2. Chapter four begins with Nick telling us about all the people that went to Gatsby's house that summer. Then Gatsby invited Nick to lunch and on the drive telling him about himself. That he was in the war and went to Oxford and showed Nick a picture of him at Oxford. He told Nick that he was telling him these things because he wanted Nick to know him better because he had a favor to ask and that Jordan would tell him more about when Nick had tea with her later that day. At lunch Nick and Gatsby were joined by Mr. Wolfsheim. After lunch they ran into Tom Buchanan and when Nick introduced Gatsby to Tom he was embarrassed and when Nick turned around Gatsby was gone. At lunch with Jordan, Nick learns that Daisy and Gatsby knew each other a long time ago and that Daisy did not want to marry Tom and almost did not but she ended up marrying Tom. We also learn that Tom had been cheating on Daisy for a long time not just recently but for their whole marriage. Nick then learns that the favor Gatsby wanted was for Nick to invite Daisy over to his house and then let Gatsby come by so they could see each other but he did not want Daisy to know. This chapter ends with Nick kissing Jordan.
3. a. Jay Gatsby
b. I had talked with him perhaps six times in the past month and found, to my disappointment, that he had little to say. So my first impression, that he was a person of some undefined consequence, had gradually faded and he had become simply the proprietor of an elaborate road-house next door. (Fitzgerald 64)
c. Gatsby's best qualities is his "sensitivity to the promises of life....it was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as i have never found in any other person and which is not likely I shall ever find again." (Fitzgerald 2) He is a hopeless romantic, everything he does is for hope and romance. He throws huge parties, not for appearances he hardly ever talks with anyone at his parties, he throws them in hopes that Daisy will come to his party. Daisy, the women he is truly in love with.
d. Gatsby's role in this novel is to win Daisy. He has been in love with her for so long and now that he finally has money he wants her to know it so she will come back to him. This novel is all about the love between Gatsby and Daisy. His other purpose is to give us insight into what has happened in the past via telling Nick.
4. The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking, in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at some time, and because it seemed romantic to me I have remembered the incident ever since. His name was Jay Gatsby, and I didn't lay eyes on him again for over four years-even after I'd met him on Long Island I didn't realize it was the same man. (Fitzgerald 75)
This quote is extremely important because it reveals that Gatsby and Daisy knew each other and that they had dated. This is important because this is where the novel really starts. It ties everything from the first three chapters together: why Gatsby was standing at the dock looking at East Egg, looking at Daisy, why Daisy had the loud reaction when Jordan mentioned Gatsby's name, because she knew him.
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