Chapter+9

= Chapter 9 =

Summary Nick describes Jay's funeral and how people gossiped and spread rumors about him. Nick wants to hold a big funeral for Jay but almost no one comes. Jay's father, Henry, does attend and he talks to Nick about his son. Nick decides to move back to the midwest and finds out that Jordan is engaged to another man. Before he leaves he runs into Tom in New York City. Tom says that he believes that Jay deserved to die making Nick strongly dislike Tom and Daisy. Before he leaves he goes back to the mansion and thinks sbout Jay's empty dreams about Daisy and how people all over the world have them.

Reflect This chapter reflects this time period and how people will do anything for money and wealth. Once Jay has died, Daisy went right back to Tom and acted like she did not even care. This refelcts to the authors life. When Fitzgerald first started to write, people really did not pay attention to him, like how no one went to Jay's funeral.

Common themes

Appearance Vs. reality is the most evident theme in this chapter. When Gatsby was alive, all these people would come and party at his house, and act like they loved him. In reality they were all using him. Nick tires to get people to come to his funeral, and no one is willing to come, and all act like they never liked him.

There is a small hint of revenge in this chapter when it is revealed that Tom told Mr. Wilson that it was Gatsby who hit his wife, even though it wasn’t. He new he was angry, and out for revenge, but Tom told him anyways.

Nostalgia has a small showing during Nick’s flash back about being back west, and coming home from break.

Marxist/Feminist Lens In regards to Gatsby's funeral, no one wanted to come. People seemed so indifferent. At one point, Meyer Wolfsheim says "When a man gets killed I never like to get mixed up in it in any way. I keep out. When I was a young man it was different-if a friend of mine died, no matter how, I stuck with them to the end. You may think that's sentimental, but I mean it-to the bitter end...Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead" (Fitzgerald 171-172). A big part of //The Great Gatsby// is the idea of having it all and success. Gatsby had almost everything. In his death it is evident that money and success doesn't really buy friends. It shows that people are selfish and only care about themselves. No one wanted to pay their respects to Gatsby. It makes one wonder who are 'real friends' in society.

How does color function as a symbol?

"...scrutinized me with black hostile eyes." (Fitzgerald 170) The color of black shows the power and feel given from the one short look of the Jewess. It really emphasizes the intensity between the two characters in the scene while conversing.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. //The Great Gatsby//. New York: Scribner, 2004. Print.