter" This quote shows that many of the of the rich people are very stuck up.