The Great Gatsby

Chapter 4 starts off talking about all of the people who attend Gatsby’s summer parties. They go from rich people to poor people and they describe their pasts. Then Gatsby takes Nick fro a ride, to lunch. Gatsby starts, kind of invading Nick’s privacy when he talks about how Jordan is going to be telling Nick a story about Gatsby and what Gatsby wants him to do. When they arrived at the restaurant they met a man there, Mr. Wolfshiem. Gatsby invites him to dinner and he had many stories to tell. But he is a bit of a strange man. After he leaves Tom Buchanan sees them and goes up to talk to Nick. When he is introduced to Gatsby they turn to talk to each other and when Nick turns around Gatsby has disappeared. But why? Could it have something to do with him being uncomfortable being around Tom while he is still in love with Daisy? Any who… Then Jordan and Nick go out and Jordan tells Nick of the story of Gatsby. Gatsby wants Daisy to go to Nicks house and then see him again like coincidentally. The reason Gatsby wants this is because he was once a lieutenant and was also in love with Daisy. When he went to war he sent Daisy a letter congratulating her on her marriage to Tom. This made Daisy get drunk and have to be put in a bathtub so she could attend her wedding. How sad. While taking a walk, Nick and Jordan, they really start to like each other and their relationship is taken to the next level. On to chapter 5… it starts off with Nick and he invites Daisy to his house. So when she arrives Gatsby, who is in Nick’s house waiting for them to come inside, once again disappears leaving Nick puzzled. Gatsby has got a thing about disappearing. So Gatsby knocks on the front door, Nick answers, and he goes into the living room. But things are not quite what he expected they would be. Things were awkward and embarrassing. Gatsby even knocked over a clock. This is an old clock where time has stopped which relates to the book in what I think that Gatsby’s life has kind of stopped. He has been waiting 5 years putting on parties, getting a fancy house, making lots of friends, and money, for what all seems to be for her. His life has been on hold for this one girl who he was in love with a long time ago. Then Nick leaves and when he comes back they were sitting closer and talking and Gatsby was even laughing but Daisy was crying. Gatsby invites them to his house and they take a tour of his mansion. When Gatsby talks about his room being an apartment I kind of thought that there was more to that. Maybe that there is more going on at these parties or that he rents them out to others like the boarder who is living in another room. When they get to his wardrobe I was slightly confused about why he was throwing all of his shirts for them to see, which made Daisy cry. I think she cried because she wishes she had this life and had it with this man. Then they go listen to the boarder play the piano while Gatsby and Daisy sit in a dark corner. Mysterious…or is it. Then Nick goes home and the chapter is done. THE END