Wednesday, October 24, 2012

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.

2 comments:

  1. Good work Maya - very thorough and observant. We're starting to peel away the layers from Gatsby and get down to his true self.

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  2. I completely agree with your thoughts about Gatsby's "inheritance" and your idea that his money is connected to Mr. Wolfsheim. When Gatsby slipped with saying it took him three years to earn the money for his house, I figured he was lying about inheriting the money and, therefore, his job as well.

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