Active reading notes chapter 4

- nick and Gatsby go into the city for lunch
- nick here's a lot of the things Gatsby has done and has doubts in him
- after Gatsby is done with his stories he pulls out his ww1 medal and photo of home at oxford which convinces nick that he is legit
- nick becomes suspicious of the fact that Gatsby wealth may have been got illegally
- Jordan talks to nick after his lunch with Gatsby and tells him the story between daisy and Gatsby
- nick arranges to have tea with daisy but also invite Gatsby to have them reunite

Active reading notes chapter 3

- Nick is is finally invited to one of Gatsby's legendary parties
- when nick arrives all he hears is rummors about Gatsby like how he has killed someone and that he was a spy
- nick meets Gatsby very awkwardly, it leaves Gatsby surprised that nick does not know who he is
- nick is interested in Gatsby because he is very unusual he doesn't drink and stays away at his own parties
- nick starts talking to Jordan after taking advise from daisy and tom
- nick says. Bold statement that he's the most honest person he knows

Reflection on essay (April 8)

The essay we wrote when we got back from break did not go so well for me. I forgot most of the book so when I started writing I just tried to hope I could remember what I wrote before.

The end of Gatsby ch. 9

- the begging of the chapter talks back on the events suggesting that allot of time has passed
- very few people come to gatsby's funeral only nick the servants and jay Gatsbys father
- everyone suspects that Gatsby and myrtell had a relationship
- nick runs into tom afterwards and is disgusted with him. Tom says Gatsby deserved to die
- nick goes back to the Midwest and describes west egg as people with no values
- nick stops talking ti Jordan and after he does she tells nick that she's engaged
What does nick mean when he talks about how western life isn't like eastern life?

Active reading notes chapter 8

-The events after the caos between Gatsby and Tom leave Nick all worked up
-Mr. Wilson says that even though myrtel is dead it doesn't make up for what she did
- Wilson goes out for revenge after he gets a vision of who did it
- after hard thinking Wilson concludes that Gatsby killed his wife so he goes to Gatsby house and kills him and himself

Active reading notes chapter 7

- Gatsby fires all of his servants because they gossip to much
-Gatsby ends his party early and nick is confused
- when Tom sees that Gatsby is at his house, he hides his dislike for him
- Tom sees the flirting that is going on between Gatsby and daisy
-tom is getting frustrated and is getting snappy because his insecurity is taking over
- when going to town, Tom wants to take Gatsbys car and wants Gatsby to drive his but when Gatsby trys to get out of that deal tom begins making fun of gatsbys car
-daisy doesn't want to ride with tom and touches Gatsby coat on the way to her car tom gets mad and confronts nick and Jordan
-tom is paranoid of Gatsby
- tom begins questioning Gatsby past to try to make him look bad inf front of daisy
-as tom goes on Gatsby finally has enough and tells tom that his wife doesn't love him. He said daisy loved him and the only reason they didn't get married was because he was poor then and she didn't want to wait

Active reading notes chapter 5

-Gatsby and Daisy meet up for the first time in 5 years.
-there is an awkward tension when daisy and Gatsby first see each other. so Nick pulls Gatsby into the kitchen and tells him to stop acting childish.
-Gatsby only way of impressing daisy seems to be by showing off his possessions.
-Gatsby is scared of being the center of attention. He's used to being able to hide behind other people because he wants people to like him. So during the little date, Gatsby doesn't want Nick to leave.
- by the end of the date, Gatsby and daisyforget about Nick

Does the piano player have any resemblance or meaning? I feel as if there was something there than I missed.

Modernist Author Presentation

Sorry it took so long to post this, i just figured out how to get a link and I thought i was going to be able to present this before break.

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