The Great Gatsby- chapter 9.

• Time passing- after 2 years
• Personification of the report
• Imagery- alone, with Gatsby, the only one on his side.
• Nick is connected to all that has happened, and maybe feels partly responsible.
• Nick imagines Gatsby speaking to him, but he is dead, could this show loneliness and that he is missing Gatsby.
• The conversation through the telephone, the pace is slow as he is not getting any replies.
• Themes of outsiders, solidarity- against everyone else, Nick feels.
• Telephone fills in the businesses of Gatsby that we never learn before, all is revealed. As the telephone is always used, and Gatsby often mysteriously goes off to answer the phone calls.
• Recollections of Nick's past, showing how good his memory is, how detailed they are.
• Gatsby's dad's hands are 'trembling'- this tells the story as it links Gatsby to his father- character related actions.
• Repetition of the newspaper- The Chicago one.
• Gatsby's importance has gone with him.
• Another telephone conversation, with Klipspringer- he doesn't care about Gatsby's death, he just wants his shoes back- how ironic, he was a lodger.
• Paradox ( a paradox is a statement that is self contradictory because it often contains two statements that are both true, but in general, cannot both be true at the same time) Gatsby had nothing, he couldn't have Daisy, he only had money. It was only an illusion, the idea of love.
• Death brings out the truth, we learn Gatsby's background.
• Multi-voice narration, helping to tell the story.
• Weather- dark, the tone has changed, weather is often key for changes.
• His Dad is proud that his son is rich, he doesn't know that he has got all the money from wrong-doing and corruption.
• Touching irony- Gatsby's childhood schedule. Shows the innocence from a very young age, and that he was determined.
• 'Nobody came', to the funeral apart from 'Owl Eyes'.
• We are entering into his autobiographical state, memory Nick, romancing the past, it doesn't really relate to the rest of the novel, the structure changes. He realises none of the characters belong in the east, they are westerners.
• At the end when Tom says that Gatsby 'had it coming to him'. it relates back to the idea that there is lots of corruption and immoral things going on. They have all come to a stop: the illegal drinking at Gatsby's parties, Tom's mistress Myrtle, Daisy's fling with Gatsby, Gatsby's affairs. 
• Daisy and Tom use people and cause lots of problems and then retreat to their money,  they are as bad as Gatsby. The excitement of New York and the east in general is no longer thought of well- it brings back memories.
• Imagery- of the settlers, the Europeans  Unknown world. Brings the story back to the start, Nick is back alone and returns home.

The Great Gatsby- chapter 8

Focussing on how the story is told.

• Time- how a long amount of time has passed, he awakens at dawn.
• The imagery of the sea/ boat and how this makes his feel.

The story is told about time passing and the subtle imagery makes the audience think  that Nick feels uncomfortable and struggles to sleep.

• Dark , depressing scene, how they are searching for the cigarettes- as if it is a relief from the tragedy. It adds to the idea that they are really tired.

• Flashbacks, of the time when Daisy and Gatsby are together, in real time, their relationship seems to have finished, it's showing that it is the last time. The romance contrasting,... happiness and love.

1. The sense of time jumping, the change in pace, how they are rushing and on edge. This builds suspense- ' i couldn't sleep all night'. He builds the story, by putting in emotion, through the imagery. The tone is depressing, tired and slow. The search for cigarettes,and they turn out to be stale- dissapointment.
2. Gatsby's dialogue. Time jumps. The use of 'I'. Layers within the story.
3. Gatsby and Daisy's time apart. Seasonal/time imagery.
4. Foreboding ( Fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen).

Countdown, the hours going down. The story is pieced together, but Nick wasn't always there and still has very vivid memories, as though he is reading or writing these parts, how does he know all of this? The narrative is switched, he makes assumptions-  'I had an  idea'. The distance from events is reflective.  Metaphorical language- he has come to terms with real love- grotesque roses, are usually related with connotations of love and beauty. Ghostly imagery, relating to death, foreshadowing morbid imagery, something is going to happen.

The Great Gatsby- chapter 7.

This is the most important chapter in the novel. It is the longest chapter as it is the most significant. It is the most dramatic, so it couldn't be split up, it deserves more time. Nick cannot forget it, the way that it is written down is the way that the processes it in his mind and recalls what happened.

• Personification of the cars-  ' drove sulkily away'.- cars are mentioned again, and they become the main part of this chapter. 
• The telephone conversations between Gatsby and Nick tell the story, it is the structure. The use of dialogue, through the phone, we find out that Gatsby has changed all his staff,so that no-one can gossip about Daisy coming round. Gatsby doesn't even trust his staff?
• Arrange to go to Daisy's house.
• The weather is not just boiling but 'broiling'.It is building up the mood for something to happen. Narrative expectation. Use of weather when something happens that is substantial to the novel's development. Setting up for drama.
• The repetition of 'hot'- to exaggerate.
• When Nick and Gatsby arrive, the women are lying on the sofas like they did in the first chapter.
• Gatsby is in awe of Daisy's house- he is love struck.
• Tom is again on the telephone, to the rumoured mistress, but it is Wilson. The atmosphere is tense, when Tom is in the room, but when he goes out Daisy tells Gatsby she loves him and kisses him in front of Nick and Jordan.
• Daisy's child shocks Gatsby.
• Weather present again- daisy is nearly crying.
• Daisy publicly gives Gatsby compliments, and this annoys Tom, he realises something is going on- weather reflects Tom's mood.
• The use of  the narrator pointing out that 'no one moved' and 'a pause' shows how slow time is going.
• Tom is sexist again.
• 'Her voice is full of money'- Daisy .
• Get into separate cars and go into town, Tom goes to see Wilson, with Gatsby's car.
• Wilson and his wife are planning to go away, more like Wilson is making Myrtle go, it makes Tom 'startled'. Wilson knows that Myrtle has been seeing someone but does not know it is Tom, how ironic!! Myrtle is locked in her house, her face is at the window.
• At the plaza hotel the genre changes to a tragedy, 'a moment of silence' from a romance.
• Tom questions Gatsby angrily, why does Gatsby call him 'old sport', the readers would have thought it was a friendly term, but they are not friends, and only Nick would be called that. Gatsby is keeping on the good side of Tom??
• Silence broken by music, 'a burst of jazz'. The world carries on, but their group are separate, in their little bubble. 
• The juxtaposition of Tom and Gatsby. 'snapped' and 'politely'
• Daisy tries to break the tension by getting alcohol.
• Argument between Tom, Daisy and Gatsby- who Daisy really loves/ did love.- Truth revealed. Gatsby is basically making Daisy say she doesn't love Tom.
• Sadness for Gatsby when Daisy says she loved both of them.
• In the middle of everything Nick remembers its his birthday- flash back to reality- maybe this is also why he remembers this day so well. 
• The sentence on its own sums up the whole chapter- ' So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight'.- reference to weather, it has changed again. It leads up the future.
• A shift dramatically after that sentence talking about a coffee shop owner- ' principal witness at the inquest' what happened???
• Myrtle was knocked down by a car- and  killed!!
• 'We saw three or four auto mobiles and the crowd'- reference to cars again, build up of the drama.
• At first tom is excited about the crash- cruel and arrogant.
• Changing genres- crime/ detective
• There is little imagery, Nick or Fitzgerald creates the dramatic sense, it has the biggest impact and it is straight to the point.
• Tom becomes authoritative he takes hold of the situation as Wilson is in shock, and clears his name- he is innocent, but they (Gatsby and Daisy) were driving his car.
• Tom cries- its a change in him, we saw a little bit of love before, and his voice breakswhen Daisy was talking about  love. Maybe he really loved Myrtle, but then he wouldn't care so much about the cars?!
• Nick has had enough of the group. He is a self- conscious narrator as seems to question himself for including Jordan . Realisation. 
• Colours - pink, and imagery of the suit under the moon.
• Next we hear Gatsby's story of the crash- story told through dialogue first hand not rumours. Flashbacks and story telling.
• The significance of names- Wilson, how ironic that Gatsby didn't know who she was or even check.
• Dramatic.
• Pink again the glow of Daisy's room. Gatsby and her are connected. 
• How vivid Nick's memory of the snapshot with Daisy and Tom sitting together, through the window, how Tom- ' his hand had fallen upon and covered her own'- very sad and sweet image,  forgiving almost. The most intimate they have been in the whole novel. How the bad things bring people together. It is a homely image- the chicken. Contrasting to the Plaza hotel that was too hot and uncomfortable.
• Gatsby is hiding in their garden hedge, he is very worried.
• Nick leaves Gatsby alone. Themes of loneliness, obsession.

The Great Gatsby- chapter 6

The image of Gatsby changes as his real identity is revealed-he was James Gatz . He changed his name, to a English sounding name, to fit in. He was not rich as he worked as a fisherman. He was not an Oxford man at all.
Gatsby invites Daisy and Tom to one of his parties, it is very awkward between Tom and Gatsby, there is tension when Gatsby says' i know your wife'.  Tom is sexist, towards women. Daisy did not like the party, the repetition of 'appalled' . This makes Gatsby nervous and worried again. He denies the truth ' you can't live in the past' 'of course i can'. He holds onto the past as it was safer, and easier then.
We are reminded of the money and power and the young glamorous characters, their status  and how much social power Gatsby has, as everyone goes to the parties, even Tom now.
Flashback of when Daisy and Gatsby were lovers, told through Nick. This reminds us of the romance, that once was there.

The Great Gatsby- chapter 5.

Narrative elements:
The first sentence builds up the tension. Gatsby's dialogue is sporadic (Occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated), this is unusual.Emotive language- Gatsby's movements are sad/ upset. It shows his weakness. In contrast Daisy's musical voice shows her excitement. The repetition of Gatsby's hands in his pockets, he is nervous, awkward. The change of the weather from raining to sun, it shows the mood of this part in the novel because at first when Daisy and Gatsby meet they find it hard to talk to eachother and are embarrased, but by the time the sun comes out Daisy is crying with joy when Nick returns.  'there was a change in Gatsby that was simply confounding'. Gatsby has done so much for Daisy- the detailed descriptions of each room in his house, the reference to a palace. The use of lyrics ' the rich get richer and the poor get poorer'- shows irony of the wealthy house and the poor. Possibly Fitzgerald is trying to say something, maybe he disagrees with this contrast. he is saying what life is like, making a statement. Colours: pink and gold, the house glowed, romantic imagery. 
 Daisy cries into the shirts- could Daisy have wished for a life with Gatsby and wishes for the past? or could she have Gatsby now, as she knows Tom has a mistress?

Themes:
Time- how the clock falls of the mantle piece, shows how slow the time was going and the awkwardness. 
Weather- it links the two halves of the chapter together.
Opposites- Gatsby and Daisy. They both show a different, loving side. 
Materialism-  all the items in Gatsby's house.
Colour.
Authority- at the beginning of the chapter Nick is in charge as Gatsby is basically zoned out of fear. Then when Daisy and Gatsby have had their talk,Gatsby takes charge as he shows them to his house and is rather pushy actually, for example his lodger Klipspringer he demands for him to play piano for them, despite the lodgers complaints.

The Great Gatsby- Chapter 4

Chapter 4

• Gatsby and Nick have become good friends.
• Gatsby tells Nick about his life story, whilst on the way to lunch out. Nick at first does not believe Gatsby as he has heard so many rumours about his past. This is critical because we never really so far in the story have heard a story first hand from the actual person, there are just usually rumours or stories told by others about them. As readers we become interested in Gatsby's life, he mentions of a 'something very sad' that happened to him before. What happened? Is that why he is alone, why he feels he should create happiness for others by having parties?
• Gatsby has something that he wishes Nick to do for him, Nick is suspicious straight away, why should he be? He is also annoyed that Gatsby has been talking to Miss Baker/Jordan, and is affecting their evening out together
• Themes of wealth and materialism- Nick says as a hearse comes by 'i was glad that the sight of Gatsby's splendid car was included in their sombre holiday.' Quite rude and disrespectful and shows that sometimes objects are more important than people to him.
• Nick is being judgemental again, of Mr Wolfsheim.
• Tom comes into the story and Gatsby disappears, why??
• Jordan tells the story of when she first met Daisy. Daisy was very popular and Jordan looked up to her, Daisy at this point was with Gatsby, but often rumoured to be with many others, as Daisy grew up she becomes more responsible and eventually got engaged to Tom, the day before the wedding Daisy got a letter and become very upset, I guess this was from Gatsby. She still marries Tom thought the next day and they are very happy.
• Gatsby's character is revealed more. He loves Daisy, and has been waiting for her for about 5 years. Nick is part of the plan for them to meet up. 

Great Gatsby Chapter 3

Themes:
The party at Gatsby's house.
Characterisation- Nick meets Gatsby for the first time and re-meets Jordan.
Extravagance.

The image that stands out for me is the man 'owl eyes'  who is staying in the library during the party to stop him drinking.
Sound is constant chatter.
Colour is yellow, it is vibrant and because  F Scott Fitzgerald uses words like ' yellow bug', he talks about the lemons, 'yellow cocktail music' and 'bewitched to a dark gold' also shows wealth.

Gatsby is an observer like Nick.
Nick is still judgemental
He becomes closer to Jordan.

• Introduction to Gatsby- ' he smiled understandingly- much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life'. This description is very high quality and shows that Gatsby is important to Nick, he respects Gatsby. Contrasting totally to Tom.
• The opening paragraph- the extravagance of the party, the guests in the 'blue gardens' like royal blood is blue. They only come to the parties for the idea not because of Gatsby in any way, no-one actually knows who he is. The emphasis of little details such as the oranges and lemons.
• Nick the narrator could be creating an uneasiness with grey, contrasting to the bright. Dreamy 'floating'superficial, so perfect, what is under all this good? Lack of substance- all for show.
• How the characters do not know each other and most are not invited, how the crowd if formed easily. The distances between Nick and the other characters are easy to see.
• Time references- how he stays the whole night.
• The idea of loneliness and also the coming together of people. Jordan likes big parties as they are more intimate. Links to chapter 1 how Nick feels left out as he didn't fit into Daisy's house either.
• The car crash, how that brings everyone back to normality and reality- involving owl eyes.
• Gatsby has created this little community of fake, passive characters.
• How Nick describes his normal life and it has no relevance really, he picks out women and follows them home, he is lonely again, so he becomes fascinated by Jordan. How he casually talks about his affair he had with a woman and his work, it is not important to him, the parties are.
• Is he smug?? He feels alienated, should we trust his views? He finds it hard to trust others. Maybe he has made the wrong assumption of himself, he needs to learn about himself. Does whatever happens with Gatsby create anything different? He doesn't know what he wants.
• Jordan's character emerges, the golf player, she likes Nick and company. She is cautious she 'instinctively avoided clever, shrewd men and now I saw that this was because she felt safer on a plane where any.' She covers her emotions, Nick questions himself whether he loved her for a while but he has problems 'that tangle back home', his other girl, he doesn't let himself 'brakes on my desires' love.
• Gatsby is an anigma- there are rumours about him, he apparently killed someone, no-one knows who he is, so why do they come to his parties, are they curious or just materialistic based on status?
• New technology is key.