Chapter 9, The End

In this chapter of the book, we are wrapping up the book and tying up loose ends. Kinda. The book leaves you with a lot of questions in your mind, like where did Gatsby's money really come from? Maybe bootlegging, or maybe Gatsby told the truth in his drugstore story. We will never know. Also, there is little as to the conclusion of Daisy and Tom. There was no big breakup scene or dramatic twist for a make-up part. Daisy and Tom just resumed their lives, pretending not to know about the latest series of events, but always remembering in the back of their minds.

The chapter's main idea was the funeral given to Gatsby. At the funeral, very few people show up for Gatsby, however we meet his father. Gatsby's father seemed very collected considering his son had just died, and I wonder if Gatsby had a rough or stained childhood growing up. I loved this book because it made me think while i read. It gave much to think about while still being easy to read. Even after the book has ended, which was a very dissatisfying end, I still have much to wonder about. Too bad I will never know some of the answers to the questions I have.

Gatsby Chapter 8

In Chapter 8, we see the true nature of Gatsby. Gatsby is a lover, horribly lovesick for Daisy, but his love goes far beyond what most people stop at. Gatsby talks nonstop about Daisy to Nick. Daisy this, Daisy that. Nick cannot see how Daisy is that amazing. Gatsby also stakes out Daisy's house one night. Gatsby does it because he does not want "anything to happen to Daisy," but its quite obvious that Gatsby just wants to b near Daisy and take her away from Tom. Gatsby hides at the house until four in the morning, and proclaims that nothing happened. Shocker. Also in the chapter, Mr. Wilson's wife dies by Daisy's hand because Daisy accidentally ran her over. Mr. Wilson wants revenge from whoever owns the yellow car that his wife died from. This leads me to predict bad omens for Gatsby in the last chapter of the book.

Gatsby Chapter 7

This chapter of Gatsby was very interesting. I could not put the book down! The drama kept me plastered the whole time. First Gatsby and Daisy are having their affair at Tom's house while Tom is STILL THERE. This really like made me wonder if Gatsby is as dumb as Daisy. At the very least he does not think straight when Daisy is around. Then when Daisy complemented Gatsby, I wondered two things. "What does cool mean?" and, "Why would anyone thing that meant they love each other if you thought they were friends?" Tom must be a whole lot smarter than I gave him credit for, or maybe its a lucky guess off of Daisy's new attitude.Then after Tom confronts Gatsby later on in town, Daisy runs over Myrtle! I think it was a freak accident caused by Myrtle's desperation for Tom, and her misinformed thoughts about who was driving. Maybe however it was a purposeful thought because Daisy never stopped. Maybe Daisy had seen, or maybe followed, Tom once and found them in their affair once. Daisy did know about the affair already, maybe she knew the woman he was flirting with as well. I predict that in the next chapter, Daisy will be found as the person driving somehow, but Gatsby will take the blame since it was his car.