About this time an ambitious young reporter from New York arrived one morning at Gatsbys door and asked him if he had anything to say
James Gatz Nick begins to set
the record straight about Gatsbys past
James Gatz was his legal name
He had changed it at the age of seventeen
James Gatz
Jay Gatsby
ChildhoodHis parents were
shiftless and unsuccessful farm people from North Dakota
Even as a boy he dreamed
of a better life
At age sixteen he set off to make his own way as a clam digger and salmon fisherman on the shore of Lake Superior
The TransitionWhile working along Lake
Superior Gatsby saw a large yacht drop anchor nearby
It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach
that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair
of canvas pants but it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a rowboat and pulled out to the Yacht
Dan Cody
Dan Cody was fifty years old
Worth millions due to his Montana copper mining venture
With vast wealth and no purpose he became a drifter drinker and womanizer sometimes prone to violence
Traveling
Dan Cody took an immediate liking to the young Gatsby and believed him to be quick and ambitious
As a result Cody invited the youth to sail with him to the West Indies while serving in a vague capacity as steward mate skipper and secretary
In essence Gatsby became Codys assistant and protector watching over him during his drunken outings and wild parties
Cody trusted the young man more and more
The arrangement lasted five years and through three trips around the continent
Ella Kaye
Ella Kaye was newspaper woman involved with Dan Cody
Ella Kaye came on board one night in Boston and a week later Dan Cody died
Inheritance Lost
And it was from Cody that he inherited money
A legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars
He didnt get it He never understood the
legal device that was used against him but what remained of the millions went intact to Ella Kaye
Back to the present
Nick has not seen his neighbor in several weeks because Gatsby is devoting his time to Daisy and Nick has been involved with Jordan
As a result Nick decides to go over and check on Gatsby one Sunday afternoon
He has not been in Gatsbys mansion for two minutes when a party of three horseback riders stops for a drink
Moved by an irresistible impulse Gatsby turned to Tom who had accepted the introduction as a stranger
ldquoI believe weve met somewhere before Mr Buchananrdquo ldquoOh yesrdquo said Tom gruffly polite but obviously not remembering ldquoSo we
did I remember very wellrdquo ldquoAbout two weeks agordquo ldquoThats right You were with Nick hererdquo ldquoI know your wiferdquo continued Gatsby almost aggressively ldquoThat sordquo Tom turned to me ldquoYou live near here Nickrdquo ldquoNext doorrdquo ldquoThat sordquo
Social Graces
Gatsby asks the trio to stay for dinner The female rider suggests out of politeness that
Gatsby come to supper with themGatsby does not realize that she doesnrsquot mean it
and he goes off to change for the dinner party Tom remarks ldquoMy God I believe the mans
coming Doesnt he know she doesnt want himrdquoTom immediately recognizes Gatsbys lack of class
and wonders how in the world Daisy knows him When Gatsby returns downstairs he discovers he
has been left behind
Next Saturday
Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisys running around alone for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsbys party
I felt an unpleasantness in the air a pervading harshness that hadnt been there before
The party
Daisy and Gatsby danced
I remember being surprised by his graceful conservative fox-trot - I had never seen him dance before
Then they went to Nickrsquos house and sat on the steps for half an hour
Nick ldquoremained watchfully in the garden ldquoIn case theres a fire or a floodrdquo she explained ldquoor any act of Godrdquo
The Party continues
Daisy tries to be excited about the party-goers and involved in the festivities but everything about the party offends her The women are inebriated and acting poorly and Tom is chasing a girl who is ldquocommon but prettyrdquo
Gatsby introduces Tom as the polo playerhellip
And Tom does not like it
Tom amp Daisy Leave
ldquoWho is this Gatsby anyhowrdquo demanded Tom suddenly ldquoSome big bootleggerrdquo
ldquoWhered you hear thatrdquo I inquired
ldquoI didnt hear it I imagined it A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers you knowrdquo
After the party
Gatsby asks Nick to stay after the other guests have left
Nick immediately notices that his neighbors eyes look tired and that his face is drawn tight
He is the picture of misery Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy
the party that she does not understand him and that he feels far away from her
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Rumors still abound
About this time an ambitious young reporter from New York arrived one morning at Gatsbys door and asked him if he had anything to say
James Gatz Nick begins to set
the record straight about Gatsbys past
James Gatz was his legal name
He had changed it at the age of seventeen
James Gatz
Jay Gatsby
ChildhoodHis parents were
shiftless and unsuccessful farm people from North Dakota
Even as a boy he dreamed
of a better life
At age sixteen he set off to make his own way as a clam digger and salmon fisherman on the shore of Lake Superior
The TransitionWhile working along Lake
Superior Gatsby saw a large yacht drop anchor nearby
It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach
that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair
of canvas pants but it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a rowboat and pulled out to the Yacht
Dan Cody
Dan Cody was fifty years old
Worth millions due to his Montana copper mining venture
With vast wealth and no purpose he became a drifter drinker and womanizer sometimes prone to violence
Traveling
Dan Cody took an immediate liking to the young Gatsby and believed him to be quick and ambitious
As a result Cody invited the youth to sail with him to the West Indies while serving in a vague capacity as steward mate skipper and secretary
In essence Gatsby became Codys assistant and protector watching over him during his drunken outings and wild parties
Cody trusted the young man more and more
The arrangement lasted five years and through three trips around the continent
Ella Kaye
Ella Kaye was newspaper woman involved with Dan Cody
Ella Kaye came on board one night in Boston and a week later Dan Cody died
Inheritance Lost
And it was from Cody that he inherited money
A legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars
He didnt get it He never understood the
legal device that was used against him but what remained of the millions went intact to Ella Kaye
Back to the present
Nick has not seen his neighbor in several weeks because Gatsby is devoting his time to Daisy and Nick has been involved with Jordan
As a result Nick decides to go over and check on Gatsby one Sunday afternoon
He has not been in Gatsbys mansion for two minutes when a party of three horseback riders stops for a drink
Moved by an irresistible impulse Gatsby turned to Tom who had accepted the introduction as a stranger
ldquoI believe weve met somewhere before Mr Buchananrdquo ldquoOh yesrdquo said Tom gruffly polite but obviously not remembering ldquoSo we
did I remember very wellrdquo ldquoAbout two weeks agordquo ldquoThats right You were with Nick hererdquo ldquoI know your wiferdquo continued Gatsby almost aggressively ldquoThat sordquo Tom turned to me ldquoYou live near here Nickrdquo ldquoNext doorrdquo ldquoThat sordquo
Social Graces
Gatsby asks the trio to stay for dinner The female rider suggests out of politeness that
Gatsby come to supper with themGatsby does not realize that she doesnrsquot mean it
and he goes off to change for the dinner party Tom remarks ldquoMy God I believe the mans
coming Doesnt he know she doesnt want himrdquoTom immediately recognizes Gatsbys lack of class
and wonders how in the world Daisy knows him When Gatsby returns downstairs he discovers he
has been left behind
Next Saturday
Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisys running around alone for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsbys party
I felt an unpleasantness in the air a pervading harshness that hadnt been there before
The party
Daisy and Gatsby danced
I remember being surprised by his graceful conservative fox-trot - I had never seen him dance before
Then they went to Nickrsquos house and sat on the steps for half an hour
Nick ldquoremained watchfully in the garden ldquoIn case theres a fire or a floodrdquo she explained ldquoor any act of Godrdquo
The Party continues
Daisy tries to be excited about the party-goers and involved in the festivities but everything about the party offends her The women are inebriated and acting poorly and Tom is chasing a girl who is ldquocommon but prettyrdquo
Gatsby introduces Tom as the polo playerhellip
And Tom does not like it
Tom amp Daisy Leave
ldquoWho is this Gatsby anyhowrdquo demanded Tom suddenly ldquoSome big bootleggerrdquo
ldquoWhered you hear thatrdquo I inquired
ldquoI didnt hear it I imagined it A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers you knowrdquo
After the party
Gatsby asks Nick to stay after the other guests have left
Nick immediately notices that his neighbors eyes look tired and that his face is drawn tight
He is the picture of misery Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy
the party that she does not understand him and that he feels far away from her
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
James Gatz Nick begins to set
the record straight about Gatsbys past
James Gatz was his legal name
He had changed it at the age of seventeen
James Gatz
Jay Gatsby
ChildhoodHis parents were
shiftless and unsuccessful farm people from North Dakota
Even as a boy he dreamed
of a better life
At age sixteen he set off to make his own way as a clam digger and salmon fisherman on the shore of Lake Superior
The TransitionWhile working along Lake
Superior Gatsby saw a large yacht drop anchor nearby
It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach
that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair
of canvas pants but it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a rowboat and pulled out to the Yacht
Dan Cody
Dan Cody was fifty years old
Worth millions due to his Montana copper mining venture
With vast wealth and no purpose he became a drifter drinker and womanizer sometimes prone to violence
Traveling
Dan Cody took an immediate liking to the young Gatsby and believed him to be quick and ambitious
As a result Cody invited the youth to sail with him to the West Indies while serving in a vague capacity as steward mate skipper and secretary
In essence Gatsby became Codys assistant and protector watching over him during his drunken outings and wild parties
Cody trusted the young man more and more
The arrangement lasted five years and through three trips around the continent
Ella Kaye
Ella Kaye was newspaper woman involved with Dan Cody
Ella Kaye came on board one night in Boston and a week later Dan Cody died
Inheritance Lost
And it was from Cody that he inherited money
A legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars
He didnt get it He never understood the
legal device that was used against him but what remained of the millions went intact to Ella Kaye
Back to the present
Nick has not seen his neighbor in several weeks because Gatsby is devoting his time to Daisy and Nick has been involved with Jordan
As a result Nick decides to go over and check on Gatsby one Sunday afternoon
He has not been in Gatsbys mansion for two minutes when a party of three horseback riders stops for a drink
Moved by an irresistible impulse Gatsby turned to Tom who had accepted the introduction as a stranger
ldquoI believe weve met somewhere before Mr Buchananrdquo ldquoOh yesrdquo said Tom gruffly polite but obviously not remembering ldquoSo we
did I remember very wellrdquo ldquoAbout two weeks agordquo ldquoThats right You were with Nick hererdquo ldquoI know your wiferdquo continued Gatsby almost aggressively ldquoThat sordquo Tom turned to me ldquoYou live near here Nickrdquo ldquoNext doorrdquo ldquoThat sordquo
Social Graces
Gatsby asks the trio to stay for dinner The female rider suggests out of politeness that
Gatsby come to supper with themGatsby does not realize that she doesnrsquot mean it
and he goes off to change for the dinner party Tom remarks ldquoMy God I believe the mans
coming Doesnt he know she doesnt want himrdquoTom immediately recognizes Gatsbys lack of class
and wonders how in the world Daisy knows him When Gatsby returns downstairs he discovers he
has been left behind
Next Saturday
Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisys running around alone for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsbys party
I felt an unpleasantness in the air a pervading harshness that hadnt been there before
The party
Daisy and Gatsby danced
I remember being surprised by his graceful conservative fox-trot - I had never seen him dance before
Then they went to Nickrsquos house and sat on the steps for half an hour
Nick ldquoremained watchfully in the garden ldquoIn case theres a fire or a floodrdquo she explained ldquoor any act of Godrdquo
The Party continues
Daisy tries to be excited about the party-goers and involved in the festivities but everything about the party offends her The women are inebriated and acting poorly and Tom is chasing a girl who is ldquocommon but prettyrdquo
Gatsby introduces Tom as the polo playerhellip
And Tom does not like it
Tom amp Daisy Leave
ldquoWho is this Gatsby anyhowrdquo demanded Tom suddenly ldquoSome big bootleggerrdquo
ldquoWhered you hear thatrdquo I inquired
ldquoI didnt hear it I imagined it A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers you knowrdquo
After the party
Gatsby asks Nick to stay after the other guests have left
Nick immediately notices that his neighbors eyes look tired and that his face is drawn tight
He is the picture of misery Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy
the party that she does not understand him and that he feels far away from her
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
ChildhoodHis parents were
shiftless and unsuccessful farm people from North Dakota
Even as a boy he dreamed
of a better life
At age sixteen he set off to make his own way as a clam digger and salmon fisherman on the shore of Lake Superior
The TransitionWhile working along Lake
Superior Gatsby saw a large yacht drop anchor nearby
It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach
that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair
of canvas pants but it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a rowboat and pulled out to the Yacht
Dan Cody
Dan Cody was fifty years old
Worth millions due to his Montana copper mining venture
With vast wealth and no purpose he became a drifter drinker and womanizer sometimes prone to violence
Traveling
Dan Cody took an immediate liking to the young Gatsby and believed him to be quick and ambitious
As a result Cody invited the youth to sail with him to the West Indies while serving in a vague capacity as steward mate skipper and secretary
In essence Gatsby became Codys assistant and protector watching over him during his drunken outings and wild parties
Cody trusted the young man more and more
The arrangement lasted five years and through three trips around the continent
Ella Kaye
Ella Kaye was newspaper woman involved with Dan Cody
Ella Kaye came on board one night in Boston and a week later Dan Cody died
Inheritance Lost
And it was from Cody that he inherited money
A legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars
He didnt get it He never understood the
legal device that was used against him but what remained of the millions went intact to Ella Kaye
Back to the present
Nick has not seen his neighbor in several weeks because Gatsby is devoting his time to Daisy and Nick has been involved with Jordan
As a result Nick decides to go over and check on Gatsby one Sunday afternoon
He has not been in Gatsbys mansion for two minutes when a party of three horseback riders stops for a drink
Moved by an irresistible impulse Gatsby turned to Tom who had accepted the introduction as a stranger
ldquoI believe weve met somewhere before Mr Buchananrdquo ldquoOh yesrdquo said Tom gruffly polite but obviously not remembering ldquoSo we
did I remember very wellrdquo ldquoAbout two weeks agordquo ldquoThats right You were with Nick hererdquo ldquoI know your wiferdquo continued Gatsby almost aggressively ldquoThat sordquo Tom turned to me ldquoYou live near here Nickrdquo ldquoNext doorrdquo ldquoThat sordquo
Social Graces
Gatsby asks the trio to stay for dinner The female rider suggests out of politeness that
Gatsby come to supper with themGatsby does not realize that she doesnrsquot mean it
and he goes off to change for the dinner party Tom remarks ldquoMy God I believe the mans
coming Doesnt he know she doesnt want himrdquoTom immediately recognizes Gatsbys lack of class
and wonders how in the world Daisy knows him When Gatsby returns downstairs he discovers he
has been left behind
Next Saturday
Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisys running around alone for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsbys party
I felt an unpleasantness in the air a pervading harshness that hadnt been there before
The party
Daisy and Gatsby danced
I remember being surprised by his graceful conservative fox-trot - I had never seen him dance before
Then they went to Nickrsquos house and sat on the steps for half an hour
Nick ldquoremained watchfully in the garden ldquoIn case theres a fire or a floodrdquo she explained ldquoor any act of Godrdquo
The Party continues
Daisy tries to be excited about the party-goers and involved in the festivities but everything about the party offends her The women are inebriated and acting poorly and Tom is chasing a girl who is ldquocommon but prettyrdquo
Gatsby introduces Tom as the polo playerhellip
And Tom does not like it
Tom amp Daisy Leave
ldquoWho is this Gatsby anyhowrdquo demanded Tom suddenly ldquoSome big bootleggerrdquo
ldquoWhered you hear thatrdquo I inquired
ldquoI didnt hear it I imagined it A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers you knowrdquo
After the party
Gatsby asks Nick to stay after the other guests have left
Nick immediately notices that his neighbors eyes look tired and that his face is drawn tight
He is the picture of misery Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy
the party that she does not understand him and that he feels far away from her
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
At age sixteen he set off to make his own way as a clam digger and salmon fisherman on the shore of Lake Superior
The TransitionWhile working along Lake
Superior Gatsby saw a large yacht drop anchor nearby
It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach
that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair
of canvas pants but it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a rowboat and pulled out to the Yacht
Dan Cody
Dan Cody was fifty years old
Worth millions due to his Montana copper mining venture
With vast wealth and no purpose he became a drifter drinker and womanizer sometimes prone to violence
Traveling
Dan Cody took an immediate liking to the young Gatsby and believed him to be quick and ambitious
As a result Cody invited the youth to sail with him to the West Indies while serving in a vague capacity as steward mate skipper and secretary
In essence Gatsby became Codys assistant and protector watching over him during his drunken outings and wild parties
Cody trusted the young man more and more
The arrangement lasted five years and through three trips around the continent
Ella Kaye
Ella Kaye was newspaper woman involved with Dan Cody
Ella Kaye came on board one night in Boston and a week later Dan Cody died
Inheritance Lost
And it was from Cody that he inherited money
A legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars
He didnt get it He never understood the
legal device that was used against him but what remained of the millions went intact to Ella Kaye
Back to the present
Nick has not seen his neighbor in several weeks because Gatsby is devoting his time to Daisy and Nick has been involved with Jordan
As a result Nick decides to go over and check on Gatsby one Sunday afternoon
He has not been in Gatsbys mansion for two minutes when a party of three horseback riders stops for a drink
Moved by an irresistible impulse Gatsby turned to Tom who had accepted the introduction as a stranger
ldquoI believe weve met somewhere before Mr Buchananrdquo ldquoOh yesrdquo said Tom gruffly polite but obviously not remembering ldquoSo we
did I remember very wellrdquo ldquoAbout two weeks agordquo ldquoThats right You were with Nick hererdquo ldquoI know your wiferdquo continued Gatsby almost aggressively ldquoThat sordquo Tom turned to me ldquoYou live near here Nickrdquo ldquoNext doorrdquo ldquoThat sordquo
Social Graces
Gatsby asks the trio to stay for dinner The female rider suggests out of politeness that
Gatsby come to supper with themGatsby does not realize that she doesnrsquot mean it
and he goes off to change for the dinner party Tom remarks ldquoMy God I believe the mans
coming Doesnt he know she doesnt want himrdquoTom immediately recognizes Gatsbys lack of class
and wonders how in the world Daisy knows him When Gatsby returns downstairs he discovers he
has been left behind
Next Saturday
Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisys running around alone for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsbys party
I felt an unpleasantness in the air a pervading harshness that hadnt been there before
The party
Daisy and Gatsby danced
I remember being surprised by his graceful conservative fox-trot - I had never seen him dance before
Then they went to Nickrsquos house and sat on the steps for half an hour
Nick ldquoremained watchfully in the garden ldquoIn case theres a fire or a floodrdquo she explained ldquoor any act of Godrdquo
The Party continues
Daisy tries to be excited about the party-goers and involved in the festivities but everything about the party offends her The women are inebriated and acting poorly and Tom is chasing a girl who is ldquocommon but prettyrdquo
Gatsby introduces Tom as the polo playerhellip
And Tom does not like it
Tom amp Daisy Leave
ldquoWho is this Gatsby anyhowrdquo demanded Tom suddenly ldquoSome big bootleggerrdquo
ldquoWhered you hear thatrdquo I inquired
ldquoI didnt hear it I imagined it A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers you knowrdquo
After the party
Gatsby asks Nick to stay after the other guests have left
Nick immediately notices that his neighbors eyes look tired and that his face is drawn tight
He is the picture of misery Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy
the party that she does not understand him and that he feels far away from her
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
The TransitionWhile working along Lake
Superior Gatsby saw a large yacht drop anchor nearby
It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach
that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair
of canvas pants but it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a rowboat and pulled out to the Yacht
Dan Cody
Dan Cody was fifty years old
Worth millions due to his Montana copper mining venture
With vast wealth and no purpose he became a drifter drinker and womanizer sometimes prone to violence
Traveling
Dan Cody took an immediate liking to the young Gatsby and believed him to be quick and ambitious
As a result Cody invited the youth to sail with him to the West Indies while serving in a vague capacity as steward mate skipper and secretary
In essence Gatsby became Codys assistant and protector watching over him during his drunken outings and wild parties
Cody trusted the young man more and more
The arrangement lasted five years and through three trips around the continent
Ella Kaye
Ella Kaye was newspaper woman involved with Dan Cody
Ella Kaye came on board one night in Boston and a week later Dan Cody died
Inheritance Lost
And it was from Cody that he inherited money
A legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars
He didnt get it He never understood the
legal device that was used against him but what remained of the millions went intact to Ella Kaye
Back to the present
Nick has not seen his neighbor in several weeks because Gatsby is devoting his time to Daisy and Nick has been involved with Jordan
As a result Nick decides to go over and check on Gatsby one Sunday afternoon
He has not been in Gatsbys mansion for two minutes when a party of three horseback riders stops for a drink
Moved by an irresistible impulse Gatsby turned to Tom who had accepted the introduction as a stranger
ldquoI believe weve met somewhere before Mr Buchananrdquo ldquoOh yesrdquo said Tom gruffly polite but obviously not remembering ldquoSo we
did I remember very wellrdquo ldquoAbout two weeks agordquo ldquoThats right You were with Nick hererdquo ldquoI know your wiferdquo continued Gatsby almost aggressively ldquoThat sordquo Tom turned to me ldquoYou live near here Nickrdquo ldquoNext doorrdquo ldquoThat sordquo
Social Graces
Gatsby asks the trio to stay for dinner The female rider suggests out of politeness that
Gatsby come to supper with themGatsby does not realize that she doesnrsquot mean it
and he goes off to change for the dinner party Tom remarks ldquoMy God I believe the mans
coming Doesnt he know she doesnt want himrdquoTom immediately recognizes Gatsbys lack of class
and wonders how in the world Daisy knows him When Gatsby returns downstairs he discovers he
has been left behind
Next Saturday
Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisys running around alone for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsbys party
I felt an unpleasantness in the air a pervading harshness that hadnt been there before
The party
Daisy and Gatsby danced
I remember being surprised by his graceful conservative fox-trot - I had never seen him dance before
Then they went to Nickrsquos house and sat on the steps for half an hour
Nick ldquoremained watchfully in the garden ldquoIn case theres a fire or a floodrdquo she explained ldquoor any act of Godrdquo
The Party continues
Daisy tries to be excited about the party-goers and involved in the festivities but everything about the party offends her The women are inebriated and acting poorly and Tom is chasing a girl who is ldquocommon but prettyrdquo
Gatsby introduces Tom as the polo playerhellip
And Tom does not like it
Tom amp Daisy Leave
ldquoWho is this Gatsby anyhowrdquo demanded Tom suddenly ldquoSome big bootleggerrdquo
ldquoWhered you hear thatrdquo I inquired
ldquoI didnt hear it I imagined it A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers you knowrdquo
After the party
Gatsby asks Nick to stay after the other guests have left
Nick immediately notices that his neighbors eyes look tired and that his face is drawn tight
He is the picture of misery Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy
the party that she does not understand him and that he feels far away from her
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Dan Cody
Dan Cody was fifty years old
Worth millions due to his Montana copper mining venture
With vast wealth and no purpose he became a drifter drinker and womanizer sometimes prone to violence
Traveling
Dan Cody took an immediate liking to the young Gatsby and believed him to be quick and ambitious
As a result Cody invited the youth to sail with him to the West Indies while serving in a vague capacity as steward mate skipper and secretary
In essence Gatsby became Codys assistant and protector watching over him during his drunken outings and wild parties
Cody trusted the young man more and more
The arrangement lasted five years and through three trips around the continent
Ella Kaye
Ella Kaye was newspaper woman involved with Dan Cody
Ella Kaye came on board one night in Boston and a week later Dan Cody died
Inheritance Lost
And it was from Cody that he inherited money
A legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars
He didnt get it He never understood the
legal device that was used against him but what remained of the millions went intact to Ella Kaye
Back to the present
Nick has not seen his neighbor in several weeks because Gatsby is devoting his time to Daisy and Nick has been involved with Jordan
As a result Nick decides to go over and check on Gatsby one Sunday afternoon
He has not been in Gatsbys mansion for two minutes when a party of three horseback riders stops for a drink
Moved by an irresistible impulse Gatsby turned to Tom who had accepted the introduction as a stranger
ldquoI believe weve met somewhere before Mr Buchananrdquo ldquoOh yesrdquo said Tom gruffly polite but obviously not remembering ldquoSo we
did I remember very wellrdquo ldquoAbout two weeks agordquo ldquoThats right You were with Nick hererdquo ldquoI know your wiferdquo continued Gatsby almost aggressively ldquoThat sordquo Tom turned to me ldquoYou live near here Nickrdquo ldquoNext doorrdquo ldquoThat sordquo
Social Graces
Gatsby asks the trio to stay for dinner The female rider suggests out of politeness that
Gatsby come to supper with themGatsby does not realize that she doesnrsquot mean it
and he goes off to change for the dinner party Tom remarks ldquoMy God I believe the mans
coming Doesnt he know she doesnt want himrdquoTom immediately recognizes Gatsbys lack of class
and wonders how in the world Daisy knows him When Gatsby returns downstairs he discovers he
has been left behind
Next Saturday
Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisys running around alone for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsbys party
I felt an unpleasantness in the air a pervading harshness that hadnt been there before
The party
Daisy and Gatsby danced
I remember being surprised by his graceful conservative fox-trot - I had never seen him dance before
Then they went to Nickrsquos house and sat on the steps for half an hour
Nick ldquoremained watchfully in the garden ldquoIn case theres a fire or a floodrdquo she explained ldquoor any act of Godrdquo
The Party continues
Daisy tries to be excited about the party-goers and involved in the festivities but everything about the party offends her The women are inebriated and acting poorly and Tom is chasing a girl who is ldquocommon but prettyrdquo
Gatsby introduces Tom as the polo playerhellip
And Tom does not like it
Tom amp Daisy Leave
ldquoWho is this Gatsby anyhowrdquo demanded Tom suddenly ldquoSome big bootleggerrdquo
ldquoWhered you hear thatrdquo I inquired
ldquoI didnt hear it I imagined it A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers you knowrdquo
After the party
Gatsby asks Nick to stay after the other guests have left
Nick immediately notices that his neighbors eyes look tired and that his face is drawn tight
He is the picture of misery Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy
the party that she does not understand him and that he feels far away from her
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Traveling
Dan Cody took an immediate liking to the young Gatsby and believed him to be quick and ambitious
As a result Cody invited the youth to sail with him to the West Indies while serving in a vague capacity as steward mate skipper and secretary
In essence Gatsby became Codys assistant and protector watching over him during his drunken outings and wild parties
Cody trusted the young man more and more
The arrangement lasted five years and through three trips around the continent
Ella Kaye
Ella Kaye was newspaper woman involved with Dan Cody
Ella Kaye came on board one night in Boston and a week later Dan Cody died
Inheritance Lost
And it was from Cody that he inherited money
A legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars
He didnt get it He never understood the
legal device that was used against him but what remained of the millions went intact to Ella Kaye
Back to the present
Nick has not seen his neighbor in several weeks because Gatsby is devoting his time to Daisy and Nick has been involved with Jordan
As a result Nick decides to go over and check on Gatsby one Sunday afternoon
He has not been in Gatsbys mansion for two minutes when a party of three horseback riders stops for a drink
Moved by an irresistible impulse Gatsby turned to Tom who had accepted the introduction as a stranger
ldquoI believe weve met somewhere before Mr Buchananrdquo ldquoOh yesrdquo said Tom gruffly polite but obviously not remembering ldquoSo we
did I remember very wellrdquo ldquoAbout two weeks agordquo ldquoThats right You were with Nick hererdquo ldquoI know your wiferdquo continued Gatsby almost aggressively ldquoThat sordquo Tom turned to me ldquoYou live near here Nickrdquo ldquoNext doorrdquo ldquoThat sordquo
Social Graces
Gatsby asks the trio to stay for dinner The female rider suggests out of politeness that
Gatsby come to supper with themGatsby does not realize that she doesnrsquot mean it
and he goes off to change for the dinner party Tom remarks ldquoMy God I believe the mans
coming Doesnt he know she doesnt want himrdquoTom immediately recognizes Gatsbys lack of class
and wonders how in the world Daisy knows him When Gatsby returns downstairs he discovers he
has been left behind
Next Saturday
Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisys running around alone for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsbys party
I felt an unpleasantness in the air a pervading harshness that hadnt been there before
The party
Daisy and Gatsby danced
I remember being surprised by his graceful conservative fox-trot - I had never seen him dance before
Then they went to Nickrsquos house and sat on the steps for half an hour
Nick ldquoremained watchfully in the garden ldquoIn case theres a fire or a floodrdquo she explained ldquoor any act of Godrdquo
The Party continues
Daisy tries to be excited about the party-goers and involved in the festivities but everything about the party offends her The women are inebriated and acting poorly and Tom is chasing a girl who is ldquocommon but prettyrdquo
Gatsby introduces Tom as the polo playerhellip
And Tom does not like it
Tom amp Daisy Leave
ldquoWho is this Gatsby anyhowrdquo demanded Tom suddenly ldquoSome big bootleggerrdquo
ldquoWhered you hear thatrdquo I inquired
ldquoI didnt hear it I imagined it A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers you knowrdquo
After the party
Gatsby asks Nick to stay after the other guests have left
Nick immediately notices that his neighbors eyes look tired and that his face is drawn tight
He is the picture of misery Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy
the party that she does not understand him and that he feels far away from her
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
In essence Gatsby became Codys assistant and protector watching over him during his drunken outings and wild parties
Cody trusted the young man more and more
The arrangement lasted five years and through three trips around the continent
Ella Kaye
Ella Kaye was newspaper woman involved with Dan Cody
Ella Kaye came on board one night in Boston and a week later Dan Cody died
Inheritance Lost
And it was from Cody that he inherited money
A legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars
He didnt get it He never understood the
legal device that was used against him but what remained of the millions went intact to Ella Kaye
Back to the present
Nick has not seen his neighbor in several weeks because Gatsby is devoting his time to Daisy and Nick has been involved with Jordan
As a result Nick decides to go over and check on Gatsby one Sunday afternoon
He has not been in Gatsbys mansion for two minutes when a party of three horseback riders stops for a drink
Moved by an irresistible impulse Gatsby turned to Tom who had accepted the introduction as a stranger
ldquoI believe weve met somewhere before Mr Buchananrdquo ldquoOh yesrdquo said Tom gruffly polite but obviously not remembering ldquoSo we
did I remember very wellrdquo ldquoAbout two weeks agordquo ldquoThats right You were with Nick hererdquo ldquoI know your wiferdquo continued Gatsby almost aggressively ldquoThat sordquo Tom turned to me ldquoYou live near here Nickrdquo ldquoNext doorrdquo ldquoThat sordquo
Social Graces
Gatsby asks the trio to stay for dinner The female rider suggests out of politeness that
Gatsby come to supper with themGatsby does not realize that she doesnrsquot mean it
and he goes off to change for the dinner party Tom remarks ldquoMy God I believe the mans
coming Doesnt he know she doesnt want himrdquoTom immediately recognizes Gatsbys lack of class
and wonders how in the world Daisy knows him When Gatsby returns downstairs he discovers he
has been left behind
Next Saturday
Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisys running around alone for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsbys party
I felt an unpleasantness in the air a pervading harshness that hadnt been there before
The party
Daisy and Gatsby danced
I remember being surprised by his graceful conservative fox-trot - I had never seen him dance before
Then they went to Nickrsquos house and sat on the steps for half an hour
Nick ldquoremained watchfully in the garden ldquoIn case theres a fire or a floodrdquo she explained ldquoor any act of Godrdquo
The Party continues
Daisy tries to be excited about the party-goers and involved in the festivities but everything about the party offends her The women are inebriated and acting poorly and Tom is chasing a girl who is ldquocommon but prettyrdquo
Gatsby introduces Tom as the polo playerhellip
And Tom does not like it
Tom amp Daisy Leave
ldquoWho is this Gatsby anyhowrdquo demanded Tom suddenly ldquoSome big bootleggerrdquo
ldquoWhered you hear thatrdquo I inquired
ldquoI didnt hear it I imagined it A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers you knowrdquo
After the party
Gatsby asks Nick to stay after the other guests have left
Nick immediately notices that his neighbors eyes look tired and that his face is drawn tight
He is the picture of misery Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy
the party that she does not understand him and that he feels far away from her
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Ella Kaye
Ella Kaye was newspaper woman involved with Dan Cody
Ella Kaye came on board one night in Boston and a week later Dan Cody died
Inheritance Lost
And it was from Cody that he inherited money
A legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars
He didnt get it He never understood the
legal device that was used against him but what remained of the millions went intact to Ella Kaye
Back to the present
Nick has not seen his neighbor in several weeks because Gatsby is devoting his time to Daisy and Nick has been involved with Jordan
As a result Nick decides to go over and check on Gatsby one Sunday afternoon
He has not been in Gatsbys mansion for two minutes when a party of three horseback riders stops for a drink
Moved by an irresistible impulse Gatsby turned to Tom who had accepted the introduction as a stranger
ldquoI believe weve met somewhere before Mr Buchananrdquo ldquoOh yesrdquo said Tom gruffly polite but obviously not remembering ldquoSo we
did I remember very wellrdquo ldquoAbout two weeks agordquo ldquoThats right You were with Nick hererdquo ldquoI know your wiferdquo continued Gatsby almost aggressively ldquoThat sordquo Tom turned to me ldquoYou live near here Nickrdquo ldquoNext doorrdquo ldquoThat sordquo
Social Graces
Gatsby asks the trio to stay for dinner The female rider suggests out of politeness that
Gatsby come to supper with themGatsby does not realize that she doesnrsquot mean it
and he goes off to change for the dinner party Tom remarks ldquoMy God I believe the mans
coming Doesnt he know she doesnt want himrdquoTom immediately recognizes Gatsbys lack of class
and wonders how in the world Daisy knows him When Gatsby returns downstairs he discovers he
has been left behind
Next Saturday
Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisys running around alone for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsbys party
I felt an unpleasantness in the air a pervading harshness that hadnt been there before
The party
Daisy and Gatsby danced
I remember being surprised by his graceful conservative fox-trot - I had never seen him dance before
Then they went to Nickrsquos house and sat on the steps for half an hour
Nick ldquoremained watchfully in the garden ldquoIn case theres a fire or a floodrdquo she explained ldquoor any act of Godrdquo
The Party continues
Daisy tries to be excited about the party-goers and involved in the festivities but everything about the party offends her The women are inebriated and acting poorly and Tom is chasing a girl who is ldquocommon but prettyrdquo
Gatsby introduces Tom as the polo playerhellip
And Tom does not like it
Tom amp Daisy Leave
ldquoWho is this Gatsby anyhowrdquo demanded Tom suddenly ldquoSome big bootleggerrdquo
ldquoWhered you hear thatrdquo I inquired
ldquoI didnt hear it I imagined it A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers you knowrdquo
After the party
Gatsby asks Nick to stay after the other guests have left
Nick immediately notices that his neighbors eyes look tired and that his face is drawn tight
He is the picture of misery Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy
the party that she does not understand him and that he feels far away from her
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Inheritance Lost
And it was from Cody that he inherited money
A legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars
He didnt get it He never understood the
legal device that was used against him but what remained of the millions went intact to Ella Kaye
Back to the present
Nick has not seen his neighbor in several weeks because Gatsby is devoting his time to Daisy and Nick has been involved with Jordan
As a result Nick decides to go over and check on Gatsby one Sunday afternoon
He has not been in Gatsbys mansion for two minutes when a party of three horseback riders stops for a drink
Moved by an irresistible impulse Gatsby turned to Tom who had accepted the introduction as a stranger
ldquoI believe weve met somewhere before Mr Buchananrdquo ldquoOh yesrdquo said Tom gruffly polite but obviously not remembering ldquoSo we
did I remember very wellrdquo ldquoAbout two weeks agordquo ldquoThats right You were with Nick hererdquo ldquoI know your wiferdquo continued Gatsby almost aggressively ldquoThat sordquo Tom turned to me ldquoYou live near here Nickrdquo ldquoNext doorrdquo ldquoThat sordquo
Social Graces
Gatsby asks the trio to stay for dinner The female rider suggests out of politeness that
Gatsby come to supper with themGatsby does not realize that she doesnrsquot mean it
and he goes off to change for the dinner party Tom remarks ldquoMy God I believe the mans
coming Doesnt he know she doesnt want himrdquoTom immediately recognizes Gatsbys lack of class
and wonders how in the world Daisy knows him When Gatsby returns downstairs he discovers he
has been left behind
Next Saturday
Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisys running around alone for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsbys party
I felt an unpleasantness in the air a pervading harshness that hadnt been there before
The party
Daisy and Gatsby danced
I remember being surprised by his graceful conservative fox-trot - I had never seen him dance before
Then they went to Nickrsquos house and sat on the steps for half an hour
Nick ldquoremained watchfully in the garden ldquoIn case theres a fire or a floodrdquo she explained ldquoor any act of Godrdquo
The Party continues
Daisy tries to be excited about the party-goers and involved in the festivities but everything about the party offends her The women are inebriated and acting poorly and Tom is chasing a girl who is ldquocommon but prettyrdquo
Gatsby introduces Tom as the polo playerhellip
And Tom does not like it
Tom amp Daisy Leave
ldquoWho is this Gatsby anyhowrdquo demanded Tom suddenly ldquoSome big bootleggerrdquo
ldquoWhered you hear thatrdquo I inquired
ldquoI didnt hear it I imagined it A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers you knowrdquo
After the party
Gatsby asks Nick to stay after the other guests have left
Nick immediately notices that his neighbors eyes look tired and that his face is drawn tight
He is the picture of misery Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy
the party that she does not understand him and that he feels far away from her
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Back to the present
Nick has not seen his neighbor in several weeks because Gatsby is devoting his time to Daisy and Nick has been involved with Jordan
As a result Nick decides to go over and check on Gatsby one Sunday afternoon
He has not been in Gatsbys mansion for two minutes when a party of three horseback riders stops for a drink
Moved by an irresistible impulse Gatsby turned to Tom who had accepted the introduction as a stranger
ldquoI believe weve met somewhere before Mr Buchananrdquo ldquoOh yesrdquo said Tom gruffly polite but obviously not remembering ldquoSo we
did I remember very wellrdquo ldquoAbout two weeks agordquo ldquoThats right You were with Nick hererdquo ldquoI know your wiferdquo continued Gatsby almost aggressively ldquoThat sordquo Tom turned to me ldquoYou live near here Nickrdquo ldquoNext doorrdquo ldquoThat sordquo
Social Graces
Gatsby asks the trio to stay for dinner The female rider suggests out of politeness that
Gatsby come to supper with themGatsby does not realize that she doesnrsquot mean it
and he goes off to change for the dinner party Tom remarks ldquoMy God I believe the mans
coming Doesnt he know she doesnt want himrdquoTom immediately recognizes Gatsbys lack of class
and wonders how in the world Daisy knows him When Gatsby returns downstairs he discovers he
has been left behind
Next Saturday
Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisys running around alone for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsbys party
I felt an unpleasantness in the air a pervading harshness that hadnt been there before
The party
Daisy and Gatsby danced
I remember being surprised by his graceful conservative fox-trot - I had never seen him dance before
Then they went to Nickrsquos house and sat on the steps for half an hour
Nick ldquoremained watchfully in the garden ldquoIn case theres a fire or a floodrdquo she explained ldquoor any act of Godrdquo
The Party continues
Daisy tries to be excited about the party-goers and involved in the festivities but everything about the party offends her The women are inebriated and acting poorly and Tom is chasing a girl who is ldquocommon but prettyrdquo
Gatsby introduces Tom as the polo playerhellip
And Tom does not like it
Tom amp Daisy Leave
ldquoWho is this Gatsby anyhowrdquo demanded Tom suddenly ldquoSome big bootleggerrdquo
ldquoWhered you hear thatrdquo I inquired
ldquoI didnt hear it I imagined it A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers you knowrdquo
After the party
Gatsby asks Nick to stay after the other guests have left
Nick immediately notices that his neighbors eyes look tired and that his face is drawn tight
He is the picture of misery Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy
the party that she does not understand him and that he feels far away from her
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Moved by an irresistible impulse Gatsby turned to Tom who had accepted the introduction as a stranger
ldquoI believe weve met somewhere before Mr Buchananrdquo ldquoOh yesrdquo said Tom gruffly polite but obviously not remembering ldquoSo we
did I remember very wellrdquo ldquoAbout two weeks agordquo ldquoThats right You were with Nick hererdquo ldquoI know your wiferdquo continued Gatsby almost aggressively ldquoThat sordquo Tom turned to me ldquoYou live near here Nickrdquo ldquoNext doorrdquo ldquoThat sordquo
Social Graces
Gatsby asks the trio to stay for dinner The female rider suggests out of politeness that
Gatsby come to supper with themGatsby does not realize that she doesnrsquot mean it
and he goes off to change for the dinner party Tom remarks ldquoMy God I believe the mans
coming Doesnt he know she doesnt want himrdquoTom immediately recognizes Gatsbys lack of class
and wonders how in the world Daisy knows him When Gatsby returns downstairs he discovers he
has been left behind
Next Saturday
Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisys running around alone for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsbys party
I felt an unpleasantness in the air a pervading harshness that hadnt been there before
The party
Daisy and Gatsby danced
I remember being surprised by his graceful conservative fox-trot - I had never seen him dance before
Then they went to Nickrsquos house and sat on the steps for half an hour
Nick ldquoremained watchfully in the garden ldquoIn case theres a fire or a floodrdquo she explained ldquoor any act of Godrdquo
The Party continues
Daisy tries to be excited about the party-goers and involved in the festivities but everything about the party offends her The women are inebriated and acting poorly and Tom is chasing a girl who is ldquocommon but prettyrdquo
Gatsby introduces Tom as the polo playerhellip
And Tom does not like it
Tom amp Daisy Leave
ldquoWho is this Gatsby anyhowrdquo demanded Tom suddenly ldquoSome big bootleggerrdquo
ldquoWhered you hear thatrdquo I inquired
ldquoI didnt hear it I imagined it A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers you knowrdquo
After the party
Gatsby asks Nick to stay after the other guests have left
Nick immediately notices that his neighbors eyes look tired and that his face is drawn tight
He is the picture of misery Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy
the party that she does not understand him and that he feels far away from her
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Social Graces
Gatsby asks the trio to stay for dinner The female rider suggests out of politeness that
Gatsby come to supper with themGatsby does not realize that she doesnrsquot mean it
and he goes off to change for the dinner party Tom remarks ldquoMy God I believe the mans
coming Doesnt he know she doesnt want himrdquoTom immediately recognizes Gatsbys lack of class
and wonders how in the world Daisy knows him When Gatsby returns downstairs he discovers he
has been left behind
Next Saturday
Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisys running around alone for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsbys party
I felt an unpleasantness in the air a pervading harshness that hadnt been there before
The party
Daisy and Gatsby danced
I remember being surprised by his graceful conservative fox-trot - I had never seen him dance before
Then they went to Nickrsquos house and sat on the steps for half an hour
Nick ldquoremained watchfully in the garden ldquoIn case theres a fire or a floodrdquo she explained ldquoor any act of Godrdquo
The Party continues
Daisy tries to be excited about the party-goers and involved in the festivities but everything about the party offends her The women are inebriated and acting poorly and Tom is chasing a girl who is ldquocommon but prettyrdquo
Gatsby introduces Tom as the polo playerhellip
And Tom does not like it
Tom amp Daisy Leave
ldquoWho is this Gatsby anyhowrdquo demanded Tom suddenly ldquoSome big bootleggerrdquo
ldquoWhered you hear thatrdquo I inquired
ldquoI didnt hear it I imagined it A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers you knowrdquo
After the party
Gatsby asks Nick to stay after the other guests have left
Nick immediately notices that his neighbors eyes look tired and that his face is drawn tight
He is the picture of misery Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy
the party that she does not understand him and that he feels far away from her
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Next Saturday
Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisys running around alone for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsbys party
I felt an unpleasantness in the air a pervading harshness that hadnt been there before
The party
Daisy and Gatsby danced
I remember being surprised by his graceful conservative fox-trot - I had never seen him dance before
Then they went to Nickrsquos house and sat on the steps for half an hour
Nick ldquoremained watchfully in the garden ldquoIn case theres a fire or a floodrdquo she explained ldquoor any act of Godrdquo
The Party continues
Daisy tries to be excited about the party-goers and involved in the festivities but everything about the party offends her The women are inebriated and acting poorly and Tom is chasing a girl who is ldquocommon but prettyrdquo
Gatsby introduces Tom as the polo playerhellip
And Tom does not like it
Tom amp Daisy Leave
ldquoWho is this Gatsby anyhowrdquo demanded Tom suddenly ldquoSome big bootleggerrdquo
ldquoWhered you hear thatrdquo I inquired
ldquoI didnt hear it I imagined it A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers you knowrdquo
After the party
Gatsby asks Nick to stay after the other guests have left
Nick immediately notices that his neighbors eyes look tired and that his face is drawn tight
He is the picture of misery Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy
the party that she does not understand him and that he feels far away from her
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
The party
Daisy and Gatsby danced
I remember being surprised by his graceful conservative fox-trot - I had never seen him dance before
Then they went to Nickrsquos house and sat on the steps for half an hour
Nick ldquoremained watchfully in the garden ldquoIn case theres a fire or a floodrdquo she explained ldquoor any act of Godrdquo
The Party continues
Daisy tries to be excited about the party-goers and involved in the festivities but everything about the party offends her The women are inebriated and acting poorly and Tom is chasing a girl who is ldquocommon but prettyrdquo
Gatsby introduces Tom as the polo playerhellip
And Tom does not like it
Tom amp Daisy Leave
ldquoWho is this Gatsby anyhowrdquo demanded Tom suddenly ldquoSome big bootleggerrdquo
ldquoWhered you hear thatrdquo I inquired
ldquoI didnt hear it I imagined it A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers you knowrdquo
After the party
Gatsby asks Nick to stay after the other guests have left
Nick immediately notices that his neighbors eyes look tired and that his face is drawn tight
He is the picture of misery Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy
the party that she does not understand him and that he feels far away from her
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
The Party continues
Daisy tries to be excited about the party-goers and involved in the festivities but everything about the party offends her The women are inebriated and acting poorly and Tom is chasing a girl who is ldquocommon but prettyrdquo
Gatsby introduces Tom as the polo playerhellip
And Tom does not like it
Tom amp Daisy Leave
ldquoWho is this Gatsby anyhowrdquo demanded Tom suddenly ldquoSome big bootleggerrdquo
ldquoWhered you hear thatrdquo I inquired
ldquoI didnt hear it I imagined it A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers you knowrdquo
After the party
Gatsby asks Nick to stay after the other guests have left
Nick immediately notices that his neighbors eyes look tired and that his face is drawn tight
He is the picture of misery Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy
the party that she does not understand him and that he feels far away from her
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Tom amp Daisy Leave
ldquoWho is this Gatsby anyhowrdquo demanded Tom suddenly ldquoSome big bootleggerrdquo
ldquoWhered you hear thatrdquo I inquired
ldquoI didnt hear it I imagined it A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers you knowrdquo
After the party
Gatsby asks Nick to stay after the other guests have left
Nick immediately notices that his neighbors eyes look tired and that his face is drawn tight
He is the picture of misery Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy
the party that she does not understand him and that he feels far away from her
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
After the party
Gatsby asks Nick to stay after the other guests have left
Nick immediately notices that his neighbors eyes look tired and that his face is drawn tight
He is the picture of misery Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy did not enjoy
the party that she does not understand him and that he feels far away from her
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Gatsbyrsquos dream
He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say ldquoI never loved yourdquo
After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken
One of them was that after she was free they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house ndash
just as if it were five years ago
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Recapturing the past
He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy
His life had been confused and disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
conclusion
Nick tries to warn his neighbor that it is difficult to repeat the past
but Gatsby fools himself into believing that through his wealth he can make everything right with Daisy
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Chapter 7
The Great Gatsby
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
The Partyrsquos over It was when curiosity
about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night
As obscurely as it had begun his career as Trimalchio was over
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Trimalchio Trimalchio is a character in the Roman ldquonovelrdquo
The Satyricon by Petronius Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work
and perseverance has attained power and wealth His wife is Fortunata
a former prostitute
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Trimalchio Trimalchio is known for throwing lavish dinner
parties where his numerous servants bring course after course of exotic delicacies such as live birds sewn up inside a pig and a dish to represent every sign of the zodiac
He sought to impress his guests the Roman nouveau riche mostly freedmen - with the ubiquitous excesses seen throughout his dwelling
>
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Changes Wondering if he were sick I went over
to find out an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door
Nick learns that Gatsby has dismissed his whole staff and replaced them with some of Meyer Wolsheims people (Supposedly family members)
Since Daisy frequently comes to Gatsbys house he wants to prevent any gossip
>
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
InvitationGatsby calls Nick
the next day and invites him to lunch at Daisys house the following day
Daisy calls to confirm that he is coming
Nick has a feeling that ldquosomething was uprdquo
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Lunch The next day was broiling
almost the last certainly the warmest of the summer
When Gatsby and Nick arrive at the Buchanans Daisy and Jordan in their typical white dresses lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols
Tom is on the phone arguing with Wilson about selling him an automobile
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Cozy GatheringTom goes to get
drinksDaisy gets up gives
Gatsby a kiss on the mouth and tells him she loves him
She tells Jordan to kiss Nick
>
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Pammy Enters Daisys daughter Pammy is then
brought into the room by her nurse
ldquoBles-sed pre-ciousrdquo she crooned holding out her arms ldquoCome to your own mother that loves yourdquo
Daisy shows her off like a toy or plaything
It is obvious that Daisy is incapable of sustained or true maternal emotion
Gatsby however cannot take his eyes off the child as if he cannot believe that she really exists
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Drinks amp conversation
Tom comes in carrying cold gin rickeys for everyone
He then leads Gatsby and Nick out to the veranda in order to show them the place
Gatsby proudly points out his own home directly across the bay
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Lunch
We had luncheon in the dining-room darkened too against the heat and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
After lunchDaisy moans about her
boredom and asks ldquoWhatll we do with ourselves this afternoon and the day after that and the next thirty yearsrdquo
ldquoBut its so hotrdquo insisted Daisy on the verge of tears ldquoand everythings so confused Lets all go to townrdquo
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
ldquoWho wants to go to townrdquo demanded Daisy insistently
Gatsbys eyes floated toward her ldquoAhrdquo she cried ldquoyou look so coolrdquo
Their eyes met and they stared together at each other alone in space
With an effort she glanced down at the table
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Trip to town Tom insists that he drive Gatsbys car
into town while Gatsby take his coupe Gatsby does not like the idea but
agrees to it Tom pushes Daisy towards Gatsbys car calling it a circus wagon
Daisy resists going with Tom and announces she
will ride with Gatsby
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Tom is ready to explode with anger
Once inside the car he blurts out to Nick and Jordan that he knows what is going on with Gatsby and claims that he has been making an investigation into his past
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Stopping for gasNick Jordan and Tom
grow irritable in the heat of the car
Just as they pass the faded eyes of TJ Eckelberg the cautious Nick reminds Tom that he needs gas
Tom impatiently pulls into Wilsons service station
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Wilson comes out and explains he is not well and apologizes for having called Tom
He says that he needs money so he and Myrtle can move to the West suggesting that he has finally realized that Myrtle is having an affair
Tom is suddenly in a real panic
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Myrtle In one of the windows over
the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car
Her eyes wide with jealous terror and were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker whom she took to be his wife
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
the Plaza HotelThey leave Wilsonrsquos and catch up
to Gatsby and Daisy they all decide
to meet in front of the Plaza Hotel where they rent a suite for the afternoon
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
The SuiteThe room was large and stifling ldquoOpen another windowrdquo
commanded Daisy without turning around
ldquoThe thing to do is to forget about the heatrdquo said Tom impatiently ldquoYou make it ten times worse by crabbing about itrdquo
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
The Fight ldquoWhy not let her alone old sportrdquo
remarked Gatsby ldquoYoure the one that wanted to come to townrdquo
Tom then asks Gatsby ldquoWhat kind of a row are you trying to cause in my houserdquo
Daisy comes to Gatsbys defense Tom says ldquoI suppose the latest thing is
to sit back and let Mr Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife next theyll have intermarriage between black and whiterdquo
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
ldquoLetrsquos GordquoldquoIve got something to tell YOU
old sportrdquo began Gatsby But Daisy guessed at his intention
ldquoPlease dontrdquo she interrupted helplessly ldquoPlease lets all go home Why dont we all go homerdquo
ldquoThats a good ideardquo I got up ldquoCome on Tom Nobody wants a drinkrdquo
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
ldquoYour wife doesnt love yourdquo said Gatsby ldquoShes never loved you She loves merdquo
ldquoYou must be crazyrdquo exclaimed Tom automaticallyrdquo
Gatsby sprang to his feet vivid with excitement rdquoShe never loved you do you hear he criedrdquo
ldquoShe only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved anyone except merdquo
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Fighting over daisy Daisy stands between the two men looking
terrified Gatsbys expression looks like he had just ldquokilled a manrdquo
Gatsby tries to defend himself to Daisy but she merely draws further and further into herself
Gatsby knows he is losing her - - that his dream is vanishing
At the same time Tom knows he has won the battle and will never lose Daisy
Therefore he feels comfortable in sending Daisy and Gatsby off together in Gatsbys yellow car
He has nothing to fear Daisy will always belong to him
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
LeavingNick suddenly remembers it is
his thirtieth birthday and he is feeling old
He notices that it is seven oclock when he and Jordan get in the car with Tom
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
The driveTom talked incessantly
exulting and laughing but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead
So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Michaelis Nick now brings up Michaelis and
the accidentThe young Greek who ran the coffee
joint beside the ashheaps was the principal witness at the inquest
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
He had slept through the heat until after five when he strolled over to the garage and found George Wilson sick in his office
Michaelis advised him to go to bed but Wilson refused saying that hed miss a lot of business if he did
While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
ldquoIve got my wife locked in up thererdquo explained Wilson calmly ldquoShes going to stay there till the day after to-morrow and then were going to move awayrdquo
Michaelis is shocked at Wilsons words for he is normally a mild colorless man
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
A little after 700 Michaelis comes outside and hears Myrtle screaming at her husband
ldquoBeat me Throw me down and beat me you dirty little cowardrdquo
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk waving her hands and shouting - before he could move from his door the business was over
>
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
The accident The ldquodeath carrdquo as the newspapers
called it didnt stop it came out of the gathering darkness wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Michaelis wasnt even sure of its color - he told the first policeman that it was light green
It is immediately obvious that she is dead
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
When Tom Nick and Jordan approach the Valley of Ashes a crowd has already gathered around the site of the accident
Tom decides to stop and see what is going on
When Tom peers inside the garage he makes a harsh sound and shoves his way through the crowd
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Myrtle is deadNick and Jordan follow Tom
inside where Myrtles body wrapped in a blanket is laying on a work table
Wilson is in his office staring down at the lifeless form and moaning ldquoO my Gao-odrdquo over and over
Tom with a dazed look and glazed eyes is bending over Myrtles body
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Tom physically picks up Wilson and carries him back to his office putting him in a chair
He then tells Nick and Jordan it is time for them to leave
As Tom drives away from the death scene and the Valley of Ashes he moans ldquoThe God Damn coward He didnt even stop his carrdquo
He obviously believes that the driver was Gatsby
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Home againWhen they arrive at the Buchanans
Tom is relieved to see that Daisy is home
He tells Nick and Jordan to come inside and have the help prepare them some dinner
Nick feeling a little sick about the events of the day refuses to go inside saying to himself ldquoId had enough of all of them for one dayrdquo
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
As he walks down the driveway to wait for his taxi Gatsby steps out from the bushes and asks if Nick has seen the scene of the accident and if the woman was killed
Gatsby explains that he drove to West Egg by a side road and put the car in his garage and came to Daisys in a taxi
He hopes that no one has spotted the car Suddenly Nick realizes that Gatsby was
not driving the car it was Daisy who hit Myrtle and kept going
Gatsby admits the truth and adds ldquoBut of course Ill say I was drivingrdquo
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
MeanwhilehellipDaisy and Tom were sitting
opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
They werent happy and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale - and yet they werent unhappy either
There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
ldquoI want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed Good night old sportrdquo
He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil
So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
The Great Gatsby
Chapter 8
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Nick cannot sleep bull I couldnt sleep all night a fog-
horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound
bull I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Gatsbys house
bull At dawn Nick jumps out of bed and heads to Gatsbys house
bull I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall heavy with dejection or sleep
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
bull His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes
bull I found the humidor on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside
bull Throwing open the French windows of thedrawing-room we sat smoking out into the darkness
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Gatsbyrsquos Youthbull Gatsby wanted to talk about Daisy bull She was the first ldquonicerdquo girl he had ever
known bull While he was in the army at Camp Taylor
he went to her house as often as possible
bull It amazed him - he had never been in such a beautiful house before
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
bull As a penniless young man he knew that he did not belong there
bull Gatsby knows he misled Daisy for he had made her think that he came from a similar background to hers that he could take care of her
bull he committed himself to someday being able to support her to be worthy of her
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Falling in lovebull ldquoI cant describe to you how
surprised I was to find out I loved her old sportrdquo
bull ldquoI even hoped for a while that shed throw me over but she didnt because she was in love with me toordquo
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Off to warbull He was a captain before he went to
the front bull Following the Argonne battles he
got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Meanwhile daisy moves on
bull Daisy began to move again with the season suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Tombull That force took shape in the
middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Daisy Dumps gatsbybull The letter reached Gatsby
while he was still at Oxford
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Gatsby returnsbull He came back from France
when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Louisvillebull Gatsby used the last of his money to go
to Louisville and soak up the memories of her
bull As he left Louisville on the train He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him he knew that he had lost that part of it the freshest and the best forever
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Back to the presentbull The gardener the last one of
Gatsbys former servants came to the foot of the steps
bull ldquoIm going to drain the pool to-day Mr Gatsby Leavesll start falling pretty soon and then theres always trouble with the pipesrdquo
bull ldquoDont do it to-dayrdquo bull ldquoYou know old sport Ive
never used that pool all summerrdquo
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
After breakfastbull Nick is worriedbull ldquoI didnt want to go to
the cityrdquo bull ldquoI didnt want to leave
Gatsbyrdquo bull ldquoI missed that train
and then another before I could get myself awayrdquo
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Nick Leavesbull ldquoTheyre a rotten crowdrdquo I
shouted across the lawn bull ldquoYoure worth the whole damn
bunch put togetherrdquobull Ive always been glad I said
that It was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Nick at workbull Just before noon the phone
woke me and I started up with sweat breaking out on my forehead
bull It was Jordan Baker
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Jordanrsquos callbull ldquoYou werent so nice to me last
nightrdquobull ldquoHow could it have mattered thenrdquobull ldquoHowever - I want to see yourdquobull ldquoI want to see you toordquobull ldquoSuppose I dont go to
Southampton and come into town this afternoonrdquo
bull ldquoNo - I dont think this afternoonrdquobull ldquoVery wellrdquo
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
bull We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we werent talking any longer
bull I dont know which of us hung up with a sharp click but I know I didnt care
bull I couldnt have talked to her across a tea-table that day if I never talked to her again in this world
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Valley of Ashesbull When Nick had passed through the
Valley of Ashes on the way to work he had crossed to the other side of the train
bull He did not want to see the curious crowds that would be gathered around the place of the accident
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Catherinebull They had difficulty in
locating the sister Catherine
bull She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Wilson is going crazybull Michaelis tries to calm him
downbull About three oclock the quality
of Wilsons incoherent muttering changed - he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car
bull At 6 am one of the watchers of the night before came back
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Wilson Disappearsbull Wilson was quieter now and
Michaelis went home to sleep when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone
bull Wilson had gone out on foot to search for the owner of the yellow car
bull By half past two he was in West Egg where he asked someone for directions to Gatsbys house
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Gatsby Uses the poolbull At two oclock Gatsby put on his
bathing-suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool
bull He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer and the chauffeur helped him pump it up
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Wilson Finds Gatsby
bull The chauffeur - he was one of Wolfsheims proteges - heard the shots - afterward he could only say that he hadnt thought anything much about them
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Death at the mansionbull Nick arrived at Gatsbys house anxiously
looking for his friend He hurried to the pool with the chauffeur the butler and the gardener
bull The laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool surrounded by a red circle in the water
bull It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilsons body a little way off in the grass
bull and the holocaust was complete
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
The great gatsby
Chapter 9
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Two Years Laterbull Nick writes this chapter two years
after Gatsbys death bull I remember the rest of that day and
that night and the next day only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsbys front door
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Catherinebull She swore that her sister Myrtle
had never seen Gatsby bull Her sister was completely happy
with her husband and had been into no mischief whatever
bull So Wilson was reduced to a man ldquoderanged by griefrdquo in order that the case might remain in its simplist form
bull And it rested there
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Preparing for the funeral
bull Nick realizes he is the only person who seemed to really care about Gatsby and one of the few who was on his side
bull Nick calls Daisy to give her the news within the hour but the servants tell him that she and Tom have gone out of town without leaving an address or a date of return
bull He then tries to call Meyer Wolfsheim at his office but it is after five oclock and no one answers
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
No one caresbull When Nick is in the room with Gatsbys
body he imagines him saying ldquoLook here old sport youve got to get somebody for me I cant go through this alonerdquo
bull The next day no one telephoned even though everyone would have read about Gatsbys murder in the newspaper
bull no one comes to Gatsbys house bull Nick feels very alone
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Shady Businessbull When the phone finally rang Nick
thought it would be Daisy at last bull It was someone named Slagle who
did not know Gatsby was deadbull ldquoYoung Parkes in troublerdquo he said
rapidly ldquoThey picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counterrdquo
bull When Nick tells him Gatsby is dead he hangs up quickly
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Henry C Gatz
bull On the third day after Gatsbys death a telegram arrives from Gatsbys father
bull It said to postpone the funeral until he came from Minnesota
bull Mr Gatz was a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
bull he was proud of his son ldquoJimmyrdquo and the wealth he had amassed
bull He tells Nick that ldquohe had a big future rdquo
bull ldquoIf hed of lived hed of been a great man helped build up the countryrdquo
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Klipspringerbull That night an obviously frightened person
called up and demanded to know who I was before he would give his name
bull It was Klipspringer the boarderbull Nick tells him about the funeral
arrangements scheduled for the next day at three oclock
bull Klipspringer indicates that he is tied up and probably will not be able to make it
bull He was more concerned about a pair of shoes he had left at Gatsbyrsquos mansion
bull Nick hung up on him
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Wolfsheim bull The morning of the funeral
Nick went to New York to see Meyer Wolfsheim
bull His secretary said he was in Chicago
bull He knows she is lying bull Nick mentions Gatsby and
the secretary goes into the office to get Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Memories of Gatsbybull ldquoMy memory goes back to when I first
met himrdquo he said ldquoA young major just out of the army and covered over with medals he got in the warrdquo
bull ldquoHe was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldnt buy some regular clothesrdquo
bull Wolfsheim tells Nick about how he discovered Gatsby and ldquomade him -- raised him up out of nothing right out of the gutterrdquo
bull Wolfsheim then says he regrets he cannot come to Gatsbys funeral confessing ldquoI cant get mixed up in itrdquo
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquosbull ldquoWhen I left his office
the sky had turned dark and I got back to West Egg in a drizzlerdquo
bull Nick changes his clothes and goes over to check on Mr Gatz
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Mr Gatzbull The old man explains he last saw Gatsby
two years ago when he came home for a visit and to buy his father a house
bull Gatz then shows Nick a picture of Gatsbys mansion that he has carried in his wallet to show his friends
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Gatsbyrsquos Schedulebull He also shows a ragged copy of
ldquoHopalong Cassidyrdquo a book Gatsby owned when he was a boy
bull Inside on the back cover Gatsby had written out a detailed schedule for his day on September 12 1906
bull At the bottom of the schedule were his ldquoresolvesrdquo including ldquono wasting timerdquo and ldquobe better to parentsrdquo
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
The Funeralbull A little before three the Lutheran
minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars
bull So did Gatsbys father bull The minister glanced several times at
his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour
bull But it wasnt any use Nobody came
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
bull About five oclock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate - first the hearse then Mr Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine and a little later four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsbys station wagon
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
bull As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground
bull I looked around It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsbys books in the library one night three months before
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Nick Goes Home
bull After Gatsbys death the East was haunted for me like that distorted beyond my eyes power of correction
bull So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Goodbye Jordanbull There was one thing to be done
before I left an awkward unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone But I wanted to leave things in order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse away
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
bull I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair
bull When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Goodbye Tombull One afternoon late in October I saw
Tom Buchanan bull Whats the matter Nick Do you
object to shaking hands with me Yes You know what I think of you Youre crazy Nick he said quickly
bull Tom I inquired what did you say to Wilson that afternoon
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Tom amp Wilsonbull ldquoI told him the truthrdquo he said ldquoHe
came to the door while we were getting ready to leave and when I sent down word that we werent in he tried to force his way up-stairsrdquo
bull ldquoHe was crazy enough to kill me if I hadnt told him who owned the car His hand was on a revolver in his pocket every minute he was in the houserdquo
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Tom amp Daisybull I couldnt forgive him or like him but I
saw that what he had done was to him entirely justified
bull It was all very careless and confused bull They were careless people Tom and
Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they had made
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
Goodbye Gatsbybull Gatsbys house remained empty
but it haunted Nick bull On weekends he still heard the
music and laughter of Gatsbys extravagant parties as a result he went into the city to escape the sounds in his head
bull On his last night on West Egg Nick walks over to Gatsbys mansion and down to the beach
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
bull ldquoHe had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp itrdquo
bull What Gatsby never really knew or accepted was that the dream was in the past
bull For the Great Gatsby however as long as he could see the green light he had a purpose in life
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past
The Great Gatsby
Rumors still abound
James Gatz
Childhood
Slide 5
The Transition
Dan Cody
Traveling
Slide 9
Ella Kaye
Inheritance Lost
Back to the present
Slide 13
Social Graces
Next Saturday
The party
The Party continues
Tom amp Daisy Leave
After the party
Gatsbyrsquos dream
Recapturing the past
conclusion
The Great Gatsby (2)
The Partyrsquos over
Trimalchio
Trimalchio (2)
Changes
Invitation
Lunch
Cozy Gathering
Pammy Enters
Drinks amp conversation
Lunch (2)
After lunch
Slide 35
Trip to town
Slide 37
Stopping for gas
Slide 39
Myrtle
the Plaza Hotel
The Suite
The Fight
ldquoLetrsquos Gordquo
Slide 45
Fighting over daisy
Leaving
The drive
Michaelis
Slide 50
Slide 51
Slide 52
The accident
Slide 54
Slide 55
Myrtle is dead
Slide 57
Home again
Slide 59
Meanwhilehellip
Slide 61
Slide 62
The Great Gatsby (3)
Nick cannot sleep
Gatsbys house
Slide 66
Gatsbyrsquos Youth
Slide 68
Falling in love
Off to war
Meanwhile daisy moves on
Tom
Daisy Dumps gatsby
Gatsby returns
Louisville
Back to the present (2)
After breakfast
Nick Leaves
Nick at work
Jordanrsquos call
Slide 81
Valley of Ashes
Catherine
Wilson is going crazy
Wilson Disappears
Gatsby Uses the pool
Wilson Finds Gatsby
Death at the mansion
The great gatsby
Two Years Later
Catherine (2)
Preparing for the funeral
No one cares
Shady Business
Henry C Gatz
Slide 96
Klipspringer
Wolfsheim
Memories of Gatsby
Leaving Wolfsheimrsquos
Mr Gatz
Gatsbyrsquos Schedule
The Funeral
Slide 104
Slide 105
Nick Goes Home
Goodbye Jordan
Slide 108
Goodbye Tom
Tom amp Wilson
Tom amp Daisy
Goodbye Gatsby
Slide 113
The End
The Endbull So we beat on
boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past