Monday, April 13, 2009

The Great Gatsby Chapter 9

Abstract- In this chapter Nick tries to have a funeral for Gatsby, but no one will come. He can't even get Daisy and Tom to come because they moved away. Tom decides he hates the east and wants to move back to the Midwest. He breaks up with Jordan and then finally sees Tom again and is reluctant to shake his hand and Tom tells him that Gatsby deserved to die. Nick then hates him and the east and before he leaves he goes to Gatsby's empty house and erases and bad word off his steps as he thinks about the bad things in the east compared to the west. He then thinks about how everyone has goals and are motivated to reach there own goals and how Gatsby never fulfilled his goal of getting his true love.
Response- Fitzgerald relates this chapter and book to his life heavily in how even with money and power you still cannot fulfill some of your biggest goals like Gatsby. Everyone has goals and try there very best to fulfill certain important goals and some never accomplish them. I liked this book because it was a good way to look at what happened and really take something from it.
Question-What does Nick do next?

1 comment:

  1. Ok, but your responses are pretty vague.
    Try to actually SAY something.
    47/50

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