Chapter Four Flashcards
What does Nick read out?
A list of prominent guests who attended Gatsby’s parties but none of them knew anything about their host.
Where does Nick describe going with Gatsby?
Accompanying him on a trip into the city for lunch in Gatsby’s monstrous coloured car.
What does Gatsby claim to be?
The son of wealthy parents in the ‘midwest’ town of San Fransisco, to have graduated from Oxford, a noted jewel collector in Europe and a decorated soldier.
What does Gatsby show Nick and tell him to expect to hear?
Shows him a war medal and tells him to expect to hear a sad story about Gatsby later in the afternoon.
Why is Gatsby’s explanation of his past sketchy?
How is he a midwesterner and from San Fransisco?
What has Gatsby had to give up to achieve the American Dream?
His entire history and has to reinvent himself in typical new money fashion.
What suggests Gatsby has more of a story than he lets on?
His influence over the police - is pulled over for speeding, shows a little card and the officer apologises.
Who do they meet for lunch?
Gatsby’s business partner - Mayer Wolfsheim.
What does Wolfsheim tell Nick about Gatsby?
Gatsby is a man of ‘fine breeding’ who would ‘never so much look at a friends wife’.
What does Wolfsheim tell Nick he was behind?
The man behind the fixing of the 1919 World Series - making Nick begin to believe Gatsby is involved in organised crime.
What are Wolfsheim and Gatsby examples of?
Corruption of the American Dream.
Who does Nick introduce Gatsby to on the way out of the restaurant?
Tom Buchanan - but Gatsby seems embarrassed and leaves without saying goodbye.
What does the interaction between Gatsby and Tom Buchanan foreshadow?
The rivalry between Tom and Gatsby as well as old and new money.
Who does Nick meet after lunch and what does she tell him?
Jordan Baker - She tells Nick Gatsby told her the most ‘amazing thing’ - that as a young man he had a passionate affair with Daisy Fay, now Daisy Buchanan.
How did Gatsby and Daisy meet each other?
During the war - Daisy not yet twenty - they met whilst Gatsby was stationed in Louisville and fell in love.
