Week 2-11/7/07

In chapter three it talks about Gatsby and his house parties. There was many people, alot to drink and an orchestra playing music. They would party pretty much all night. Nick had gotten invited to Gatsby's party by a chauffeur that came to his house. When he got to the party, he didn't know anyone and couldn't find Gatsby. He finally recognized someone, it was Jordan Baker. They hung out most of the night. There is a bunch of rumors about Gatsby, I wonder which one is actually true? Jordan and Nick went to find Gatsby, they looked in the library but there was only a drunk man in there whom they talked to for awhile. Why was he so fascinated that the books were real? Then they went back out and sat down when a man recognized Nick. Nick didn't realize it, but it was Gatsby. Nick was a little embarrassed by the situation, but then again so was Gatsby for not remembering to introduce himself. Nick was then invited to go in his hydroplane with him the next day. A little later Gatsby requested to talk to Miss Baker in private. Why does Gatsby always get all those phone calls from Chicago and all the other places? Nick stayed to apologize to Gatsby and when he was leaving there was a man whose tire had fallen off his car and he was really drunk and trying to deal with it. He said Jordan was dishonest, but that didn't bother him at all.

In chapter 4, Nick talks of all the different people who come to Gatsby's house parties. Gatsby picked him up and told him they were going to have lunch together. They were driving along and Gatsby was telling Nick about his life. His wealthy family had died when he was young, and grew up in America but educated in Oxford because his whole family had been educated there and it was a tradition. Then he lived in Europe collecting jewels, hunting big game, and painting a little. After that he was in the war. They then got stopped or something, but why did they just let Gatsby go once he showed them a card? Then he went to lunch with Gatsby and met another man by the name of Mr. Wolfshiem. Mr.Wolfshiem said to Nick "I understand you're looking for a business gonnegtion." Why does he say this, and what is he really talking about because Gatsby says this wasn't that man. I don't get what Gatsby means when he says Mr. Wolfshiem "fixed the world series." Then Nick noticed Tom across the room and goes over to talk and starts to introduce one another, but Gatsby disappeared. Then it goes into Daisy talking about what happened the night of the party when Gatsby requested to talk with her. She told Nick of how Daisy and Gatsby were in the car together and Jordan went walking by and stopped to talk. Gatsby then had to go to war and Daisy was heartbroken. She never really got over it, but married Tom Buchanan. The day before her wedding she was drunk and wanted to call it off and all she did was hold her love letter. They put her in the bath to cool off where the letter got diminished. She married Tom the next day. Jordan said she had never seen a woman so mad about her husband. Tom had been caught cheating and it was even in the papers. Gatsby bought a house so he could be just across the bay from her. She doesn't know he's there. He wants Nick to invite her over for tea and then he could see her.