GROUP 3:chap 1 quote. "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had." -page 1. Response to quote: I think this is a really good piece of advice because it is really true.
RESPONSE: to Ch. 2 I actually feel bad for Daisy & Mr. Wilson because they have been married to their spouse for years and now they are secretely dating someone else. I think Mrs.Wilson is annoying and I don't understand why Tom is cheating on his wife daisy with the stout Myrtle. CH 1- i thought was so boring and in CH. 2 the book finally was picking up. -karly
"I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't fit to lick my shoe"
- I really don't like Mrs.Wilson... she says that about George her husband of 11 years. She only married him because he was gentleman not because she loved him. Poor Daisy and George. -karly
Summary: The story begins with the narrator, Nick contemplating on the lessons his father taught him when he was young, he reflected on his currehnt living position, and on his neighbor, Gatsby. Nick goes to see an old friend and his cousin out on the east egg. Nick meets Ms. Baker, and he speaks with her and the others about Gatsby, their lives, and race. As Nick is about to leave it is revealed through Daisy and Tom that he is engaged, but hasn't enough money. Nick leaves and notices Gatby staring out at the sea, as Nick goes to call him, he is gone.
Reaction to Summary: As is the case with many first chapters, this is a chapter dedicated to exposition, half of the chapter is spent discussing Nick's life prior to the current point in the novel. This chapter sets up suppoting characters many of whom are superfluous to Gatsby, the main titular character. The chapter also sets up something, some sort of conflict between Daisy and Tom. The end of the chapter gives way for more about Gatsby, assuming he is a deep, main character.
Quote: "'Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone' he told me, 'just remember that all the people in the world haven't had the advantages that you've had.'" -Nick's father p.1
Reaction to quote: This is a quote within a quote, being reflected upon by the narrator, this seemingly simple quote holds more than it would seem. As Nick seems to believe it does, at any rate it seems to shape Nick's philosophies. It also provides a contrast between the philosophies that are most prevalent in most of the characters thus far given in the novel. No one else except Nick seems to reflect on the fortunes they have that others do not, everyone seems shallow and empty.
Nick calls of all the people that have been at Gatsby's parties over the summer. Then he talks about how Gatsby took him out to lunch in New York City in his rolls royce. They have a good time talking about Gatsby's past, how he moved around because his family died and left him all this money. Then he tells Nick to have tea with Jordan because she has something to tell Nick. When he meets with Jordan she tells him how Daisy and Gatsby were together before he left for the war and after he left she married Tom. The night before their wedding she got really drunk and Jordan had to help her down to the dinner.
Responce- Obviously when Gatsby and Daisey get together something between them is going to happen. If the night before her wedding she got that drunk and now her husband is cheeting on her, and her and Gatsby were in love before, its going to start something new.
Quote- "Over the bridge, with the sunlight through the girders making a constant flicker apon the moving cars and the city rising up across the river in white heeps..." pg 68
F. Scott FItzgerald has really awesome imagery in this paragragh. I feel like im driving in the car with them down the high way with the sun flickering in my eyes the way he describes. They way he can make the scene from the novel come alive makes it seem so real.
Spring of 1922, he came East permanetly. He wanted to find rooms in the city, he had just left the country of wide lawns and friendly trees. He had a dog for a few days until he ran away and an old Dodge and a Finnish woman, who made his bed and cooked him breakfast. Talking about how sunshine and the leaves growing on the trees is the summer time. He bought a dozen volumes on banking and credit and investment securities, stood in his shelf in red and gold like new money from the mint. He had gone to a college buddies house Tom Buchanans, He described their house as a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, over looking the bay front windows glowed with gold.
Group 2- Chapter 1 The book starts out with a guy telling about what his father sid to him when he was younger. Then it changes to him telling a story, he talks about him and how he looked like his great uncle. He talks about going to school and living next to Gatsby and how his hut was an eye sore. Then he oes to his cousin's house . Her name is Daisy and her husbands name is Tom. They live in the east egg. There also is another women with them, Ms.Baker. This women looks familiar to him. Then they have dinner and Ms.Baker asks him if he knew Gatsby. Then the phone rings and Tom leaves to answer it, after being gone for a while Daisy goes to see what he is up to. Then you find out the main characters name is Nick. While Daisy and Tom are in the house both Ms.Baker and him talk. She tells him of a women who Tom talks to. Then Daisy and Tom come back into the room. Daisy starts taking about hom romantic the night is. Then Nick had to leave. When he got home he saw Mr Gatsby but then he was gone.
GROUP 3: Chap 4. SUMMARY: Nick is naming all of the people that go to Gatsby's parties. Gatsby invites Nick to lunch and they go for a drive into town. Gatsby talks to Nick about what his life is really like. Gatsby's not really making sense and talking about some "matter", and about Miss Baker. Nick is taking her to tea today. A police officer tries to pull them over but Gatsby falshes him a white card and he leaves them alone. Nick meets up with Gatsby later on for lunch with another man named Meyer Wolfshein. Gatsby realizes he angered Nick earlier that day, Wolfshein fixed the 1919 World Series and the police have been trying to catch him but he's too smart. They meet up wih Tom and when Nick turns around Gatsby's disappeared. Miss Baker explains to Nick about how Gatsby and Daisy were in love at some point when they were 18. The day of Tom and Daisy's wedding, Daisy got really drunk and said she didn't want to marry Tom anymore. She had a letter in her hand that she would not let go of. She did end up marrying Tom though, and Miss Baker said she has never seen a woman so in love with her husband. Tom got into a car accident not long adter they came home from their 3 month honeymoon and he had another woman in the car, which got into the papers. Gatsby bouyght his house so that he would be right across the bay from Daisy. Gatsby wants Nick to invite Daisy over and then let him come over so he can see Daisy. At the end of the chapter Miss Baker and Nick kiss. RESPONSE: Jordan and Nick are definitely in love and the last part of chapter 4 is so cute. Gatsby's plan is a little sketchy, but he apparently is still in love with Daisy...a lot. The man Gatsby and Nick meet up with for lunch seemed king of annoying.
Chapter 4: Nick over heard some ladies talking about Gatsby. It was said that Gatsby is a bootlegger and supposibly killed a man when he found out that Van Hidenburg was his nephew and he was second cousin to the Devil. In the chapter it names a ton of people from both "eggs" that attened Gatsby's parties over the summer. Klipspringer is a guy who goes to like every party and hes always the last one to leave and stays for such a long time. He got the nickname "the boarder" because people doubt he really actually lives somewhere. Gatsby showed up at Nick's house in his nice car and told Nick they were going to go out to lunch. Nick and Gatsby have talked 6 times in the last month & Nick said that Gatsby rarely speaks. Gatsby wanted to make it clear that everything Nick has heard about him was probably a lie. So, Gatsby told alot about himself.
CHAPTER 4 Continued... Gatsby- is the son of a wealthy family from the middle West. - All family which has died - Educated at Oxford, which was a true rumor. - When his family died he got all the $$$ - Lived in Europe- Paris, Venice & Rome. - He collected Jewls and Rubies. - When he fought in the war he was hoping to die... but that didn't happen.
Nick is taking Jordan Baker out to tea soon, which Gatsby knew about.Nick was introduced to Wolfsheim and he talked about the night Rosy got shot. Wolfsheim is a gambler. He was claimed to fix the World Series in 1919. Soon later they see Tom & say hello. Gatsby tells Nick he wants to meet Daisy - Karly
Personally, I find it weird how Gatsby randomly showed up to Nick's apartment and told him he was going to lunch with him. I really want Nick and Jordan Baker to be together. The book once again has been picking up and isn't as boring as chapter one was... -Karly
"Filled with faces dead and gone. Filled with friends gone now forever."
I did this quote because I think its meaningful. This part is when Rosy gets shot and how friends just come and go. Just as death can come- quick and unexpected. -Karly
In between East and West egg is a valley where the ashes of NYC are dumped. The men who live there shovel the ashes. There is a billboard of eyes of T.J. Eckleburg. Nick and Tom are riding the train. Tom takes Nick to Wilson's garage and its myrtle's(his mistress) husband. Tom had an appartment for his afiar. Cathrine is myrtle's sister. She heard that Gatsby is related to the ruler of germany during WW1. Nick gets drunk for the second time in his life. Myrtle gets really drunk and Tom punches her. It stopped the party. Nick takes the train at 4am back to West egg.
Responce- If Tom loves Daisey, why does he have this on going affair? If he didn't love her,why would he punch Myrtle?
Quote- "...ON the summer sunday afternoon sunday afternoon that wouldn't have been surprised to see a great flock of white sheep turn the corner."
Responce- He's saying everything is nice out, sheep are the symbol of happieness and carefree. -Lacey
Chapter Five Summary: Nick goes to Gatsbys house, and he seems bery nervous. Nick realizes that gatsby wants him to set up a meeting between him and Daisy. Nick agrees to it. So in favor Gatsby offers Nick a buissness oppertunity. Nick gets offended that Gatsby thinks he would want something for doing this. The two talk about details of the meeting. gatsby gets extremely nervous the day of the meeting, by sweating and shuffling around, he even knocks over a clock which he quickly catches before it falls to the ground. Daisy arrives and they start to talk. Nick leaves for a while then returns, Gatsby and Daisy seem to have hit it off. Gatsby is delighted by this. klipspringer plays the piano upon Gatsbys request. They talk about Daisys green light, and how gatsby cannot see it over the fog sometimes. nick decides to leave them alone for the night. - Chelsea
GROUP 3 quote and response for chap.4 journal: "Unlike Gatsby and Tom Buchanan, I had no girl who disembodied face floated along the dark corners and blinding signs, and so I drew up the girl beside me, tightening my arms. Her wan scornful mouth smiled, and so I drew her up again, closer, this time to my face." (80) RESPONSE: So far this is my favorite scene in the whole entire book. Nick is falling in love with Jordan and it's so cute. I only picked this quote cause I loved this scene.
The chapter opens with nick describing the parties that gatsby throws. He has very nice parties and there are drinks there so eveyone is happy. Nick gets invited to one fo these parties by an invitation.While he is there he runs in to Jordan Baker. They talk about gatsby and how he killed a man in cold blood.Then as Jordan and Nick look for gatsby they find a man in the libary. Nick ends up calling him Owl Eyes.Then jordan and Nick go outsitde and sit next to a man. Him and nick talk about how they where in the war together. Nick ends up finding out that it is Gatsby.Gatsby keeps to himself at the parties and if anything goes wrong he tries to fix it so no one has a problem.Then at two o'clock in the morning people argue when they are going to leave or ot still stay.Then Gatsby asks Jordan if he can talk to her alone. when she is done talking to him Jordan is amazed. He said something extraordinary. then nick starts to go home and sees owl eyes trying to get out of a car because he made the car fall in a ditch. Every one is honking their horns and yell at him because they cant get out. Then as nick goes home he talks about how he never goes to parties and that he works and has a normal life.then he takes Daisy's advice and starts to see jordan Baker even though she is fundamentally dishonest person.
Quote:"He had one of thoes rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life."
response:now we know who gatsby is and what he looks like. but it is kinda weird that he fixes everything for everyone. it must be that he does not want to be caught for haveing alcohol. but now nick and jordan are together but i wonder how long that will last?
response to quote: it means that with everything bad that could go on you can truse Gatsby becuase he will help you to make things better. and there are only a couple of people like him in the world like that.
Chapter five Quote and response: "It makes me sad because I've never seen such-such beautiful shirts before." -Daisy
- The quote shows how warpped Daisy is when it comes to money. She feels emotion for materialistic things. Gatsby notices this and is unsure about his feeling when she says that. -Chaelsea
summary- During a trip to New York City, Nick learns alot about Gatsby. That he went to Oxford is from San Francisco and received many prestigous medals Gatsby gets out of a speeding ticket by flashing some white card. At lunch Gatsby introduces Nick to Meyer Wolfsheim who supposedly fixed the world series in 1919. He is an odd man who apparently has alot of connections, and this sparks Nick to rethink her wealth. Nick then sees Jordan and Jordan finally tells Nick that "extravagent" thing that Gatsby told her at the party and it was that Gatsby in love with Daisy. Daisy and Gatsby fell in love a long time ago but then Gatsby left for the war and Daisy married Tom but Tom cheated on her. Getsby only bought his house in order to be near gatsby. Gatsby wants Nick to invite Daisy to tea.
reaction- I think that it is odd that Gatsby is still in love with Daisy is still in love with Daisy even after being apart. If Gatsby was such a powerful and rich man i would expected him to win her back with things. Who did Tomcheat on Daisy with?
"shes not to know about it. You're just supposed to invite her to tea"
I picked this quote because i think that this tea party won't be what he wants it to be.
Nick and Gatsby are waiting for Daisey to arrive. Gatsby offers Nick a job and to go to Coney Island but he declines everything. Daisey's chouffer pulls up and she tells him to come back in an hour. Gatsby walks into another room because he is nervous. Finally they meet, its a little akward at first but they finally start talking and Nick leaves them alone. Then they went to Gatsby's house. She's in aw of all his money. His shirts that were layed out she really likes. THey go out to the dock and spend lots of time together. Nick hopes Daisey lives up to what Gatsby thinks of her.
Responce- Gatsby reallu wants everything with Daisey to work. By showing off he catches Daisy's attention. Shes pretty shallow to just like his money.
Quote- "Your acting like a little boy."
Responce- Gatsby's really nervous, I would be too if I was meeting the love of my life 5 years later. I can understand how he feels giddy.
Response: As we know Gatsby told Jordan that he is still in love with Daisy. That is why Gatsby wants Nick to ask Daisy to come over for tea. For Daisy to get that drunk on her wedding night could mean she didn't really want to marry tom. She knows she had to because Tom has the money and all Gatsby had was love for her and that was just not enough.
Response to quote: F. Scott Fitzgerald describes everything in detail so you can picture it in your head. It makes you relate to the book even though it is older than we are.
Response: Daisy comes over and is not expecting Gatsby to be there. Gatsby becomes very nervous when she is there but later in the chapter he get better. the only thing that is weird is why does Daisy cry over the shirts in Gatsby's house? it is because she loves him and now he has money so she can get together with him and leave Tom. And will this even last?
Response to quote:Gatsby is so nervous when daisy comes over. But doesn't every one get that way on their first date. Because you finaly get to meet them but you are unsure if they will like what you are wearing.
Group 2 chapter:1 Response:Tom and Daisy's relationship seem to be crumbling. with tom going to talk to women on the phone durring dinner who wouldn't be crazy to find out who it was. also it was durring dinner and you never really answer phones durring dinner. well you didn't answer it in the old days. Then i wonder what will happen between Nick and Jordan????
Response:does the land of ashes have any importance to the story? well we found out who was on the phone with tom. her name is myrtle. then while they are at that party Nick says that this is his second time being drunk. But one important thing in this chapter is that when myetle talks abotu daisy tom hits her. why would he do that? doesn't he dislike daisy? so why now is he defending her?
Responce to quote: Nick thinks it is so calm that if anything out of the blue pops up he would not be alarmed.
GROUP 3:chap 1 quote.
ReplyDelete"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had." -page 1.
Response to quote:
I think this is a really good piece of advice because it is really true.
RESPONSE: to Ch. 2
ReplyDeleteI actually feel bad for Daisy & Mr. Wilson because they have been married to their spouse for years and now they are secretely dating someone else. I think Mrs.Wilson is annoying and I don't understand why Tom is cheating on his wife daisy with the stout Myrtle. CH 1- i thought was so boring and in CH. 2 the book finally was picking up.
-karly
(chapter 2 was done by me also) ^^
Quote and Response from Chapter 2:
ReplyDelete"I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't fit to lick my shoe"
- I really don't like Mrs.Wilson...
she says that about George her husband of 11 years. She only married him because he was gentleman not because she loved him. Poor Daisy and George.
-karly
Group 4: Chapter 1 Dialectical Journal
ReplyDeleteSummary:
The story begins with the narrator, Nick contemplating on the lessons his father taught him when he was young, he reflected on his currehnt living position, and on his neighbor, Gatsby. Nick goes to see an old friend and his cousin out on the east egg. Nick meets Ms. Baker, and he speaks with her and the others about Gatsby, their lives, and race. As Nick is about to leave it is revealed through Daisy and Tom that he is engaged, but hasn't enough money. Nick leaves and notices Gatby staring out at the sea, as Nick goes to call him, he is gone.
Reaction to Summary:
As is the case with many first chapters, this is a chapter dedicated to exposition, half of the chapter is spent discussing Nick's life prior to the current point in the novel. This chapter sets up suppoting characters many of whom are superfluous to Gatsby, the main titular character. The chapter also sets up something, some sort of conflict between Daisy and Tom. The end of the chapter gives way for more about Gatsby, assuming he is a deep, main character.
Quote:
"'Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone' he told me, 'just remember that all the people in the world haven't had the advantages that you've had.'"
-Nick's father p.1
Reaction to quote:
This is a quote within a quote, being reflected upon by the narrator, this seemingly simple quote holds more than it would seem. As Nick seems to believe it does, at any rate it seems to shape Nick's philosophies. It also provides a contrast between the philosophies that are most prevalent in most of the characters thus far given in the novel. No one else except Nick seems to reflect on the fortunes they have that others do not, everyone seems shallow and empty.
-Zach
Lacey Queen
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Chapter 4
Nick calls of all the people that have been at Gatsby's parties over the summer. Then he talks about how Gatsby took him out to lunch in New York City in his rolls royce. They have a good time talking about Gatsby's past, how he moved around because his family died and left him all this money. Then he tells Nick to have tea with Jordan because she has something to tell Nick. When he meets with Jordan she tells him how Daisy and Gatsby were together before he left for the war and after he left she married Tom. The night before their wedding she got really drunk and Jordan had to help her down to the dinner.
Responce- Obviously when Gatsby and Daisey get together something between them is going to happen. If the night before her wedding she got that drunk and now her husband is cheeting on her, and her and Gatsby were in love before, its going to start something new.
Quote- "Over the bridge, with the sunlight through the girders making a constant flicker apon the moving cars and the city rising up across the river in white heeps..." pg 68
F. Scott FItzgerald has really awesome imagery in this paragragh. I feel like im driving in the car with them down the high way with the sun flickering in my eyes the way he describes. They way he can make the scene from the novel come alive makes it seem so real.
Group 1
ReplyDeleteCh 1 journal:
Spring of 1922, he came East permanetly. He wanted to find rooms in the city, he had just left the country of wide lawns and friendly trees. He had a dog for a few days until he ran away and an old Dodge and a Finnish woman, who made his bed and cooked him breakfast. Talking about how sunshine and the leaves growing on the trees is the summer time. He bought a dozen volumes on banking and credit and investment securities, stood in his shelf in red and gold like new money from the mint. He had gone to a college buddies house Tom Buchanans, He described their house as a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, over looking the bay front windows glowed with gold.
Group 2- Chapter 1
ReplyDeleteThe book starts out with a guy telling about what his father sid to him when he was younger. Then it changes to him telling a story, he talks about him and how he looked like his great uncle. He talks about going to school and living next to Gatsby and how his hut was an eye sore. Then he oes to his cousin's house . Her name is Daisy and her husbands name is Tom. They live in the east egg. There also is another women with them, Ms.Baker. This women looks familiar to him. Then they have dinner and Ms.Baker asks him if he knew Gatsby. Then the phone rings and Tom leaves to answer it, after being gone for a while Daisy goes to see what he is up to. Then you find out the main characters name is Nick. While Daisy and Tom are in the house both Ms.Baker and him talk. She tells him of a women who Tom talks to. Then Daisy and Tom come back into the room. Daisy starts taking about hom romantic the night is. Then Nick had to leave. When he got home he saw Mr Gatsby but then he was gone.
GROUP 3: Chap 4.
ReplyDeleteSUMMARY: Nick is naming all of the people that go to Gatsby's parties. Gatsby invites Nick to lunch and they go for a drive into town. Gatsby talks to Nick about what his life is really like. Gatsby's not really making sense and talking about some "matter", and about Miss Baker. Nick is taking her to tea today. A police officer tries to pull them over but Gatsby falshes him a white card and he leaves them alone. Nick meets up with Gatsby later on for lunch with another man named Meyer Wolfshein. Gatsby realizes he angered Nick earlier that day, Wolfshein fixed the 1919 World Series and the police have been trying to catch him but he's too smart. They meet up wih Tom and when Nick turns around Gatsby's disappeared. Miss Baker explains to Nick about how Gatsby and Daisy were in love at some point when they were 18. The day of Tom and Daisy's wedding, Daisy got really drunk and said she didn't want to marry Tom anymore. She had a letter in her hand that she would not let go of. She did end up marrying Tom though, and Miss Baker said she has never seen a woman so in love with her husband. Tom got into a car accident not long adter they came home from their 3 month honeymoon and he had another woman in the car, which got into the papers. Gatsby bouyght his house so that he would be right across the bay from Daisy. Gatsby wants Nick to invite Daisy over and then let him come over so he can see Daisy. At the end of the chapter Miss Baker and Nick kiss.
RESPONSE: Jordan and Nick are definitely in love and the last part of chapter 4 is so cute. Gatsby's plan is a little sketchy, but he apparently is still in love with Daisy...a lot. The man Gatsby and Nick meet up with for lunch seemed king of annoying.
Chapter 4:
ReplyDeleteNick over heard some ladies talking about Gatsby. It was said that Gatsby is a bootlegger and supposibly killed a man when he found out that Van Hidenburg was his nephew and he was second cousin to the Devil. In the chapter it names a ton of people from both "eggs" that attened Gatsby's parties over the summer. Klipspringer is a guy who goes to like every party and hes always the last one to leave and stays for such a long time. He got the nickname "the boarder" because people doubt he really actually lives somewhere. Gatsby showed up at Nick's house in his nice car and told Nick they were going to go out to lunch. Nick and Gatsby have talked 6 times in the last month & Nick said that Gatsby rarely speaks. Gatsby wanted to make it clear that everything Nick has heard about him was probably a lie. So, Gatsby told alot about himself.
-ill finish this later...
-karly
CHAPTER 4 Continued...
ReplyDeleteGatsby- is the son of a wealthy family from the middle West.
- All family which has died
- Educated at Oxford, which was a true rumor.
- When his family died he got all the $$$
- Lived in Europe- Paris, Venice & Rome.
- He collected Jewls and Rubies.
- When he fought in the war he was hoping to die... but that didn't happen.
Nick is taking Jordan Baker out to tea soon, which Gatsby knew about.Nick was introduced to Wolfsheim and he talked about the night Rosy got shot. Wolfsheim is a gambler. He was claimed to fix the World Series in 1919. Soon later they see Tom & say hello. Gatsby tells Nick he wants to meet Daisy
- Karly
CHAPTER 4: Response
ReplyDeletePersonally, I find it weird how Gatsby randomly showed up to Nick's apartment and told him he was going to lunch with him. I really want Nick and Jordan Baker to be together. The book once again has been picking up and isn't as boring as chapter one was...
-Karly
CHAPTY 4: Quote & Response
ReplyDelete"Filled with faces dead and gone. Filled with friends gone now forever."
I did this quote because I think its meaningful. This part is when Rosy gets shot and how friends just come and go. Just as death can come- quick and unexpected.
-Karly
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In between East and West egg is a valley where the ashes of NYC are dumped. The men who live there shovel the ashes. There is a billboard of eyes of T.J. Eckleburg. Nick and Tom are riding the train. Tom takes Nick to Wilson's garage and its myrtle's(his mistress)
husband. Tom had an appartment for his afiar.
Cathrine is myrtle's sister. She heard that Gatsby is related to the ruler of germany during WW1. Nick gets drunk for the second time in his life. Myrtle gets really drunk and Tom punches her. It stopped the party. Nick takes the train at 4am back to West egg.
Responce- If Tom loves Daisey, why does he have this on going affair? If he didn't love her,why would he punch Myrtle?
Quote- "...ON the summer sunday afternoon sunday afternoon that wouldn't have been surprised to see a great flock of white sheep turn the corner."
Responce- He's saying everything is nice out, sheep are the symbol of happieness and carefree.
-Lacey
Chapter Five
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Nick goes to Gatsbys house, and he seems bery nervous. Nick realizes that gatsby wants him to set up a meeting between him and Daisy. Nick agrees to it. So in favor Gatsby offers Nick a buissness oppertunity. Nick gets offended that Gatsby thinks he would want something for doing this. The two talk about details of the meeting. gatsby gets extremely nervous the day of the meeting, by sweating and shuffling around, he even knocks over a clock which he quickly catches before it falls to the ground. Daisy arrives and they start to talk. Nick leaves for a while then returns, Gatsby and Daisy seem to have hit it off. Gatsby is delighted by this. klipspringer plays the piano upon Gatsbys request. They talk about Daisys green light, and how gatsby cannot see it over the fog sometimes. nick decides to leave them alone for the night. - Chelsea
GROUP 3
ReplyDeletequote and response for chap.4 journal:
"Unlike Gatsby and Tom Buchanan, I had no girl who disembodied face floated along the dark corners and blinding signs, and so I drew up the girl beside me, tightening my arms. Her wan scornful mouth smiled, and so I drew her up again, closer, this time to my face." (80)
RESPONSE:
So far this is my favorite scene in the whole entire book. Nick is falling in love with Jordan and it's so cute. I only picked this quote cause I loved this scene.
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The chapter opens with nick describing the parties that gatsby throws. He has very nice parties and there are drinks there so eveyone is happy. Nick gets invited to one fo these parties by an invitation.While he is there he runs in to Jordan Baker. They talk about gatsby and how he killed a man in cold blood.Then as Jordan and Nick look for gatsby they find a man in the libary. Nick ends up calling him Owl Eyes.Then jordan and Nick go outsitde and sit next to a man. Him and nick talk about how they where in the war together. Nick ends up finding out that it is Gatsby.Gatsby keeps to himself at the parties and if anything goes wrong he tries to fix it so no one has a problem.Then at two o'clock in the morning people argue when they are going to leave or ot still stay.Then Gatsby asks Jordan if he can talk to her alone. when she is done talking to him Jordan is amazed. He said something extraordinary. then nick starts to go home and sees owl eyes trying to get out of a car because he made the car fall in a ditch. Every one is honking their horns and yell at him because they cant get out. Then as nick goes home he talks about how he never goes to parties and that he works and has a normal life.then he takes Daisy's advice and starts to see jordan Baker even though she is fundamentally dishonest person.
Quote:"He had one of thoes rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life."
response:now we know who gatsby is and what he looks like. but it is kinda weird that he fixes everything for everyone. it must be that he does not want to be caught for haveing alcohol. but now nick and jordan are together but i wonder how long that will last?
response to quote: it means that with everything bad that could go on you can truse Gatsby becuase he will help you to make things better. and there are only a couple of people like him in the world like that.
Chapter five Quote and response:
ReplyDelete"It makes me sad because I've never seen such-such beautiful shirts before." -Daisy
- The quote shows how warpped Daisy is when it comes to money. She feels emotion for materialistic things. Gatsby notices this and is unsure about his feeling when she says that. -Chaelsea
group 1
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summary-
During a trip to New York City, Nick learns alot about Gatsby. That he went to Oxford is from San Francisco and received many prestigous medals Gatsby gets out of a speeding ticket by flashing some white card. At lunch Gatsby introduces Nick to Meyer Wolfsheim who supposedly fixed the world series in 1919. He is an odd man who apparently has alot of connections, and this sparks Nick to rethink her wealth. Nick then sees Jordan and Jordan finally tells Nick that "extravagent" thing that Gatsby told her at the party and it was that Gatsby in love with Daisy. Daisy and Gatsby fell in love a long time ago but then Gatsby left for the war and Daisy married Tom but Tom cheated on her. Getsby only bought his house in order to be near gatsby. Gatsby wants Nick to invite Daisy to tea.
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I think that it is odd that Gatsby is still in love with Daisy is still in love with Daisy even after being apart. If Gatsby was such a powerful and rich man i would expected him to win her back with things. Who did Tomcheat on Daisy with?
"shes not to know about it. You're just supposed to invite her to tea"
I picked this quote because i think that this tea party won't be what he wants it to be.
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Nick and Gatsby are waiting for Daisey to arrive. Gatsby offers Nick a job and to go to Coney Island but he declines everything. Daisey's chouffer pulls up and she tells him to come back in an hour. Gatsby walks into another room because he is nervous. Finally they meet, its a little akward at first but they finally start talking and Nick leaves them alone. Then they went to Gatsby's house. She's in aw of all his money. His shirts that were layed out she really likes. THey go out to the dock and spend lots of time together. Nick hopes Daisey lives up to what Gatsby thinks of her.
Responce- Gatsby reallu wants everything with Daisey to work. By showing off he catches Daisy's attention. Shes pretty shallow to just like his money.
Quote- "Your acting like a little boy."
Responce- Gatsby's really nervous, I would be too if I was meeting the love of my life 5 years later. I can understand how he feels giddy.
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Response: As we know Gatsby told Jordan that he is still in love with Daisy. That is why Gatsby wants Nick to ask Daisy to come over for tea. For Daisy to get that drunk on her wedding night could mean she didn't really want to marry tom. She knows she had to because Tom has the money and all Gatsby had was love for her and that was just not enough.
Response to quote: F. Scott Fitzgerald describes everything in detail so you can picture it in your head. It makes you relate to the book even though it is older than we are.
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Response: Daisy comes over and is not expecting Gatsby to be there. Gatsby becomes very nervous when she is there but later in the chapter he get better. the only thing that is weird is why does Daisy cry over the shirts in Gatsby's house? it is because she loves him and now he has money so she can get together with him and leave Tom. And will this even last?
Response to quote:Gatsby is so nervous when daisy comes over. But doesn't every one get that way on their first date. Because you finaly get to meet them but you are unsure if they will like what you are wearing.
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Response:Tom and Daisy's relationship seem to be crumbling. with tom going to talk to women on the phone durring dinner who wouldn't be crazy to find out who it was. also it was durring dinner and you never really answer phones durring dinner. well you didn't answer it in the old days. Then i wonder what will happen between Nick and Jordan????
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Response:does the land of ashes have any importance to the story? well we found out who was on the phone with tom. her name is myrtle. then while they are at that party Nick says that this is his second time being drunk. But one important thing in this chapter is that when myetle talks abotu daisy tom hits her. why would he do that? doesn't he dislike daisy? so why now is he defending her?
Responce to quote: Nick thinks it is so calm that if anything out of the blue pops up he would not be alarmed.