Gatsby blog 2

 

When looking at the book The Great Gatsby, it talks about how Gatsby is faking his money to get Daisy to love him and notice him, he thought of her as more of a personal conquest than an actual person. For example, he had the mind set that once he had acquired Daisy that it was the final piece he would need for personal succession. It states  

“Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her; 

 If you can bounce high, bounce for her too,

 Till she cry “Lover,"gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover,  I must have you!”

What this quote is saying is that Gatsby thinks if he does all these extravagant things he will get Daisy. Whether it was him throwing large parties with thousands of people and tons of different types of food or him showing up to tea in the most absurd shades of white paired with gold ties, he was just there to show his personal wealth; While he did not know how. According to Chapter 4, when looking at a key aspect of his personality that he's trying to build Nick emphasizes the structure of his car. “I’d seen it...It was a rich cream color, bright with nickel…” In this, Nick starts it over with “I’d seen it” because it was such an abnormal display. Base on the time, the 1920’s were a starting point for cars, with ford coming out with the Model T in the early 20th century, it only came in black so when seeing a bright spectacle of a car-such as Gatsbys- this left an impression on how Gatsby was slowly giving up to not only nick but the reader that he was a poser. Continuing on with that, his way of life was over exaggerated, aside from the showy clothes, car and accessories such as those, he just didn’t understand the concept of how to be wealthy and according to his past, when met Daisy at that banquet that’s where he really changed his thought process to if I have her everything is complete. Hence why he had such satisfaction in taking Daisy away from Tom, who was genuinely wealthy. 

                                                                                                                                                             Now overall that statement doesn’t only go towards Daisy, it also goes towards the way he loves money;only in the sense that he saw it in an objective way but also very disposable. It states ,” And stocked with grains and liquors and with cordials..” which go on to talk about the waste and overbearing amounts of liquor, food, and decorations at his parties. Now continuing on, Gatsby is a very objective person and this is shown many times; he likes to treat everything in his life as if it’s an object in his personal storyline especially since we learned in the sixth chapter that his life’s story that he displayed to absolutely everyone is fake. The book talks about how he came from poor farmers and then he met a very wealthy person, Dan Cody, who he eventually worked for and who taught him how to formally present himself. The book even states that he had his imagination running his life, which had its own control of how his perception of the world was. For example, “So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end.” With this persona along with all the money he had fueling him, he had the world at his fingertips and no one to stop him, which is where had felt like once he acquired something it was almost like he was conquering slowly everything around him.

Great Gatsby first 3 parties

           The parties in the first three chapters of the great Gatsby. What the settings were like and also what the guests like at the parties. 

            The first party is Daisy's party. The place that Daisy's party was at was at her house which is described as  “a cheerful red and white George colonial mansion, overlooking the bay”meaning that they have a lot of money and power. Inside of the house they had French windows that let a warm breeze in in the afternoon, this is describing what the house is like and what the setting is. When one of the guests at the party name Tom walks in a big hunk of a man as his wife called him “that's what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great, big, hulking” the windows shut as tom walks in the room and Daisy and her friend are disappointed by the way that this went. Daisy is charming, Beautiful but is bored and shallow,“I'm p-paralyzed with happiness.” Miss Baker, the friend of Daisy, is described as stuck up and better than everybody else, “she nodded at me almost imperceptibly.” After the windows had shut and there was no longer a breeze going through the living room where all the girls were sitting, Daisy later finds out that Tom has a mistress in New York. “Toms got some women in New York.” It was very awkward for everybody after that, and the party was left with Miss Baker going to bed and Nick leaving and also Tom and Daisy hoping that Nick will find an interest in Jordan Baker. Nick is described as a person who cannot judge anybody “I'm inclined to reserve all judgments,” meaning that he can Judge anyone.

            The second party was by Mrs. Wilson. The place at the party was held was in a small apartment very small, “the apartment was on the top floor-a small living room, a small dining room, a small bedroom and a small bath.” Not only was it so small but there was a lot of furniture. “furniture entirely too large for it,” and there was only one picture in the apartment “the only picture was over enlarged photograph.” Tom was at this party and Nick was also. Miss Wilson the what is described as “she was in her mid 30s… her face, above a spot address of a dark blue crêpe-de-chine, contained no facet or gleam of Beauty, ” meaning that she's not very pretty, later odd she changes into different dress “to a brown figured muslin.” Catherine the sister to Mrs. Wilson she is described as a worldly girl with short red hair and very white skin. “what is a slender, worldly girl about 30, with a solid, sticky bob of red hair and a complexion powdered milky white.” Another guest was Mr. McKee and he is more feminine than other men,” mr. McKee was a pale, feminine man from a flat flow,``''I gathered later that he was a photographer.” Mrs. McKee is stuck up and portrayed as she thinks she's better than everybody but is pretty, “his wife was shrill, handsome, and horrible. She told me with pride that her husband photographed her 127 times.”This party was just full of chatter and basically a get-together to know Tom's mistress. “I want you to meet my girl says Tom.” The party ends when Mrs. Wilson is shouting “Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!” And that is when Tom hits her with an open hand and breaks her nose.

            The last party is Gatsby's. The setting of Gatsby's party;Nick said there were so many lights that it looks like a Christmas tree in Gatsby's Garden. “enough colored lights to make a Christmas tree of Gatsby's enormous Garden.” There was a full orchestra at Gatsby's party. “By 7 o'clock the orchestra had arrived, dolphin five pieces of fair, but a whole pot full of oboes and Travolta and saxophones,” this is all just saying that it is very well presented and unlike the other party. The people at Great Gatsby's party aren't really his friends, they are people that really just frankly showed up to party. “People were not invited, they went there,and somehow they ended up at Gatsby's door.” The people that knew Gatsby's that were at that party were Miss Baker, and Nick. Some of the guests were described as “female guests were too young to know one from another” “already there were wanderers, confident girls who weave here and there. ``One guest that has been to his parties in the past named Lucille had ripped her dress and Gatsby had sent her a new one in the mail, not just any dress at $265 dress. Lastly the gatsby was described as “short hair, tanned skin was drawn attractively tight face. ”  This party was the only entertaining because of the guests or the decorations but it was also entertaining the activities that were going on. “A pair of stage twins, girls in yellow, did a baby act in costume.” His party was very fun and entertaining. 

            I would want to go to a gatsby party because it seemed like it didn't have any drama and was really fun unlike the others because the other had started and ended with drama and I really wouldn't want to be in the drama if I'm at a party.