https://padlet.com/ethanbandelli/f8hd5vd0yc8g "If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life" (Fitzgerald 6). en-us 2016-09-20 16:47:26 UTC 2026-03-12 14:24:08 UTC hello@padlet.com ethanbandelli https://padlet.com/ethanbandelli/f8hd5vd0yc8g/wish/125159069 On Page 6 of The Great Gatsby,  Nick says that Gatsby is, "The man who gives his name to this book" (Fitzgerald 6). By saying this Nick describes that without Gatsby there would be no story, because it is the story of Gatsby.]]> 2016-09-20 16:52:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanbandelli/f8hd5vd0yc8g/wish/125159069 ethanbandelli https://padlet.com/ethanbandelli/f8hd5vd0yc8g/wish/125161536 In Chapter 5, Gatsby sees Daisy for the first time in a while. Gatsby's first encounter with Daisy it is the first time in the novel where he does not seem too confident. Gatsby mistakenly breaks a clock and has a lot of trouble talking to Daisy.]]> 2016-09-20 16:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanbandelli/f8hd5vd0yc8g/wish/125161536 ethanbandelli https://padlet.com/ethanbandelli/f8hd5vd0yc8g/wish/127033232 Before Chapter 5 of the Novel, Jay Gatsby lies about his past and uprising. Gatsby tells Nick that he was, "educated at Oxford" (Fitzgerald 69), when he really went to "the small Lutheran college of St. Olaf"(Fitzgerald 105). Gatsby's lack of honesty proves the embarrassment that he has when it comes to his past.]]> 2016-09-28 16:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanbandelli/f8hd5vd0yc8g/wish/127033232 ethanbandelli https://padlet.com/ethanbandelli/f8hd5vd0yc8g/wish/127128645 Until Daisy and Nick come around, it does not seem like Gatsby has any real friends or important people in his life. In Chapter 5, after being asked about Gatsby's house, Daisy responds by saying, "I love it, but I don't know how you live there all alone" (Fitzgerald 96). Gatsby responds by saying that he "keeps it full of interesting people," but these people, are not really friends of Gatsby. Just people who use him for his house parties. ]]> 2016-09-28 23:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanbandelli/f8hd5vd0yc8g/wish/127128645 ethanbandelli https://padlet.com/ethanbandelli/f8hd5vd0yc8g/wish/127130004 Gatsby lives the dream of most people in this world. He is rich, successful and has a beautiful house. Nick describes Gatsby's house as, "A factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn" (Fitzgerald 8). Although Gatsby has a lot, he does not have what he wants the most, Daisy.]]> 2016-09-29 00:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanbandelli/f8hd5vd0yc8g/wish/127130004 ethanbandelli https://padlet.com/ethanbandelli/f8hd5vd0yc8g/wish/129892198 During a heated argument between Tom and Gatsby, Daisy tells them that she loves Gatsby now, but that she used to love Tom as well. Once Gatsby hears this, he refuses to believe it. Not too long before his death Gatsby tells Nick that he does not "Think she ever loved him," and that she, "Hardly knew what she was saying" (Fitzgerald 159).]]> 2016-10-11 16:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanbandelli/f8hd5vd0yc8g/wish/129892198 ethanbandelli https://padlet.com/ethanbandelli/f8hd5vd0yc8g/wish/131844594 Throughout the novel Gatsby acts very flashy and buys the most flamboyant things he can. Before he sees Daisy for the first time in five years he decides to wear, "a white flannel suit, silver shirt, and gold-colored tie" (Fitzgerald 84). For most people, an outfit including a silver suit and gold tie is not an average outfit, but for Gatsby this is normal.]]> 2016-10-19 16:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanbandelli/f8hd5vd0yc8g/wish/131844594 ethanbandelli https://padlet.com/ethanbandelli/f8hd5vd0yc8g/wish/131851222 No matter what it is that Jay Gatsby wants, he is going to fight his hardest to get it, this was exemplified in terms of both wealth and Daisy in the novel. Although, Daisy Buchanan was already married Gatsby wanted to marry her and he was willing to do as much as he could to divorce Tom. Even though, Gatsby did a lot for her, he was unsuccessful in changing her mind.]]> 2016-10-19 16:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanbandelli/f8hd5vd0yc8g/wish/131851222