React to the attendance at Gatsby’s funeral. Why do the people who come, come? What is it meant to show us?
No one really came to Gatsby's funeral except Nick, his father, and owl eyes. Nick was there because he felt sort of a responsibility to Gatsby, and because he was one of the few who actually new them. His father was there because he was proud of his son and cared for him deeply. And Owl eyes was there again repressenting the all seeing and the all knowing. I think that the lack of people to attend Gatsby's funeral shows just how shallow the world is and how very few people actually new him. Everyone went to Gatsby's parties but none of them bothered to pay their respects to him or even show up to his funeral.
The title of the book is the Great Gatsby but when you think about it was Gatsby really that great, everyone knew Gatsby for his parties but no one seemed to know him and after he was gone no one really seemed to care. He tried to build himself up but in the end it dosn't seem to have done him a whole lot of good because no one is going to remember him, He was just another lost soul trying to find his place in this world.
the end^-^
Thursday, August 30, 2007
The Great Gatsby-chpt. 7+8
These chapters are the climax of the novel. Explain how something mentioned earlier might have hinted at this happening.
For me it was when Tom and Gatsby decided to switch cars, it was like a little red flag going up and saying um yea something big is obviously going to happen. My first guess/thought was that there was going to be some sort of mix up involving Gatsby's yellow car, which is true becuase Tom told Wilson that he owned the car. Also, when they were driving back home, Daisy and Gatsby were driving the yellow car (Daisy was the one Driving), but Myrtle had seen Tom driving the car earlier so she thought it was him, so she runs out to get his attention and talk to him, Daisy who is really the one in the car panics and plows Myrtle over. So, really in conclusion the fact that they switched cars brought about a big turn of events determining the end of the book.
For me it was when Tom and Gatsby decided to switch cars, it was like a little red flag going up and saying um yea something big is obviously going to happen. My first guess/thought was that there was going to be some sort of mix up involving Gatsby's yellow car, which is true becuase Tom told Wilson that he owned the car. Also, when they were driving back home, Daisy and Gatsby were driving the yellow car (Daisy was the one Driving), but Myrtle had seen Tom driving the car earlier so she thought it was him, so she runs out to get his attention and talk to him, Daisy who is really the one in the car panics and plows Myrtle over. So, really in conclusion the fact that they switched cars brought about a big turn of events determining the end of the book.
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