Guiding questions: chapter 7

1. Why does Gatsby stop having parties ?

NOTES AND THOUGHTS ON GATSBY CHAPTER 5

As Gatsby and Daisy met again, after five years, the author sets the mood up by bringing up that it’s raining out side over and over. 

KeyWords: Pouring, draining, trees dripping, muddy, embarrassment, nervousness 

The author sets up the a more of a calm, nervous, kind of mystery/ suspense type of mood as Gatsby and Daisy talked. 

Gatsby was known not to brag about his house and his belongings. But I think the purpose of all these things he has all this in his house they were so he could invite daisy over one day, look at her reactions, and see them through her eyes. Hoping she would like them. 

Gatsby ch. 1-4 question

Who was the man that Tom saw standing on the porch ?

Why’d Tom move out of his home town ?

Who is Miss Baker ?

Why was Gatsby reaching out to the green light across the dock?

Why did Gatsby specifically move into a house across Daisy’s place ?

What is the phrase Gatsby always uses to greet somebody?

Why did the police man in chapter 4 let Gatsby go freely ?

What did Gatsby do in Oxford ?

NICK’S CARDINAL VIRTUE

“Cardinal Virtue” is a very important person in Catholicism, being right under the pope
Nick means that he cardinal sin as in something that he hates about himself is that he’s honest

Chapter 3

The rumors about Gatsby were that he was a German spy, as told by the two chismosa girls.
Nick calls Gatsby owl eyed
Nick imagined Gatsby to be rosy, husky, middle aged, & imposing
Nick feels attracted to Jordan and noticed she is very dishonest
Nick and Gatsby plan to go on a hydroplane the next morning after the party
Nick feels like his cardinal virtue is being “honest”

Gatsby pp. chp.2-3

Tom Buchanan had gotten drunk and broke Mrs. Wilson’s nose because she was taunting him. Before all that she was explaining the story on how she had met Tom at the train station.
-The word “violent”  was seen a few times to describe Tom and now we know that it had been foreshadowing his personality.
-Contemptuous means so judge mental like is someone is hating on another person

Gatsby pp._-_

Huge sign on the wall with gigantic eyes, meaning they’re being watch everything is being seen.
Toms railing Wilson’s wife and she seems to not mind the fact that they’re both in the same house at the same time, Wilson is doesn’t realize anything and doesn’t know his wife is cheating on him with the man right in front of him that so happens to be seeking him a car.