The fourth chapter begins with Nick talking about Gatsby's summer parties, or moreso who attends them. He rambles on for quite awhile about the people, so different from each other and how they maybe know Gatsby. It goes on, Nick is on his own property when Gatsby drives up to him and asks to take him for lunch in the city. On the way there Jay tells nick he will be meeting up with Jordan for tea to discuss a matter. Nick gets royally annoyed that Gatsby won't tell him what the matter at hand is. Nick sees Tom in the resturaunt and introduces Gatsby to him, only to find that Gatsby has disappeared from his side for no apparent reason. Jordan and Nick have tea and go for a walk, Gatsby wants nick to invite Daisy over, and to have him be there also.
The fifth chapter goes over Nick inviting Daisy over to his house, and having Gatsby there. Its awkward for the most part, but they reminisce about old times, and Gatsby shows off his house to them.
These chapters were pretty interesting, it really took away some mystery, but at the same time intrigued me more, and made me want to read. Nick talking continuously about who goes to the parties in the summer got rather boring, and I kept asking myself why he was naming off people that probably won't show up again. I was kind of suspicious of gatsby being incredibly nice to nick, taking him to lunch, paying for things, introducing him to some friends, and all the while having "a matter" to be discussed that Gatsby clearly avoided for the most part. It was really odd. After Jordan explained that Daisy and Jay were once together before the war, everything started making sense.
Monday, November 9, 2009
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Now you know Gatsby's ulterior motives!
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