In that novel, Nick loves Gatsby, the erstwhileJames Gatz of North Dakota, for his capacity to dream JayGatsby into being and for his willingness to risk it all forthe love of a beautiful woman. In a queer reading ofGatsby, Nick doesn't just love Gatsby, he's inlove with him.
Tom's attraction to Myrtle is a reflection ofthis. Myrtle is a lower class person and also immoral.Tom is attracted to exactly what he is - an immoral,lower class person. Daisy's attraction to Gatsby is actuallyan attempt on her part to reject her immorality and become a betterperson.
The McKees, who live downstairs, are a horrid couple:Mr. McKee is pale and feminine, and Mrs.McKee is shrill. The group proceeds to drink excessively.Nick claims that he got drunk for only the second time in his lifeat this party.
Tom breaks Myrtle's nose because he toldher to stop talking about Daisy, his wife. When Myrtlecontinues to say her name, Tom backhands her,breaking her nose. This shows that Tom has ashort temper and also that he basically has no real love for eitherwoman, Daisy or Myrtle.
Eckleburg is a billboard advertising an oculistthat features a pair of giant disembodied blue eyes coveredby yellow spectacles.
Her expression is meant to convey how going with Tom wasa desperate, once in a lifetime chance. In fact, it's easy to seethat Myrtle was pretty calculating in her approach to Tom;she “couldn't keep her eyes off him” precisely becauseshe hoped to attract his notice.
Though she chose to marry Tom after Gatsby leftfor the war, Daisy drank herself into numbness the nightbefore her wedding, after she received a letter fromGatsby. Daisy has apparently remained faithful to herhusband throughout their marriage, but Tom hasnot.
The eyes of Doctor T. J.Eckleburgare a pair of fading, bespectacled eyes painted on an oldadvertising billboard over the valley of ashes. They mayrepresent God staring down upon and judging American societyas a moral wasteland, though the novel never makes this pointexplicitly.
All three of the major incidents in thischapter — Gatsby's disclosure in the car, the meetingwith Wolfshiem, and Jordan's story about Daisy's soldier —all serve one common purpose: They all give abetter understanding of Jay Gatsby's past and, in turn, hispresent.
In Chapter IV when Nick and Gatsby ridetogether into New York, Gatsby tells Nick about his past, inGatsby's words "something about my life." He then tells Nickof his wealthy Midwestern family background and his Oxfordeducation--a family tradition, he said.
At Daisy's house in East Egg, Gatsby promisesDaisy he would take the blame if they are ever caught. Tom tellsGeorge that it was Gatsby's car that killed Myrtle. Georgegoes to Gatsby's house in West Egg, where he shoots andkills Gatsby before committing suicide. Gatsby islater found dead, floating in his pool.
When Daisy was a young girl, she fell in lovewith Jay Gatsby. It is sad, because although she deeplyloved Gatsby, she marries Tom and has remained faithful tohim. Tom on the other hand has not remained faithful toDaisy. Gatsby wants Jordan to persuade Nick to set upa meeting between Daisy and Gatsby.
In chapter four Jordan tells Nick that Gatsbyfell in love with Daisy in 1917, so early in the book we seethat the two have a long history. Gatsby then begins to tellNick of how they met. It was 1917 in Louisville, Kentucky.Gatsby was stationed nearby and metDaisy.
Daisy married Tom Buchanan because he was richand available and that was what beautiful debutantes did inLouisville in 1919. She had been popular with the boys andmen all her life. After having been married to Tomfor awhile, Daisy comes to understand the consequences ofher marriage.
While Daisy is powdering her nose, Nick andGatsby look with awe on Gatsby's house. Gatsbyslips up a little when he says it took him three years to earn themoney for it, and when Nick questions his earlier statement that heinherited the money, Gatsby gets suddenlydefensive.
At lunch, Gatsby introduces Carraway to MeyerWolfsheim, a disreputable character who proudly calls theirattention to his cufflinks, which are made from humanmolars. Wolfsheim is an infamous gambler, and claimsresponsibility for fixing the 1919 WorldSeries.
In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald createssymbolism through the mention of cars. One thing thatcars symbolise in the novel is the conspicuous consumption.Moreover, Tom Buchanan describes Gatsby's car as a 'circuswagon', which implies that Gatsby's car is merely toentertain, for showiness.
Daisy Buchanan is characterized as a“Golden Girl,” which is typical in Fitzgerald'sstories. She is wealthy, hard-to-get, and a debutante. In "TheGreat Gatsby," she is the love of Jay Gatsby. He'd do anything foher and even goes to the length of building his home, a mansion, toplease her.
A summary is a concise explanation of the mainideas and supporting details of a work of writing. To decide whichdetails to include in the summary of a book chapter,consider the "who, what, when, where, why and how" while readingthe chapter.
In the first chapter of The Great Gatsby, Nickfinds himself immediately attracted to Jordan Baker. Much ofhis description of her is physical. Slender and charming are twoterms he uses to describe her and he also admires herdiscontentment and apparent superiority to the situation she isin.
Nick Carraway is the narrator for severalreasons, but the chief reason is his subjective and sympatheticview of Jay Gatsby. Gatsby wants to do the same with Daisy,believing that if he can just turn back the hands of time to fiveyears past, he can build a paradise with his beloved.
Nick Carraway - The novel's narrator, Nickis a young man from Minnesota who, after being educated at Yale andfighting in World War I, goes to New York City to learn the bondbusiness. Honest, tolerant, and inclined to reserve judgment,Nick often serves as a confidant for those with troublingsecrets.
Nick first sees Gatsby at the end ofChapter I. He describes him as "standing with his hands inhis pockets."(25). Nick is about to talk to call out to him,but decides not to when "he stretched his arms together toward thewater in a curious way"(26).
Nick is "confused" and "disgusted" becausehe does not understand why Daisy has not left Tom, as we learn fromthe next lines: While Nick is not that surprised to learnthat Tom is having an affair, he is struck by Daisy's acceptance ofthe situation.
When Nick arrives home, he sees Gatsby for thefirst time, a handsome young man standing on the lawn with his armsreaching out toward the dark water. Nick looks out at thewater, but all he can see is a distant green light thatmight mark the end of a dock.
Nick's choice to live at West Eggis significant mainly because his modest cottage happens to besituated right next door to Gatsby's mansion. Gatsby becomes veryfriendly when he finds out that Nick is related to DaisyBuchanan, the woman Gatsby idolizes.
Nick says he's always honest, but reading throughchapters 1-3, he doesn't seem very honest. He leftthe Midwest to escape a romantic entanglement. He also remainssilent when Tom breaks Myrtle's nose.
In Chapter 3, Gatsby and Nick Carrawayfirst meet. In fact, we learn that none of Gatsby'sguests really know him and that rumors abound about his shadybackground. And, even though Gatsby is a very generous host,his guests are quite suspicious of his generosity.
After he has been going around with Jordan Baker,who is a golf champion and plays in tournaments, Nick learns thatshe cheated in her first big tournament. Nick has learnedthat Jordan Baker is a "bad driver," meaning that she ismendacious, incurably dishonest, and he breaks off his relationshipwith her.
Nick gets an invitation to one of Gatsby'sparties and attends in hopes of meeting his neighbor. Nick doesmeet Gatsby, and they become friends even though Gatsbyhas ulterior motives when he enlists Nick to help him becomereintroduced to Daisy Buchanan.
His words at the end of the chapter tellus that he sees a great deal of dishonesty and deceit around At theend of chapter 3, Nick concludes in his narration, "Iam one of the few honest people that I have ever known." Thisconclusion comes after his admonishment to Jordan about herterrible driving.
Jordan is not an honestperson.
Nick does not trust Gatsby, in part,because he does not like him and he does not likehim, in part, because Gatsby constantly calls him"old sport". Gatsby's use of this phrase demonstrates aselfish or myopic demeanor in him.
First, Gatsby is first very different from hisguests because he is never seen as his parties. First,Gatsby is first very different from his guestsbecause he is never seen as his parties. Everyone else whoattended, or who "went there" according to Nick, went therespecifically TO be seen.
Nick describes Gatsby as a man of uniquetemperament. He tells us that Gatsby has an "extraordinarygift for hope" and that his "romantic readiness" distinguishes himfrom the average individual. However, he also reveals thatGatsby is "exempt" from such a "reaction."
