Chapter 4 (GG)

Nick starts out telling us all of the different people he knows of that has been to Gatsby's parties. [There's a lot.] One day in July Gatsby takes Nick to lunch in New York and Nick comments that Gatsby is very American, since he is always moving. On their way to NY, Gatsby tells Nick a little about his life; His parents were rich, but are dead and he was from San Francisco. He tells Nick he went to Oxford and traveled Europe to forget something terrible. Gatsby also says that during the war he tried to die, but it never happened and he was decorated for his brave efforts. [Too bad he was just trying to die, not do well.] Then he takes out a medal from Little Montenegro and a picture of himself and his Oxford buddies. Then Gatsby says that he wants to ask something of Nick but hasn't yet because Nick should know a little bit about him first. Nick also finds out that later he and Jordan are going to have tea and Jordan is going to tell Nick the sad thing in Gatsby's life. Nick is a little pissed that Jordan has to tell him, but he gets over it. They get to their destination, where they meet a man that they end up eating with. He is introduced to Nick as Mr. Wolfsheim, and Nick notices that he's a flat-nosed Jew. Mr. Wolfsheim asks Nick if he is looking for business, but Gatsby interrupts saying Nick isn't the guy and they'll talk about that another time. They sit to eat and Gatsby gets up because he has to make a call. Nick and Wolfsheim chat about Gatsby and when he gets back Wolfsheim abruptly leaves and Gatsby tells Nick that Wolfsheim was the man that fixed the 1919 World Series. Nick and Gatsby leave and Nick notices Tom and they go over to him and they talk a little bit, and when Nick is about to introduce Gatsby, he's gone. Nick goes and meets Jordan for tea, and she tells Nick about how when she was 16 and Daisy was 18 Daisy met Jay Gatsby when he was stationed near their home and they fell in love. When Gatsby went to war, Daisy met Tom and they got married. The night before their wedding, Daisy got drunk and didn't want to get married but did and was good to Tom, but he wasn't to her. When Gatsby came home, he worked on getting money and basically stalked Daisy so that maybe someday he would be able to meet her. He bought his house on West Egg so that he would be close to Daisy and throws all of those parties so that Daisy would maybe show up. The favor Gatsby wants is Nick asking Daisy over for tea and letting Gatsby come over so that they can meet again.

Response- Wow, Gatsby isn't desperate is he? It's crazy how everyone ties together and I bet Gatsby will be having kittens when Daisy comes over.

Question- What was Mr. Wolfsheim going to propose to Nick? Bootlegging?

Vocab-
*PUNCTILIOUS [pg. 68]~ adj. Strictly attentive to minute details of form in action or conduct.
*GONNEGTION [pg.75]~ no results found.... ?????
*JUXTAPOSITION [pg.75]~ noun. The state of being close together or side by side.