The Great Gatsby Chapter 4

Mandy Holcomb

Mr. Copeland

English 11 CP

24 January 2010

Underground Knowledge

1. I think a good title for chaper four would be "Underground Knowledge." Throughout chapter four the reader is informed about many "secretive" things that the character's hold. Nick learns that Gatsby is in love with Daisy and he also finds that Gatsby is friends with a person who supposedly rigged the 1919 world series. Undeground knowledge stands for the secrets and plans held this chapter like the plan to have Daisy for tea through Nick, just so Gatsby can be reaquanted with her. Also the character Nick, or the narrator, isn't quite sure about Gatsby's background. He doesn't know what to believe and what to not believe. It is all very mysterious and secret to him.

2. Informing Nick about his wealth and life experiences Gatsby takes Nick to lunch in the city and meets up with Meyer Wolfshiem who apparently rigged the 1919 World Series. Later Nick is aquanted with Jordan Baker who informs him of the desire Gatsby has for Daisy. She tells Nick the story, or background, of Daisy and how she fell in love with Jay but married Tom after he left for the war and remained loyal to him throughout their marriage. Jordan finally comes to tell Nick that Gatsby has asked Jordan to ask Nick if he will invite Daisy to tea at his house, where Gatsby will make an appearence and they will meet again.

3. "The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking, in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at some time, and because it seemed so romantic to me I have remembered the incident ever since." I think that this quote is the most imporatant in this chapter because it sums up the main point of it. Gatsby is in love with Daisy. And in my oppinion, a woman can usually tell if he loves you by the way that he looks at you. Jordan obviously noticed the way Gatsby looked at Daisy. She saw that they were in love which is why she knows that he moved to West Egg to be closer to her. Jordan never forgot the incident because she knows that Daisy didn't marry the one she truly loved. And I think that this book is going to transform into a big love story. That one quote says it all.

A. Gatsby developes a lot as a character in chapter four. The reader finds out more about him. They find out that he inherited his money after all his family in San Fransico died. He went to Oxford and recieved medels in ww1. We also learn that he collected jewls in the capital of Europe. But the main thing that the reader learns about Gatsby is that he's in love with Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby, in this chapter, is seen as more sensitive and smart. He has accomplished many things and is this great wealthy person who has everything, except on ething. And that one thing is his love Daisy. So the reader sees that Gatsby has authority and has everything, but yet he is still incomplete and unhappy in a way.

The Great Gatsby: Chapter 3

Mandy Holcomb

Mr. Copeland

English 11 CP

20 January 2010

A Confusion with Laughter

1. I think a good title for this chapter would be "A Confusion With Laughter." It describes the chapter because Nick goes to another party but this one is at Gatby's mansion. Nick describes the night with thorough detail stating that the evening was filled with much laughter. Nick also finds himself talking to a man that he has no idea is Gatsby. Nick is confused in this chapter with Jordan also. He thinks that he loves her sometimes. So I think Nick is a very confused character in this chapter, but is filled with laughter at the party.

2. Gatsby is widley known for his elaborate partys in which Nick is asked to attend one. The party is huge as guest woe over Gatsby's riches, and Nick runs into Jordan Baker. After searching for Gatsby, but finding a drunk man in his library instead, Nick has a conversation with a handsome man, named Jay Gatsby, who has seen Nick before. Afer leaving the party and seeing Owl Eyes in a ditch on the side of the road, Nick explains that his life isn't just going to partys, but he works in the city and has become quite fond of Jordan Baker and her dishonesty.

3. "Absolutely real- have pages and everything. I thought they'd be a nice durable cardboard." (page 45) I thought that this quote was interesting because this random guy who is in Gatsby's library is looking at his many books and expects them all to be fake. But no, he finds that they are all real. I thought it remarkable that Gatsby has all these thousands of books that he has probably read. In this chapter is see Gatsby as a very classy smart man. And i see this drunk guy as a guy who thinks Gatsby isn't smart and that he doesnt deserve to be rich.

A. I see character developement in Jordan Baker. She shows up at this party and the reader learns a little but more about her. I learned that she is close to Gatsby in some way because he leaves to talk to her alone for an hour. The reader also learns that Jordan attracts Nick in some way and she is a very dishonest person.

The Great Gatsby: Chapter 2

Mandy Holcomb

Mr. Copeland

English 11 CP

18 January 2010

Dusty Eyes See Pictured Greetings

1. "Dusty Eyes See Pictured Greetings" This is my title for chapter two. I think that the title reflects the main idea of the story in that everything Nick sees appears to be covered in dust from the city. But also he is meeting all these people and studying their actions by kind of being the third wheel. He sees all of them as he would a picture. But its also a blur to him because he is drunk, and that explains the dusty eyes. In this chapter there are also a lot of rephrenses to eyes and blindness.

2. Nick journeys through the dusty feilds outside New York to meet Tom's girl. While being watched by two blue avertizement eyes Nick, Tom and Myrtle escape to the city together to go to Myrtle's sister's apartment. Nick meets a couple by the name of McKee and and Myrtle's sister Catherine, all the while being drunk off of whisky for the second time in his life. Being repulsed by the behavior of his aquantinces, after Tom brutaly breaks Mrytle's nose, he escorts himself out of the apartment with Mr. McKee and waits for the 4 am train back to West Egg.

3. "Well, they say he's a nephew or a cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm's. That's where all his money comes from." (page 32) I think that this quote is significant because this is a small moment of conversation between Nick and Catherine where Nick gets a chance to learn a little about his mysterious neighbor. This quote shows that Gatsby comes from old money thats inherited. I think this will be more significant as the story progresses.

A. Nick is a very interesting character. To me, he comes off as quiet. He kind of keeps to himself and seems to think about things a lot. I think that he sees more than most people around him do. In chapter one the reader sees Nick as a lonley character. In chapter two the Nick is introduced to new people, none of which he is fond of. He sits in this apartment observing the action of people all the while being drunk. But he still remains the same. He observes and thinks about everything. He then ends up returning home early in the morning. The thing is is that i think he wants to be lonley. Because after meeting all these people he still returns home alone. Nick is a lonley character.

davinci

the first time i saw her was in my mind
she was a peice of life yet lifeless so seemed to be
her eyes, focused out, not staring at me
her sides were sketched with lines of touch and scrapes
a chin thats small so delicatly placed
her face was a sight, magnifisant and pure
and her hair was not something worth taking time
to look at, for her dementions and turns had to be shared
the world should know of what I see
all day long i scetch out dreams
that turn into eyes biggest fantasies
a tallent so rare not easy to capture
the delicatness of a woman the strength of her eyes
her presense lies among me, paper thin and grey
i stare at her with wonder and utter dismay
shes turn over her shoulder my first line appears
and everything else just simply disapears.

I remember a time of grief and shallow breaths
my life in ruins lie beneath me
whats behind runs fast and I am not yet closed
for it takes me into its chest and holds me abroad
I stare into a bottomless nothing, now it seems to be
for what I once loved seems so intirely greived
and minutes take my seconds away
into decades and what seem to be waisted days
I spend without you, what visions are these?
I see nothing but holes and feel bloody knees
stare deep and cry 6 feet below
touchable memories are all let go
for what has happened to my dear sweet son?
take my life and my grief this deed is done.

Etymology Unit 3

1. Commiserate

miser

Latin

wretched

17th

2. Expedite

expedire

Latin

extricate, make ready, put in order

17th

3. Ferment

fervere

Latin

boil

15th

4. Inadvertent

advert- to turn ones attention

in- prefix

Midevil Latin

16th

5. Sangfroid

sang-froid

French

cold blood

18th

Eustace on the Trail

Gilbert describes the way Eustace Conway feels upon his discovery of his survival of the Appalachian Trail. He feels, "like a man who has walked away from a firing squad whos guns have been jammed, and he's checking himself for bullet holes- and there are none." When one undergoes a religious conversion it is either by choice or a peer descision. When the descision is made by choice they under go a change. Religion is what you believe is true and it contains your most valuable posession, your values. If you are changing religion, if because of a burden or some sort of pressure on yourself, you feel a great relief from all that force. You alo have a new feeling of happiness and freedom. Gilberts says, "He's humbled and exalted and simplified and purified and saved by this moment." Conway has the feeling of a person who has just changed religions. Elizabeth Gilbert depicks this feeling very well through her writting.