Chp 9: Rapping it up

There's lots of surprising things that led up to this chapter. There is also lots of things that is in this chapter. I found out that Gatsby's parents weren't dead. His father, Mr. Gatz, is very old but still alive. I noticed that Mr. Gatz kept referring Gatsby as "Jimmy". I feel like there is more things about Gatsby that is unknown and that he didn't tell the full truth about his personal life. Overall, I enjoyed the book because it was full of action, drama, curiosity, and mystery. Every chapter had more details and got more interesting. One of the main importance of this book is Gatsby's american dream. I think that his american dream was to get things back where they were before he went to war and live this perfect new life with Daisy. His dream wasn't accurate because things can never be how it use to be;It could be better or worse but never the same. Gatsby did everything he could to achieve his american dream, but the result that came out of it was a dead Gatsby with no Daisy.

Chp 8: The end of the drama

Coming into chp 8 I expected that Daisy and Tom continued to stay married and continue living their life full of money. I think that Daisy completely gets over Gatsby from the quote when Gatsby said," about four o'clock she came to the window and stood there for a minute and then turned out the light."(147) The event that surprised me the most was when Gatsby was in his pool and Wilson came to his house and shot him. I think that Wilson killed himself also, but i'm not really sure. I think that's crazy because that was Gatsby's first time getting in the pool that summer. "you know, old sport, i've never used that pool all summer." (153) I think that's very ironic. If the butler didn't mention anything about a pool and Gatsby didn't have a thought about going in the pool, Gatsby probably would've still been alive. He would've been somewhere in the house or trying to find Daisy somewhere. My prediction for the last chapter is that Nick is going to plan a funeral for Gatsby and Daisy will mourn over the death of Gatsby.

Chp 7: Finding out more

In chapter 7 we find more about Gatsby, Tom, and Daisy. The one scene that I found interesting is when Daisy was talking about a man who fainted at her wedding. His name was Billoxi. Tom and Dasy were debating about him knowing who. "Well, he said he knew you. He said he was raised in Louisville. Asa Bird brought him around at the last minute and asked if we had room for him."(128) I personally think that Gatsby sent Billoxi to go to Daisy's wedding to see what was going on. I also think that he fainted to make a big scene. Another big scene that caught my attention was when Daisy took the wheel when her and Gatsby left the suite and she ran over Mrs. Wilson. I think that Daisy did it on purpose because she knew that Mrs. Wilson is Tom's mistress. My prediction for the next chapter is that we're going to find out more about Gatsby's scheme with Wolfsheim and more about Tom and Daisy and how they will handle the info Gtasby said at the suite.

Chp 5: The reuniting of Gatby and Daisy

In chapter 5 we find more mysterious things about Gatsby. I'm starting to think that Gatsby didn't get money from inheritance. I think the money he earned haves something to do with Mr Wolfsheim, the gambler who was introduced in chapter 4. In chapter 5 Gatsby and Nick was standing on the lawn and looking at Gastby's house. Gatsby said, "It took me just three years to earn the money that bought it." Nick told Gatsby, "I thought you inherited your money." (90) I think Gatsby lied about his inherited money. He got the money some other way and it might've been illegal! When Gatsby shows Daisy his house, Daisy gets real excited, she even cries over him having beautiful shirts. She says, "They're such beautiful shorts, it makes me sad becasue I've never seen such-such beautiful shirts before."(92) I thought that was wierd. Another comment Daisy says that I don't get is when she said, " Look at that, I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around."(94) What does she mean by that? One other wierd event that Gatsby did was when he woke up Ewing Klipspringer and told him to play the piano. While Ewing was explaining how he can't play, everytime he said, " I'm all out of prac--" (94,95) Gatsby cut him off. Also, another wierd thing was when Gatsby got a phone call. The phone call seem suspicious like it was an "up to no good" call. So there's lots of wierd things going on in this chapter. My perdiction is that Daisy's mistress is going to be Gatsby. I also think that we're going to learn more things about the phone call Gatsby had.

Chp 4: Getting to know Gatsby

Reading more into this book, I learn more facts about Gatsby. Before chapter 3 I only knew a couple facts about Gatsby. I knew that he throws parties at his house all the time and that he is a little strange. In chapter 3 , Nick said,"for he told me that he had just bought a hydroplane, and was going to try it out in the morning."(47) Gatsby asked Nick to go with him. In chapter 4, Gatsby gave Nick a ride to lunch, he was telling Nick about who he really is. Gatsby says,"I'm going to tell you something about my life. He also says,"I don't want you to get a wrong idea of me from all these stories you hear." (65) Gatsby obviously knew that lots of people tell false rumors about him and he wants Nick to know the truth. When Gatsby tells Nick about his "life", Nick doesnt believe it one bit. He says," With an effort I managed to restrain my incredulous laugter." (66) While Gatsby was telling his story , he mentioned that he's trying to forget something very sad that had happened to him long ago. (66) What is that sad thing? I think the sad thing could be his past relationship with Daisy or it could've been what happened to him as a kid or in the war.

Chp 1: Who is Nick?

Before reading chapter 1 I knew that Nick is the narrator. He is also non-judgemental, from the mid-west, looks at everybody the same, and is very nice. He's also cousins with Daisy, who is married to Tom. In the beginning of chapter 1 it tells how Nick became non-judgemental. He says, "whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."(1) I think that means that not everybody haves what you have. You don't know what people are going through and don't know them long enough to judge them. Nick also says that since people know that he won't judge them, they tell Nick their personal stories. Little do they know, Nick doesn't really care about what they're telling him. In the chapter it also talks about how Fitzgerald moved Nick out to the west egg and that he's neighbors with Gatsby and his second cousin, Daisy, and her husband lives in the east egg and Nick visits them. I think that we're going to learn more about Gatsby and what's so important about him.