The Great Gatsby [Chapter nine]

Notes from chapter nine...

•  Why does Catherine pretend to not know anything?
• 'It rested there' -(page 104 reference)
• Nick seems connected to everything that happened so far.
• Why does it feel like Gatsby is talking?
• Nick and Gatsby have an unusual connection?
• Nick enters a place where he talks to Gatsby a lot, even though he isn't there anymore.
• Forcefully imagining Gatsby being there -Imagery.
• 'That's true' He said uncomfortably.. why?
• Gatsby's dad calls him 'Jimmy'.
• Why do people not attend his funeral? Did they just want him for materialistic things?
• The mayor seems to deeply care even after he has died.
• The mayor claims to have 'made him'.. How true is this?
• The father of Gatsby is reluctant to let him go, and accept what has happened.
• In the book Gatsby wrote in he claims 'be better to parents' -Did this ever happen? Why did he wish to be better? What was wrong before?
• Gatsby was always going to do well in life, so why did it turn bad?
• His funeral which was a no show to many people proves that people took advantage of him.
• Why is Jordan being such a stubborn bitch?

The Great Gatsby [Chapter 8]

Notes from chapter eight...

Interesting quotes from chapter 8 and the 8 phases.

• PHASE ONE- 'I couldn't sleep all night' 
• PHASE TWO- 'She thought i knew a lot because i knew different things from her'
• PHASE THREE- 'And all the time something within her was crying for a decision'
• PHASE FOUR- 'I don't think she ever loved him'
• PHASE FIVE- 'I fell asleep in my swivel chair'
• PHASES SIX- 'Abruptly we weren't talking any longer'
• PHASE SEVEN- 'The hard brown beetles kept thudding against the dull light'
• PHASE EIGHT- 'No telephone messages arrived'

Use of color 

• Golden and silver slippers
• Grey tea hour
• Rose petals

Extra notes

• Relates back to war
• Use of imagery; sadness and suggestiveness of life in new tunes -Beale street blues. -Orchastra's which set the rhythm of the year.
• Also relates to phonology, which helps to create the scene.

The Great Gatsby [Chapter six]

Notes from chapter six...

• Nick is a very judgemental character even though at the beginning he said he isn't.
• Gatsby doesn't tell anyone his past -Keeps many secrets - Why did Gatsby change his name?
• You learn that Gatsby came from a low background, although you assume he come from a well off family.
• Tom's character is Annoying-Racial-Hypocritical

All happens at the end of the party scene.

The Great Gatsby [Chapter five]

Notes from chapter five...

• The first sentence 'When i went home to West Egg that night i was afraid for a moment that my house was on fire' builds tension for the first half of the chapter.
• Gatsby's house description also relates to Daisy.
• The song isn't suited to the scene - everything is romantic and a political song just drops in.
• When she cries stormily -is she thinking of what she could of had?
• Daisy isn't shallow and threats all the money as a bonus.
• Could the shirts represent something from the past?
• The shirts are close and personal to him, does he want to be close like the shirts are.
• Are the shirts just a trigger to whatever she has been holding in?

SUMMARY:

• Pathetic fallacy - The weather linking the two halves.
• Use of emotive language.
• Time - The clock - Past of scene.
• The materials the Gatsby owns.
• The colors used.

The Great Gatsby [Chapter four]

Notes from chapter four...

• Jordan actually tells the story -her voice comes through.
• The description and role of the car -> car as having wings.
• Important chapter -Insight to everyone's lives.
• Very racial.
• Nick is developing as a character.
• Nick is getting used to his surroundings now and this is why his writing has developed throughout the novel.
• F. Scott Fitzgerald deliberately tells the story so Nick progresses.
• Start of chapter -listing all the people.
• Reserved and observant
• Nick is becoming more superficial?
• 'We' beginning to include himself now.
• Feelings towards Gatsby has changed.
• Always describes Gatsby's clothing as rich colors, e.g. Caramel suit.
• Nick's character has changed and he now wants to start doing things with his life.
• The use of names in the novel is very interesting.

The Great Gatsby [Chapter three]

Notes from chapter three..

• First time Nick meets Gatsby they plan to meet the next day to take a ride in the hydroplane.
• Jordan is at the party.
• Ends on the big car crash (significance back to cars and machinery).

IMAGERY:

• Isolated at the party. The feeling of being in a crowded room with people around you, yet you're still and feel as if no one is there. (Nick)

KEY NOTES:

• Nick seems to come out his shell and change character when he see's the car crash.
• Nick seem to get very angry about the 'committing suicide' situation.
• He called the stranger a 'rotten driver'.
• 'I hate careless people, that's why i like you'

The Great Gatsby [Chapter one/two]

Quick summary and refresher notes of chapter one...

• Gatsby resembles a cat?
• Daisy has short dark 'bob' shape hair.
• Nick guesses that it is Gatsby walking towards him.
• Sound is used within the language.
• Cars and mechanical objects have a great significance in the story.
• Sound is used alongside light e.g. 'Bright night, with wings beating in the tree's'.
• The first time we meet Gatsby in the novel and he has a strong secure appearance.
• Trembling after seeming so secure.. why?
• 'Unquiet darkness' - The use of the word 'unquiet' suggests his loneliness however he is not alone, and it is not quiet.

SUMMARY:

• Mystery
• Nick has moved and you sense the unease to the new surroundings.
• The great connection between the past and the present.
• What is so great about Gatsby?

Notes from chapter two...

USE OF:

• Imagery
• Metaphor
• Time
• Dialogue
• Characterization

This is what we've looked at so far.