The Great Gatsby: Chapter 6

Well, it turns out that Gatsby's real name is James Gatz and he's really from North Dakota. I guess that explains why he said he was from the Midwest before, even though he said he was from San Francisco, which isn't really in the Midwest (Loui pointed that out for me). Anywho, I guess it just shows you that Gatsby really was living a fantasy life and he finally told Nick about it much later.

I kind of enjoyed the fact that Tom became so riled up when he thought that Daisy was "getting around." It's funny how he thinks that he can go cheat on her, but NO! She can't get near another man! That is out of the question!....Oh how the tables have turned...mua ha ha!

Anywhosit....they use the word "bootlegger" a lot in this book, and I didn't really know what that meant, so I looked it up and it means: someone who makes or sells illegal liquor (or some other product). I partly believe what Tom was saying when he thought Gatsby was a bootlegger because I'm not entirely sure that Gatsby has received all of his "moolah" legally.

Another thing: in this chapter, Daisy says, "If you want to kiss me any time during the evening, Nick, just let me know and I'll be glad to arrange it for you..." yeah....she's mentioned something like this before in a previous chapter when she asked Nick if he was in love with her...isn't she his cousin?? Now I don't know how things were back then, but I hope she meant a kiss on the cheek...

I still think that there's going to be a fallout between Gatsby and Tom...It's coming...I know these things (well...I could be wrong, but I can guess can't I?!) :P

The Great Gatsby: Chapter 5

Well, first of all, did anyone else think it was bizzarre that Gatsby had his gardener come over and fix Nick's lawn in the rain? Or did I just read that wrong?
And you know that green light? It's kind of funny because it used to seem like it had such meaning, and it was only the light on Daisy's dock. Before Gatsby was always looking at that light and longing for her, now it seems like just an ordinary light to him...nothing special.

I think that the weather kind of followed the moods of the characters a little bit. At first, it was raining and nothing really seemed to be going right--everything was foggy to them. Then the sun came out and the mood of the chapter seemed to lighten as Gatsby took Nick and Daisy to his mansion.

I'm kind of wondering what's going to happen to Daisy and Gatsby if Tom finds out about them, because he's bound to find out. (I'm guessing if Tom does find out, he'll totally flip out because he doesn't have control over her...but he can go and cheat on her any time he likes, just not the other way around...judging by his personality, that's probably what he'd think...)

Personally, I like Gatsby and Daisy together way better than Tom and Daisy just because Tom is a complete...well....jerk, to put it nicely. I kind of found it funny that Mr. Wolfsheim said that Gatsby would never look at another man's wife in a previous chapter. That was probably because he was so absorbed with Daisy and he'd never even think to look at any other woman...but the fact of the matter is that Daisy is still married to Tom.....this is going to cause some issues....

The Great Gatsby: Chapter 4

I like this book better than The Grapes of Wrath. It seems to have a little more meaning and symbolism, even though there are still some wrongs that go on.

Well, first of all, one of the main things that I remember from the reading was the part where Nick is going on a drive with Mr. Gatsby in Gatsby's fancy car and they pass a limo. Nick laughs because there is a white man driving the limo and three black people riding in it and they are all looking enviously at him. He said that anything can happen now that they're over the bridge. I didn't really like how he referred to the three black people as "two bucks and a girl". Calling a person a buck, unless that's their name, just doesn't really sound good to me. I guess that he was still in that time period though.

I'm kind of wondering where Mr. Wolfsheim got the molars for his cuffs. It said that they were the finest in human teeth so that's kind of a mystery to me...and somewhat creepy. Why on earth he would want human teeth for cuffs, I don't know.

I figured Nick would sorta hook up with Jordan, but I'd never have guessed that Gatsby and Daisy used to be a couple. I think that Daisy would've been way better off with Gatsby than Tom because I really don't like Tom that much. I'm curious as to what will come next. Maybe Gatsby and Daisy will do the same thing that Tom is doing behind Daisy's back, but if Tom finds out, he'll probably go bizurk and severely harm or kill somebody. I don't know...we'll have to see.

The Great Gatsby: Chapter 2-3

I'm kind of starting to like Nick a little more. I enjoyed how he mocked pretty much everything and everyone at the party at Tom's apartment. I don't really get why those people would want to be so proper and rich and whatever. There's more important things in life to look forward to. And if I was in Myrtle's shoes, and Tom had smacked me in the nose, no matter how much pain I was in, I would've grabbed the nearest expensive vase and made it lose it's priceless value all over his ugly face, if you get my drift. I don't care how rich he is, it's not worth it for her to stay with him.

I found it interesting how Nick would refer to the people at Gatsby's party as men and "girls". I guess it just shows you the change in the time periods. Back then, it was normal for some old guy to date a young woman, but now we'd think it was just a little creepy. And I'm not sure about "Owl-eyes" and his compadre from the car accident, but they should've cut off their drinks about...oh, I'd say...10 bottles ago! I found it kind of funny that when people told them that the car had lost it's tire the one guy looked up in the air.

So far Mr. Gatsby seems like an alright guy. I'm not really sure that I believe that he killed somebody, but he is very mysterious. If he did kill somebody, it was either an accident or he has changed his ways since then because he seemed really friendly and always referred to Nick as "old sport". Maybe that's why he didn't drink at his party...maybe he killed somebody when he was drunk....just a stray thought.

Anyways, I'm kind of curious to see what'll come next. I figured that Nick probably had a thing for Jordan, so I wonder if they'll get together or whatever. I guess we'll all see....