At the beginning of this chapter, Nick Carraway begins by listing a large amount of people who have/are at Mr. Gatsby's party. A little later the scene shifts from a indirect situation, to a more subtle and direct manner in which Mr. Gatsby and Nick are in a car together driving to a restaurant to have lunch. In this part, Mr. Gatsby tells Nick the apparent "truth" about himself, in which he tells Nick that he was born into a wealthy family from the mid-west United States, and that he inherited their money after his family had passed away. Noticing the dialogue, it seemed to me that Mr. Gatsby was lying. The general tone of his voice seemed to be hiding something, but anyways Gatsby told Nick that he "changed his lifestyle" after the money was given to him. Gatsby also showed Nick a medal from World War II that was given to him from Montenegro for his war contributions, for proof. Now that Nick and Mr. Gatsby had met and were "kind of friends", Mr. Gatsby would later on try to spend more time with Nick, be friendlier, for current unknown reasons. Once met up at lunch, a new character, Mr. Wolfsheim is introduced as they have lunch. Funny to me is, the place where they have lunch is a secret alcoholic bar. (Prohibition). Anyways the three characters talk and Wolfsheim bring sup the notice of a possible business venture with Nick Carraway, but Gatsby interrupts and tells him that "he's not the guy". It's obvious to me that Mr. Gatsby and Wolfsheim are up to some sneaky business operations, how else would Gatsby still have a flow of money coming to him? He doesn't work for a living, besides the fact that he has millions probably hidden away in the bank. And the rest of the chapter is just a bunch of lovey-dovey plotline for relationship development between Jordan Baker and Nick, as well as Gatsby and possibly Daisy.
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AuthorJustin Lavergne Archives
May 2015
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