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Chapter 1-3 of Great Gatsby

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Nick’s father tells him to not criticize anyone since they might not have the same benefits that he had, causing him to become a person who is understanding and does not judge anyone. After coming back from the intense war environment, Gatsby wanted to move to a place where there was the same type of excitement. His restlessness contributed to his migration to a different place. Gatsby represents everything that Nick hated but it was the characteristics of Gatsby that makes him worthy of Nick’s compliments. Nick also says that Gatsby was a person who “turned out all right” (meaning that even though he had so many flaws that led to his downfall, he still managed to pull through somehow) but due to his immoral ways of gaining wealth for a dream or a goal that he was never able to reach, that is what led to his downfall. It also changed Nick’s perspective on achieving the American dream, which is the main reason he came to New York after the war. Describes his family and how they became rich even during WW1. Moved to New York after the war to become a bond salesman. Bought a small sized house for himself to live in beside Gatsby’s house. Description of West Egg and East Egg (contrast) Description of who Tom is and what kind of person he is Description of the Buchanan’s house First meeting of Jordan Baker Nick felt nervous around Jordan Baker Tom attempts to put Nick down Tom talks about a book The Rise of the Colored Empires Daisy and others try to make the dinner be a successful one but ends up making it more awkward Nick learned from Jordan that Tom was cheating on Daisy Daisy gives a backstory of her life after she married Tom (the birth of her baby and the relationship that Daisy and Tom had) Rumors about Nick being engaged to someone which made Nick feel bad Nick finds Gatsby standing alone in front of dark river or water with greenlight reflecting back at him which came from Daisy’s house. Chapter 2:

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Introduction to T.J Eckleburg (symbol) Description of Tom’s relationship with his mistress (Keeping the relationship on the low) Relationship of Tom with George B. Wilson (Tom seemed superior) Description of Myrtle Tom’s perception of Wilson (he is dumb and oblivious)

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Tom, Nick and Myrtle go to the apartment that Tom has reserved for him and Myrtle whenever they want to meet. Their journey consisted of taking the train and taxis (Myrtle also buys a puppy) Introduction to Catherine, Mr and Mrs McKee Conversations between Myrtle and others show what type of person Myrtle is A story of how Myrtle ended up with Wilson (shows who she is and how she is into rich and powerful men) Myrtle makes a list to show how she is rich and hints towards the fact that she does not have time to engage herself with people of lower class Tom punches Myrtle for taking Daisy’s name, leading to an end to the party Drunk recalling of what was happening throughout the entire time during the party and also after the party Chapter: 3

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Description of what Gatsby’s parties are like and how anyone can come to the party Nick is invited to Gatsby’s house through a letter written by Jay Gatsby Tries to find the host of the party but the people who were in the parties didn’t even know him (Gatsby) Meets Jordan Baker Beginning of the negative perception of Gatsby by Jordan Baker and other girls Hypothesized history of Gatsby Meeting with Owl Eyes (a fan of Gatsby) Meeting with Gatsby through conversations of WW1 A GOOD DESCRIPTION OF WHAT KIND OF PERSON HE WAS Skepticism on how Gatsby made his fortune and got to where he is (his achievements were bought illegally) Jordan gets called by the butler of Gatsby More description of the type of parties Gatsby had Gatsby and Jordan seemed happy and Gatsby invites Nick to breakfast or lunch in NewYork Gatsby is found to be drunk driving (could be out of happiness of what will come to him in the future) Description of his life in New York Shows how he is slowly falling in love with Jordan and also shows his perception of who Jordan is Chapter: 4

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Ladies in front of his house talked about different rumors about Gatsby (being a bootlegger, killing someone for finding out that he was a nephew to von Hindenburg and second cousin to the devil) Nick made a list that consisted of the names of all the guests who attended his parties that summer (DATE: JULY 5TH, 1922). Gatsby takes Nick to lunch on his hydroplane. Nick admires the car Gatsby says he does not want Nick to get the wrong idea of him and ends up lying to him even more by saying how he went to Oxford and how it was a tradition

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Nick was aware of the lies Talks about wars and his achievements in the war Gives proof of his stories Gets away from the cops by using the card that the Police Commissioner gave him Introduction to Wolfsheim Story of how one of Wolfsheim’s friends was shot and killed Nick asks why Gatsby cannot ask the request from him instead of Nick going to Daisy Gatsby is complimented by Wolfsheim when he leaves to take a call Wolfsheim’s story is told by Gatsby to Nick (fixing the World Series in 1919 (he basically fixed a baseball game in exchange for money) Gatsby was embarrassed when Tom came and then later leaves Jordan tells the story of Gatsby and Daisy (1917) [Daisy fell in love with Gatsby, Gatsby left for war, wanted to say goodbye to one of the soldiers but was not let go by her family, engaged and married to Tom Buchanan from New Orleans after the Armistice in February, gave her a gift of diamond pearls, got drunk and kept holding onto a letter, eventually recovered from missing Gatsby and later got married and left for a trip to the South Seas) Jordan tells Nick about the plan of getting them to meet each other Nick’s perception of Gatsby changed Nick and Jordan Baker kiss Chapter: 5

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Nick tells Gatsby about how he set up a meeting date for both of them the day after tomorrow Gatsby tries to do him favours such as cutting his grass, invites him to his business, which is refused by Nick Nick tells Daisy to not bring Tom Gatsby sends a man to cut Nick’s grass and also other men to decorate his house He was nervous to meet Daisy Gatsby talks about how ‘The Journal’ said that it was going to rain Gatsby grows impatient but Nick tells him to wait Daisy arrives and asks questions about the place that Nick lives in and also if he is in love with her or not Daisy is surprised to meet Gatsby They laugh and are glad to meet each other again Gatsby counted the number of years it has been since he last saw Daisy (five years next November) Nick tries to leave them alone but Gatsby follows Nick when he is going out and tells him that it’s a bad idea Nick persuades Gatsby to go back inside and not leave Daisy alone Nick goes outside to stare at Gatsby’s large mansion Once the rain is over, he comes back to find Gatsby and Daisy were both very happy and were talking a lot (nothing could distract them) Gatsby invites both of them to his house Daisy admires the property of Gatsby Gatsby was giving a tour of his house to Daisy and liked the reaction that he was getting from her

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As Gatsby is showing his shirts to Daisy, Daisy cries and says that the shirts are beautiful and that she has never seen them before even though the reason is something else Gatsby tells her about the green light from her dock Gatsby lies about who Dan Cody was and how they were related and how Gatsby also had a yacht Klipspringer plays the piano for Gatsby and Daisy to which they dance slowly Chapter: 6

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Nick gives the backstory of James Gatz (Gatsby) (pg-104) Tom and Gatsby meet again and Gatsby reminds him where he had last met him before Gatsby was trying to be a bit aggressive by making comments about how he knows his wife Mr. Sloane invites Gatsby and Nick to his house but Nick refuses to go Tom is frustrated with Gatsby and is suspicious of how Gatsby met Daisy Tom is disturbed by the fact that Daisy is running all over the place by herself Tom says that he does not anyone in there and Gatsby tries to point at random people to try and see if he knew any When introducing Tom to other people, Gatsby puts Tom down by addressing him as a polo player Gatsby and Daisy dance while Tom watches They also went to Nick’s house and sat on his steps Nick realizes that Daisy is not having a good time Daisy and Gatsby get close to each other Daisy did not like that the Long Island fishing village was not properly being portrayed by Broadway Nick defends Gatsby against the accusations that Tom makes against him (bootlegger) Daisy defends Gatsby and Tom wants to find out who Gatsby really is Daisy says that Gatsby owns drug stores Nick kept wondering what would have happened if Daisy was to be with Gatsby right now and what is it that caused her to have the feeling of wanting to go back Gatsby thinks Daisy did not like the party Gatsby wants Daisy to leave Tom and come and live with him Nick tries to convince him to move on but Gatsby is determined to go back to the past and fix everything Nick realizes what this love has done to Gatsby Nick talks about how they kissed and made love one night Chapter: 7

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Gatsby fires all of his previous servants and hires new people so that people don’t make up rumors or talk about the rumors that has been going on or about him and Daisy The people who were hired were Wolfsheim’s people It was the warmest day in the summer Daisy and Jordan felt very hot and stayed near the fans to help them feel cooler Tom decides to break off the deal with George about his car Nick tells Daisy that he knows about the deal

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Tom greets Gatsby at the door in an unpleasant and disrespectful way When Tom leaves the room again, Daisy kisses Gatsby and tells him that she loves him Gatsby and Nick were surprised about the child Daisy shows how she does not care about the child that much Gatsby tells Tom how he lives right across the bay from him Daisy kept insisting that she wanted to go to town Daisy looks at Gatsby with love which Tom saw and could not believe himself Tom gets mad and agrees to go to town Nick realizes that Gatsby did everything (parties, buying a mansion, being rich) just for Daisy because her voice is full of money Gatsby and Tom exchange cars Tom makes a remark about how anything can be bought at a drug store (referring to the bootlegging business that Gatsby was accused of running) Gatsby and Daisy get in one car while Nick, Jordan and Tom get in another car Tom says he investigated about Gatsby’s background Tom stops at George’s garage and finds out he is sick and that him and Myrtle wants to move to the West Tom also finds out that Myrtle is locked up in George’s house because George finds out about Myrtle’s affair with someone. Myrtle looked at Jordan Baker thinking that she was Tom’s wife All of them book a room in the Plaza Hotel Daisy is exhausted due to the heat Introduction to who Biloxi was (he made boxes, a friend of Daisy’s, gave Jordan an aluminum putter) Tom questions Gatsby (about Oxford, how long he stayed there) Gatsby says he went to Oxford in 1919 after the Armistice which gave an opportunity to all officers and he stayed there for 5 months Tom asks why Gatsby is trying to ruin his family and also makes comments about him Daisy stops Gatsby from saying what he was about to say Gatsby claims that Daisy loved him and not Tom Tom could not believe his ears Gatsby says that she had been loving him for 5 years Tom claims that he did not know Daisy back then Daisy tells Tom the truth about her not loving Tom Tom asks her about different places and things that he did for her Daisy starts to cry Daisy says that she did love Tom once but she loved Gatsby too to which Gatsby was shocked Tom claims that Daisy does not know what she is saying Gatsby tells Tom that Daisy is leaving Tom Tom reveals the truth behind Gatsby (his friends and how he makes money) (pg-143) Gatsby tries to defend himself in front of Daisy and tries to persuade her into thinking what Tom said was wrong Nick realizes it is his birthday

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Michealis wanted to know why George’s wife was locked up and told him he should take care of himself Michealis did not think George was capable of being angry enough to lock his wife up Myrtle was heard telling George to beat her and a few moments later she ran in front of the road and a car ran over her Tom finds out about the accident Tom finds out Myrtle was the victim George was crying Police officer interrogates Michaelis George tells Officer what kind of car it was and Tom tries to take George aside and convince him that he did not drive that car on the way back and that it was someone else Officer asks Tom questions Tom and Jordan insisted on Nick to have supper with them but he refused Nick finds out it was Daisy who was involved in the accident Gatsby tells the reason why she was driving and how it happened Gatsby wants to wait in the bushes to see if Tom does anything to Daisy Nick checks to see if anything will or has happened to Daisy Nick sees Daisy and Tom talking to each other unhappily Nick tells Gatsby to go home but Gatsby insists on staying there the night

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Nick goes to visit Gatsby and Gatsby tells him nothing happened last night Nick finds that Gatsby’s house was dusty and musty Nick suggests he run away but Gatsby refuses Gatsby tells Nick the real story with Dan Cody and Daisy (pg-158 to 163) Gatsby did not want his servant to drain the pool since he hasn’t used it at all Nick did not want to go to work but he had to and promised Gatsby that he will call him from work Nick realizes that was his first compliment to him Jordan and Nick talk and Jordan complains that Nick did not treat her properly Nick says he did not care about Jordan at that time Nick calls Gatsby but no one answers since that phone was kept busy for a call from Detroit Michealis takes care of George until dawn Michealis asks George questions to distract him Michealis suggests that George should talk to a priest George tells Michealis of the story of how Myrtle’s secret lover killed Myrtle and he wants to find out who the secret lover was George tells Michaelis how he told Myrtle that God sees everything Gatsby puts on his bathing suit and says that he wanted his butler to bring the phone calls to his pool No telephone message came The chauffeur heard the shots Nick and others went to the swimming pool to find Gatsby and George dead

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Police, photographers and newspaper men came Michealis testifies in the court about George’s suspicion of his wife but Catherine defends her sister from all the accusations that George had previously made Nick takes Gatsby’s side Nick tries to contact Daisy but cannot find her Nick wants to get people to attend Gatsby’s funeral Nick tries to call Wolfsheim but he was not there Nick sends a letter to Wolfsheim A call from one of Gatsby’s businessmen came but Nick tells them how Gatsby is dead Gatsby’s father comes Nick tells him the story and also helps take care of him Mr. Gatz talks about his son and how he had a bright future Klipspringer calls about his shoes but Nick gets furious and hangs up Nick felt sorry for Gatsby Nick visits Wolfsheim but a person at the door tells him to go away until Nick introduces himself as one of Gatsby’s friends Wolfsheim tells the story of Gatsby being the man he was (pg-182) Wolfsheim gives reasons for not being able to come to Gatsby’s funeral Mr. Gatz tells Nick the story of how he lives in the house bought by his son and also shows Nick a schedule that Gatsby followed Nick, Gatsby’s servants, Mr. Gatz and Owl Eyes came to the funeral Pg 187 to 188 (might have important stuff) After Gatsby’s death, Nick leaves the East Nick and Jordan Baker breaks up Nick learns that Tom motivated George to kill Gatsby Nick’s perception of Tom and Daisy (pg-191) Pg 193 (importance of the green light)...