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A reporter turns up at Gatsby’s mansion hoping to get an interview.

Nick stops by Gatsby's house one afternoon and findes Tom Buchanan there. Tom stopped by for a drink with Mr. and Mrs. Sloane. Gatsby tells Tom that he knows Daisy, and knows of Daisy’s habit of visiting Gatsby’s house, though he has not discovered Gatsby’s and Daisy’s love.

The following Saturday night, Tom and Daisy go to a party at Gatsby’s house, where there’s a lot of celebrities. Tom dislikes Gatsby and keeps an eye on Daisy. Daisy doesn't have a good time at the party. Tom upsets her by saying that Gatsby’s fortune comes from bootlegging, where she angrily replies that his fortune comes from a chain of drugstores that he owns.

When Tom and Daisy have left the party, Gatsby tells Nick that he wants to recreate his past with Daisy. He believes that his money can accomplish anything. Nick thinks about the first time Gatsby kissed Daisy.

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He is a young man from Minnesota, who travels to New York in 1922 to learn the Bond Business. He lives in the West Egg district of Long Island, next to Gatsby. Nick also has a cousin named Daisy who lives in New York with her husband and child.

Nick is the narrator of The Great Gatsby. He is tolerant, open-minded, quiet, and a good listener, and, as a result, others tend to talk to him and tell him their secrets. Gatsby, in particular, comes to trust him and treat him as a confidant.

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Theme in the novel: Love and marriage

“I married him because I thought he was a gentleman,’ she said finally. ‘I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn’t fit to lick my shoe.”

Myrtle Wilson is talking about her husband, George, during a party in Myrtle’s apartment in New York City. Myrtle claims that George tricked her into marrying him by pretending to be more wealthy than he was, but Myrtle’s friends insist that she loved George. The scene, which reveals Tom’s temper to us when he later hits Myrtle, indicates the entanglement of love and money. The particular quote is both satiric and sad, because the Wilsons are so much poorer than anyone else in the novel.

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Adaptations

The great gatsby has been made to a computer game three times. One in 2010 - plays the storyline: you explore the mansions and bungalows of Long Island.

2011 - you play Nick Carraway and you need to find Gatsby.

2013 - reach the green light and attain the American Dream?

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Prohibition (forbud)

“Prohibition refers to a period of time in America's history when the production, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages was illegal. The Great Gatsby was set in the 1920s, when this law was in force. The law did not cut back on the drinking of the characters in the story; drinking was part of the privileged lifestyle.”

As it is seen as a privilege to drink alcohol, is adds to the story that these people are wealthy, and privileged and

Chapter 8 summary:

Nick can’t sleep the whole night, after the death of Myrtle. He goes to Gatsby and tells him that he should forget about daisy. But Gatsby refuses. This is when Gatsby tells Nick the whole truth about who he is and his life and the time he met Daisy, how he fell in love with her, and how he loves her. Daisy promised to wait for Gatsby when he left for war. but while he was away, Daisy married Tom. She married Tom because he was rich and he was in a high social position.

Nick leaves for work, and while he is at work, Gatsby is shot by Myrtle's husband. Nick is at work, but he suddenly figures out what happened that night, and hurries back to Gatsby. But Nick finds Gatsby floating around in his pool, dead. Myrtle's husband shot himself and is also dead.

Gatsby

Full name Jay Gatsby, a very wealthy man who lives in East Egg. He is famous for throwing big fancy parties every saturday night. A lot of rumors are going around about him, but no one really knows anything about him, or where he comes from, but Nick progressively learns more and more about him.

Although Gatsby is making up a false facade, to make himself seem like he belongs in the upper-class. Such as being an Oxford man and his parents.

When Gatsby met Daisy he instantly fell in love with her, but when he left for the military, she promised to wait for him. But she married Tom while Gatsby was in the military.

Gatsby was willing to do almost anything to gain social position to get Daisy back. as she only married Tom because of his social position and wealthyness. Therefore, Gatsby's fortune is made through criminal actions.

The hollowness of upper class

One of the major themes in The Great Gatsby is how wealthy people, in the 1920’s, lived and their overall characteristics. The newly rich in West Egg are very different from the rich in East Egg

Fitzgerald portrays the wealthy in West Egg such as Gatsby as very loud and vulgar, and not having very great taste. For example he lives in a huge mansion and wears a pink suit. And he portrays the wealthy in East Egg such as Tom Buchanan and Daisy as more elegant and subtle in the way they behave.

Another example of the hollowness of the upper-class, is how your wealth and position can get you married. The main goal for a woman is to be a fool, so she can get married to rich guys, so she will be assured of a good life.

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Gatsby and nick are going to eat lunch together

Gatsby tells nick about his life, doesn’t want nick to get a wrong idea

Nick meets Meyer Wolfshiem who is a gambler

Nick sees Tom and introduces him to Gatsby.

Jordan tells Nick that Gatsby is in love with daisy

Jordan has a request to Nick from Gatsby.

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Chapter 7 - summary:
In the first part of chapter 7, Gatsby has fired his servants, because he didn’t want gossip coming out of him and Daisy being together in secret.
Later Gatsby and Nick are invited to Daisy and Tom’s house for lunch, and when there Gatsby wants Daisy to tell Tom that she never really loved him, but she freaks out and tells them all they should go to town.
Nick, Gatsby, Tom, Daisy and Jordan are at the Plaza Hotel and Gatsby keeps telling Daisy to just tell Tom, but it all ends in Gatsby about to hit Tom and Daisy freaking out. After the “fight” Daisy and Gatsby leave in Gatsby's yellow car, with Daisy in the driving seat. When driving Daisy accidently hits Mrs. Wilson when she runs in front of the car. He gets Daisy home and when everybody is at Daisy and Tom’s house, Gatsby waits outside, waiting for Daisy to go to bed, since he is worried that Tom will hurt her.

Characterization of Tom:
He is a big, strong man, who is having an affair with Myrtle Wilson.
“Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body - he seemed to fill those glistening boots until he strained the top lacing, and you could see a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat. it was a body capable of enormous leverage - a cruel body.” (p. 6-7)
He was born into a rich family: “His family were enormously wealthy” (p. 6)
He has a daughter with Daisy: “p. 74
He is short tempered, for example when he is talking to people: “A pause. Then Tom’s voice incredulous and insulting…” - when Daisy confesses to love Gatsby and not Tom.
He says a lot of things in a demanding way: “Did you see that? Demanded Tom”

Theme - past and future:
Gatsby is not only haunted by his past but uses it as a drive to excel and create the future he wants. Gatsby's philosophy and belief in the green light represents how time passes by but he uses it to his advantage to get what he wants in life- “Gatsby believed in the green light, the organistic future that year by year recedes before us”- page 115. At page 70: Nick says to Gatsby: “ You can’t repeat the past…” but Gatsby believes that you can as he did with his life. He was from a poor family but changed himself to become someone new, he changed his own future.
But Gatsby's philosophy is a contradiction because of how he continuously is haunted by his greed for Daisy and his past with her. He is always thinking about Daisy and how he can get her away from Tom. He is determined to recapture the perfect past he had with Daisy and create a new life with her.

Topic - Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby was inspired by his rise to fame and his relationship with his wife Zelda Sayre. Zelda was from a rich family (her dad was a supreme court justice) and met Fitzgerald when he was in the army stationed in Alabama. Zelda first rejected him due to his financial situation but agreed to marry him after he was a bit more successful with his novels.

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Myrtle: She is one of Tom’s mistresses, who is actually married to Mr. Wilson, who owns the gas-station. In the end Myrtle gets driven down by Daisy and Gatsby because Daisy experiences a moment of rage because Myrtle has had an affair with Tom so Daisy kils Myrtle by hitting her with the car. Gatsby is framed for the incident to cover up for Daisy.

Jordan Baker: Professional golfer, old friends with Daisy.
Physical appearance: Slender, athletic, grey sun-strained eyes, charming face, blond hair (interestingly enough many film adaptations feature her dark-haired)
She is the opposite of Daisy.
Family: only an old aunt.
Personality: she tends to lie a lot, her golf career is based on a lie - she cheated to win. She is self centered.
Nick finds her attractive.
The twenties: one of the "new women" (flappers), drinks alcohol, drives car, not married, not traditional, values independence.

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Decay: decay is often mentioned in the novel because it focuses on the death of the american dream it is especially seen in the “valley of ashes” which is where the poor working class town is located, Gatsby is seen driving through the city. the american dream seems to have lost its traditional meaning and has instead been reversed and perverted. it shows the downfall of the american society for example we see Gatsby who lives in west egg but because of his love to Daisy, who resides in east egg, he yearns for a life in east egg instead. but the closest he can get is the house across from Daisy. fitz feels that the society has already decayed so much there is no need for a “new twist”.

American dream:
Rags to Riches
Daisy -Symbol, dream
Gatsby, corrupted/pure dream
Quote "anything can happen (...) Even Gatsby"
Collapse of the american dream - Gatsby fails?

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Jazz(age): the jazz ages which is a phrase fitz invented, it came after the shock of america's sudden involvement in the first world war after being isolated from it. America entered the roaring twenties and the sale and consumption of alcohol was prohibited. underground saloons also known as speakeasies, were therefore quite popular during that time. Fitz both glamorizes money during this period but he also makes sure to show his following subtle warnings of the dangers of excess love to money and material success.

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Cover art work:

1: Sad female eyes - The green tear refers to the green light that is mentioned relating to Gatsby and Daisy.

The colorful festive city in the background.

3: - Black and white

Actual photo of Gatsby

Wealthy man

Simple. Modern

15: -  It’s Gatsby in his nice suit

There is no face because who is he really? Hides behind his fancy clothes, big house, cars.