Thursday, 13 December 2012

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?

1 comment:

  1. You raise good questions. Any answers? Good comments on the whole novel. Now think about how you can argue clearly what you consider the novel is about.

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