The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby Chapter IV: Revealing Gatsby’s mysterious past
Main points:
1. The list of Gatsby’s guest
2. Gatsby career
3. The story of Jay Gatsby
4. Who is Meyer Wolfshiem
5. The letter
6. The story of Gatsby and Daisy in the past
I, Summary:
Nick writes a list of all people that attended Gatsby’s parties
Nick has a plan with Gatsby that they will go for lunch by Gatsby’s car
Gatsby tells Nick his background as they drive to the city
At the lunch place, Gatsby introduces Meyer Wolfshiem to Nick
Unexpectedly, Tom comes to the same place where Nick and Gatsby have a lunch
Gatsby disappear suddenly because of Tom Buchanans
After the lunch, Nick meet Jordan and at that time she tells Nick the love story between Daisy and Gatsby and Gatsby’s big request
II, Literary Elements:
Foreshadowing:
“They shook hands briefly and a strained, unfamiliar look of embarrassment came over Gatsby’s face…I turned toward Mr.Gatsby but he was no longer there.”
“Tom ran into a wagon on the Ventura road one night and ripped a front wheel off his car. The girl who was with him got into the papers too because her arm was broken- she was one of the chambermaids in the Santa Barbara Hotel.”
Metaphor
“ …the city rising up across the river in white heaps and sugar lumps all built with a wish out of nonolfactory money.”
“…Mr Wolfshiem swallowed a new sentence he was starting and lapsed into a somnambulatory abstraction.”
“He came alive to me , delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendour.”
V, Questions:
Why does Gatsby tell Nick about himself?
What does Gatsby’s friendship with Meyer imply about his own background? Why do the author focus on Meyer’s nose?
After reading this chapter, is Gatsby’s background still a mystery?
VI, Multiple choice questions
Who is Meyer Wolfshiem?
A,Gatsby’s business gonnegtion
B,
Main points:
1. The list of Gatsby’s guest
2. Gatsby career
3. The story of Jay Gatsby
4. Who is Meyer Wolfshiem
5. The letter
6. The story of Gatsby and Daisy in the past
I, Summary:
Nick writes a list of all people that attended Gatsby’s parties
Nick has a plan with Gatsby that they will go for lunch by Gatsby’s car
Gatsby tells Nick his background as they drive to the city
At the lunch place, Gatsby introduces Meyer Wolfshiem to Nick
Unexpectedly, Tom comes to the same place where Nick and Gatsby have a lunch
Gatsby disappear suddenly because of Tom Buchanans
After the lunch, Nick meet Jordan and at that time she tells Nick the love story between Daisy and Gatsby and Gatsby’s big request
II, Literary Elements:
Foreshadowing:
“They shook hands briefly and a strained, unfamiliar look of embarrassment came over Gatsby’s face…I turned toward Mr.Gatsby but he was no longer there.”
“Tom ran into a wagon on the Ventura road one night and ripped a front wheel off his car. The girl who was with him got into the papers too because her arm was broken- she was one of the chambermaids in the Santa Barbara Hotel.”
Metaphor
“ …the city rising up across the river in white heaps and sugar lumps all built with a wish out of nonolfactory money.”
“…Mr Wolfshiem swallowed a new sentence he was starting and lapsed into a somnambulatory abstraction.”
“He came alive to me , delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendour.”
V, Questions:
Why does Gatsby tell Nick about himself?
What does Gatsby’s friendship with Meyer imply about his own background? Why do the author focus on Meyer’s nose?
After reading this chapter, is Gatsby’s background still a mystery?
VI, Multiple choice questions
Who is Meyer Wolfshiem?
A,Gatsby’s business gonnegtion
B,