The Great Gatsby

Chapter nine starts off with Nick talking as he remembered that day and how he remembered Gatsby the last time he saw him. The way he looked as his lifeless body lay in the pool and the red blood coming out from under his body like lava. Just everything about that day is something Nick will never forget and he will never forget the last thing he said to his friend or the last thing that ran through his friends mind, the thought of Daisy no longer loving him and not choosing him, but choosing Tom over him. The thought that that is the last thing Gatsby remembered is really depressing. Nick is trying to reach others to tell them of Gatsby’s death and he cannot reach anyone, and when he does reach other people he finds out that they really were not friends of Gatsby, just acquaintances. The thought that he would be the only one to attend Gatsby’s funeral is bad enough, but when Gatsby’s dad arrives makes it even worse. His dad coming to the funeral is not the bad thing I mean the fact that Mr. Gatz has to see that his son, whom he thought is a great guy and who made a good life for himself, has no friends not even good enough ones who will attend his funeral. That is really sad. It is not something that a father should have to see or think. So Nick tries to get people to come to Gatsby’s funeral but even when he goes to New York to get Wolfshiem, he still won’t come. Apparently he has other things to do than get tangled up in something like that. Pa-lease! Nick spends his time reflecting on that and his experiences during that time and all of those who he new like, Jordan Baker who apparently is engaged to another. Awkward. All in all, the book was pretty good. There was a lot of hidden meanings that need to be looked for and a lot of illusion vs. reality. But the book teaches a lot of good lessons and makes you think of what was really going on back in those days.

The Great Gatsby

As Tom, Nick, and Jordan return from the scene of Myrtle’s death, Tom is pretty much freaking out from the thought that Gatsby, who supposedly is the one who ran her over, didn’t even stop to see if she was all right or to explain that it was an accident. Instead he just went home. But what Tom and the rest of them don’t know is that it was Daisy who was the one who was driving and by Gatsby’s description of her is that it didn’t seem to register of what she had just done. I don’t know if I just missed it but I don’t remember how Myrtle got out to run into the road where she could get hit by a car. It is said that when she ran out in front of the car she was trying to stop the car like she knew who was driving. Why? Well because when Tom was driving Gatsby’s car into New York and he stopped for gas Myrtle looked out of her window where she was locked away and saw Tom there. This yellow car is very unique so of course when she saw this car coming she thought Tom would stop and take her with him. That is also what Mr. Wilson thought as Tom arrived at the scene until Tom could explain that he just came from NY. As they are at Tom’s house Nick gets ready to go home in a taxi and as he is walking towards the end of the road to wait for the taxi he spots Gatsby in the bushes. Gatsby then comes out and explains all of this to Nick. Nick tries to get Gatsby to go home with him in his cab but Gatsby is too dedicated to Daisy to just abandon her and leave her with Tom in case Tom may get violent and be dangerous. When Gatsby returns home Nick hurries over to his house to once again talk about what had happened. That night what Gatsby had come to figure out is that Daisy chose Tom. Yet even though he knows this he still is not willing to admit it.
Then the chapter goes to back when Gatsby and Daisy were truly in love and he was leaving her to go to war. Gatsby wasn’t rich then and she loved him, but why can’t she still love him rather than keeping her social status with Tom. The chapter goes to George Wilson and he is looking for the man who killed his wife. He tells his friend Michaelis that he can find out who it was and when Michaelis is home sleeping George leaves and is walking all over talking to others to figure out who it was. As Gatsby is trying out his unused pool shots are fired. Nick goes running through the house to the back yard where he finds Gatsby in a pool surrounded by red blood where George Wilson had murdered him and then took his own life.