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Chapter 9
Gatsby's funeral

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Chapter 8
Gatsby's death

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Gatsby's death

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' well i tried to swing the wheel--' he broke off, and suddenly i guessed the truth.
"was daisy driving"
"yes"

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' he knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breathe, his mind would never romp agin like he mind of god'

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"while he remained with Cody he was in turn steward, mate, skipper, secretary, and even jailor, for Dan Cody sober knew what lavish doings Dan Cody drunk might soon be about, and he provided for such contingencies by reposing more and more trust in Gatsby. The arrangement lasted five years, during which the boat went three times around the Continent."

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The scene of dispute between Gatsby and Tom.
"I love you now - isn't that enough? I can't help what's past." ... "I did love him once - but I loved you too."

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Nick and Gatsby with Meyer Wolfsheim--

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Chapter 7

- This picture depicts the sadness that lurks behind the pleasurable desires that each Gatsby character consequentially faces - Tragic life of Tom in Chapter 7

- This is the turning point since it slowly envisions the destruction that greed brings; the follies of being hopeful and naive - the end of the American Dream that they all wanted

- This chapter sees Tom lose his wife Daisy to an affair with Gatsby and feeling emasculated

- As well as losing (the death of) his mistress, Myrtle, through an accident , destroying every hope and desire he ever had; everything that he had control over

- Throughout the chapter we realise how Tom feels disconnected from the rest of the group, and how this foreshadows this strong, stern and traditional representation of a masculine man, slowly breaking down into somebody who feels small - losing control of everything that he once had

- His traditional machismo demeanour and stature (a character trait that men were optimally seen as successful and strong just like Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire; a play based in the same Jazz Age era) represents Old Money that slowly disintegrated
-  Loses its meaning since everything crashed and burned just like his relationship to Daisy and Myrtle (quite literally)

- Linked to the fall of the American Dream in the 1920s that lead to the Great Depression in 1929 (Wall Street Crash) since this over-expenditure and splurge for desirable goals were temporary; likened to Tom’s lifestyle which was not going to last forever

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Nick and Gatsby having lunch after meeting Mr Wolfsheim.

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"Suddenly, with a strained sound, Daisy bent her head into the shirts and began to cry stormily."

"They're such beautiful shirts (...) it makes me sad because I've never seen such -- such beautiful shirts before."

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Chapter 4

Word: 'Threadbare'

Context: This chapter sheds light on Gatsby's seemingly far-fetched past with his heroic exploits and posh upbringing, which Nick finds all too 'threadbare'. He is only convinced when Gatsby's evidences his past with a photograph and medal.

Meaning: Frayed; becoming thin and tattered with age and wear

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"Sometimes they came and went without having met Gatsby at all, came for the party with a simplicity of heart that was its own ticket of admission."

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"Absolutely real—have pages and everything. I thought they'd be a nice durable cardboard. Matter of fact, they're absolutely real. Pages and—Here! Lemme show you."

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I like large parties. They're so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy - Jordan Baker.

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"A dead man passed us in a hearse heaped with blooms, followed by two carriages with drawn blinds and by more cheerful carriages for friends. The friends looked out at us with the tragic eyes and short upper lips of south-eastern Europe, and I was glad that the sight of Gatsby's splendid car was included in their somber holiday. As we crossed Blackwell's Island a limousine passed us, driven by a white chauffeur, in which sat three modish Negroes, two bucks and a girl. I laughed aloud as the yolks of their eyeballs rolled toward us in haughty rivalry. "Anything can happen now that we've slid over this bridge," I thought; "anything at all. . . .""
-Nicks sees an indistinct ethnic funeral procession (“south-eastern Europe” most likely means the people are Greek) and a car with both black and white people in it
-Vivid description showing the audience through Nick's eyes
-Shown through Nick that within the black community there are also social ranks and representation. He distinguishes between the way the five black men in the car are dressed, and takes note that they feel ready to challenge him and Gatsby in some car-related way.

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Nick says that the first smile Gatsby ever gives him has the "quality of eternal reassurance".
Nick is clearly stunned by Gatsby's appearance.

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"I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known".
Nick's statement tells us that one of the only people he really knows and trusts is himself. Yet, he does not particularly condemn others like Jordan Baker for consistently lying.

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"Anyhow, he gives large parties. And I like large parties. They're so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy."

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"He smiled understandingly--much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it."

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"He stretched out his arm towards the dark water in a curios way...I glanced seaward and distinguished nothing but a green light"

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"a breeze blew through the room, blew curtains in at one end and out the other like pale flags... The only completely stationary thing was an enormous couch"

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CHAPTER 1:"Green Light"
LITERAL MEANING:This is a permanently lit electric lamp which gives warnings to boats during bad weather on the presence of a structure.
SYMBOLIC MEANING: The green light stands for Gatsby's dreams, hopes and aspiration. The colour green usually symbolises "rebirth, spring". the green light also represents societies desire to achieve the materialist 'American Dream'(A period in the 1920s where this dream was perceived by desire for wealth).

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CHAPTER 2:"Valley of Ashes"
LITERAL MEANING:This was a smoked filled land. it is assumed that it was a dumping site of industrial ash waste from factories. It was located between West Egg and Manhattan.
SYMBOLIC MEANING:The Valley of Ashes showed class difference. It referred to the 'waste' left behind by desperate wealth seekers. The valley f ashes was a land of misery which illustrated the struggles faced by the poor e.g. George Wilson. It represents moral and societal decay.

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VOCABULARY:
-Infinitesimal
-Extemporising
-Cynical
-Peremptory
-Libel