Gatsby - Chapter 6 by Neil Hussey https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6 Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2020-11-22 09:42:06 UTC 2026-01-30 22:44:18 UTC hello@padlet.com Write your ideas here nhussey1973 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952267546 2020-11-23 13:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952267546 "Can't repeat the past?" The interrogative demonstrates Gatsby's confusion as he genuinely doesn't understand how he could move on from loving Daisy. Instead, he insists on trying to repeat his past with her in order to get the ending he wants. https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952269409 2020-11-23 13:46:25 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952269409 "Can't repeat the past?" - Gatsby's hamartia is continuous hope and this will eventually lead to his downfall. He holds onto the hope that Daisy will love him after all this time even though it was clear early on that Daisy would never leave Tom. https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952282365 2020-11-23 13:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952282365 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952290407 Daisy see’s past the grandness of West-Egg. She can see that it is all an imitation and because it isn’t old money and naturally wealthy like her, she is “appalled” by this. ]]> 2020-11-23 13:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952290407 "His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people" - Gatsby was not brought up like Daisy, Tom and Nick were. They learnt society's expectations and standards from a young age whereas Gatsby did not. He equates status to wealth rather than class, which leads to Daisy being "appalled" as his excessiveness. https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952295200 2020-11-23 13:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952295200 “ he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps” https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952307514 The verb “ recover” presents Gatsby’s obsession with the past. It also portrays how can can’t let go of past things because it suggests that he wants to bring to life something that has already died and is long gone. The abstract noun “idea” presents his unrealistic nature and that he lives most of his life trapped in a world in his head, trying to make it reality. ]]> 2020-11-23 13:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952307514 The noun "visions" link to the theme of fantasy/reality. Gatsby creates an idealised version of Daisy in his head and has spend five years envisioning how their life together would be. Daisy can never live up to this image, especially because the reader is aware of her being a very selfish character. https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952314256 2020-11-23 13:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952314256 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952322803 “Forever wed” 
The adverb “forever” implies Gatsby’s life long obsession with Daisy and that once he met her he wanted her and only her for the rest of his life, he dies trying to peruse her. ]]> 2020-11-23 13:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952322803 Gatsby's name was originally/legally James Gatz. He changed his name at 17. https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952357398 2020-11-23 14:07:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952357398 Gatsby's parents were unsuccessful farmers. They were not dead like he told Nick https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952362281 2020-11-23 14:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952362281 Gatsby worked on Dan Cody's yacht but he did not have a specific job. He did jobs such as steward, mate, skipper, secretary and jailor. This arrangement lasted for 5 years https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952377869 2020-11-23 14:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952377869 Gatsby didn't get any of the money that he expected to get from Dan Cody's inheritence. Perhaps Gatsby's ideas of corruption came from how he had worked hard but only gained skills rather than money. Working hard didn't earn him a lot of money, corruption did. https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952390192 2020-11-23 14:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/952390192 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956178441 "doesn't he know she doesn't want him?"- shows that Gatsby lacks the breeding to fully understand the ways of the west egg.

]]> 2020-11-24 13:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956178441 Tom and the Sloane couple arrive on horseback. This could maybe be a reference to "high horse" as the East Eggers believe they are superior to everyone else. https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956179857 2020-11-24 13:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956179857 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956184426 "she has a big dinner party and he won't know a soul there"- Gatsby does not have connections with east eggers]]> 2020-11-24 13:56:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956184426 Gatsby repeats the adjective compliment "delighted" - This is likely ironic as Gatsby doesn't like Tom but they have to keep up with society's expectations of them. The lower classes would actually be delighted to see someone as they don't have much time to be leisurely. https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956188154 2020-11-24 13:57:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956188154 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956190956 "I haven't got a horse"- shows Gatsby does not have the breeding to fit in with the east eggers. ]]> 2020-11-24 13:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956190956 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956196519 "Tell him we couldn't wait, will you?"- shows the dishonesty and falseness of the ruling classes]]> 2020-11-24 13:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956196519 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956245519 'the rest of it offended her' shows Daisy is not impressed by the party, more repulsed by the lavishness of it.

]]> 2020-11-24 14:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956245519 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956250064 'She was appalled by West Egg'- she is aware of the falseness and tackiness of WE.]]> 2020-11-24 14:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956250064 The rest offended her - and inarguably, because it wasn't a gesture but an emotion https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956253711 2020-11-24 14:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956253711 "Lots of people come who haven't been invited" - This would be strange to Daisy. She doesn't understand the excess of having huge parties where you don't know anyone. It would seem tacky to her. https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956259853 2020-11-24 14:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956259853 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956260768 She saw something awful in the very simplicity.]]> 2020-11-24 14:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956260768 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956293335 Gatsby's view of Daisy is not accurate to who she actually is, the reader can see she is not worthy of his worship. Gatsby has created an image of Daisy in his mind that she will not live up to. ]]> 2020-11-24 14:19:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956293335 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956309076 'shivered as he found what a grotesque thing a rose is' the symbolism of a flower suggests that he feels disillusioned with Daisy ]]> 2020-11-24 14:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956309076 Thematic Statement - The characters egos cause a confusion of the real with their ideal which shatters their dreams and vision of a perfect world https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956310918 2020-11-24 14:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956310918 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956311561 Gatsby believes in the green light (the American Dream) and believes this can be achieved through recreating the past.]]> 2020-11-24 14:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956311561 Gatsby has difficulty seeing the reality in situations because he lets his fortune get to his head, leaving him to think he can obtain anything and anyone https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956316838 2020-11-24 14:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956316838 Daisy has a materialist lifestyle and that's all she thrives on, which is why she leaves Gatsby because he tries to build this deep connection with her, but all she wants to do it enjoy the lavish things in life https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956322120 2020-11-24 14:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956322120 Myrtle tries to appear as a woman of class because she is obsessed with living like the rich, but is nothing more than a working class citizen who gets no respect https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956326734 2020-11-24 14:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956326734 Tom tries to create an image that he is living the American Dream, that he is perfect and there is no one like him, in reality that is not true https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956330381 2020-11-24 14:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/956330381 Gatsby Quotes https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959213347 "I'm going to fix everything just the way it was before"
"Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!"]]> 2020-11-25 09:18:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959213347 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959222858 Gatsby is stuck in the past and his attempt to rekindle his past relationship with daisy shows his obsession with her and the past ]]> 2020-11-25 09:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959222858 Perception vs Reality https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959223338 Gatsby's view of Daisy - He holds an idea of Daisy in his mind, but the reader can see that she is not a worthy object of worship.]]> 2020-11-25 09:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959223338 The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959226439
  • Symbolise the idea of false perception
  •  In his grief, George Wilson confuses them with the eyes of God.
    • ]]>     2020-11-25 09:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959226439     The reality of time stopping Gatsby from reaching the top of the American Dream. https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959229644 2020-11-25 09:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959229644 "shivered as he found what a grotesque thing a rose is". https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959236091 This quote is about Gatsby when Daisy doesn't get in contact with him after the accident. The symbolism of the flower clearly suggests he feels disillusioned with Daisy. ]]> 2020-11-25 09:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959236091 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959245439
  • Infatuated with recreating things just how they were in the past with Daisy, Gatsby becomes consumed by the undertaking.
  • He does not give himself a second to just stop and truly think about the reason behind his actions and behavior 
  • He falls victim to living in the past instead of living in the moment
    • ]]>     2020-11-25 09:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959245439     The whole illusion of Gatsby is created to make Daisy fall in love with him, and is not reality. https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959246335 2020-11-25 09:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959246335 Gatsby’s perception of reality https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959248075 He is infatuated with recreating things just how they were in the past with Daisy, he does not give himself a second to stop and truly think about the reasons behind his actions and behavior and he therefore falls victim to living in the past instead of living in the moment. ]]> 2020-11-25 09:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959248075 Having large parties creates the illusion, to not only Gatsby but to other residents, that if popular and has lots of friends. We can see this is an illusion when only 2 people attended his funeral. https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959252874 2020-11-25 09:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959252874 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959255438 Gatsby’s perception of Daisy is far from the reality. He views her as this innocent goddess-type women who is everything he wants from life. When in reality Fitzgerald presents her as fickle, self-obsessed, un-loyal and uncaring towards the people she is supposed to love. Gatsby only sees the past version of Daisy and he has made an ideal of her in his head that is not quite the reality. ]]> 2020-11-25 09:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959255438 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959255664 Gatsby chooses to not accept his true parents in order to create the illusion he comes from wealth, this is done to impress Daisy]]> 2020-11-25 09:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959255664 The Great Gatsby contains a number of metaphors which involve extremely subjective-approaching surrealistic-vision https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959255946 "At the gray tea hour there were always rooms that throbbed incessantly with this low, sweet fever, while fresh faces drifted here and there like a rose petals blown by the sad horns around the floor"]]> 2020-11-25 09:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959255946 Fitzgerald uses Daisy as the character to create the illusion that money and wealth is the most important thing in life. Through her choosing Tom for his money, over Gatsby and dressing her in white and gold to symbolise wealth. https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959259172 2020-11-25 09:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959259172 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959260947 Fitzgerald compares Gatsby to a vaudeville magician to show Gatsby has created a fantasy world to hide his reality- 'The Great Gatsby']]> 2020-11-25 09:38:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959260947 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959282959 Daisy's first time at the West Egg, she sees the tackiness of it and is repulsed]]> 2020-11-25 09:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959282959 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959287758 Dancing with Gatsby for half an hour- the only enjoyable part of the party, shows they are still in love even after all this time]]> 2020-11-25 09:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959287758 Daisy doesn't enjoy the party. She is appalled by its tackiness. Emphasise the excess using asyndetic lists and nouns https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959289633 2020-11-25 09:49:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959289633 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959291654 'She was appalled by its raw vigour'- heightens the disgust]]> 2020-11-25 09:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959291654 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959293575 Feels sympathetic for Gatsby as he is unfamilliar with the false and nasty nature of the ruling classes]]> 2020-11-25 09:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959293575 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959297300 May feel embarrassed by Tom's behaviour at the party, he is being rude about the celebrities and making fun of Gatsby]]> 2020-11-25 09:52:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959297300 Daisy's voice is often described as melodic or having some relation to music https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959298039 2020-11-25 09:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959298039 “Short cut from nothing to nothing” https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959304191 Shows that’s Daisy views the West-Eggers as slightly corrupt and that they have cheated their way into money. It also suggests that Daisy doesn’t think that these people have actually achieved anything at all, she starts to see it’s all an imitation and for her, that is not enough. ]]> 2020-11-25 09:55:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/959304191 Daisy https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/1920478398 'and I hope she'll be a fool, a beautiful little fool'
    --> Daisy leads Gatsby on, although Gatsby offers her a deep connection and a relationship filled with love, she remains ignorant and chooses to decline him in the pursuit of natural wealth showing how much of a fool she is
    --> she is a fantasist as she chases her dreams to an extent but she is an aware realist and she comprehends that she cannot be with Gatsby if she wants to maintain her status ]]>     2021-11-30 14:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/1920478398     https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/1920480648 Gatsby doesn’t have introspection/doesn’t stop to think beyond his fantasy, stops him from seeing that the fantasy isn’t achievable/just him hanging on to the past ]]> 2021-11-30 14:19:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/1920480648 gatsby’s perceptible aspiration for his life with daisy is the cause of his own demise https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/1920498779 2021-11-30 14:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/1920498779 Fantasy vs illusion https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/1920499657 Broadway - play, spectacle. She acknowledges that this is for her yet she cannot accept it. She appreciates a small break from her breeding when she’s with Gatsby (hence why she only enjoyed half an hour). He is her small escape, however her upbringing is ultimately predominant - she’d never leave Tom for Gatsby. That’s the break of his illusion.]]> 2021-11-30 14:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/1920499657 Time https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/GatCh6/wish/1920507803 fragility of the past and present.
    uses time as an antagonist. - Gatsby eventually runs out of time, he tries to stop time between him and Daisy to continue their relationship without considering how they’ve changed throughout time. They can only be together when time stops - clock in the first meeting.

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