The Great Gatsby - Chapter 9

In the beginning of the chapter tons of people and reporters and policemen are coming to the house and asking Nick questions. Nick decided to send out a letter to people he thought might come to the funeral. He tries to call Daisy immediately but they have already left and no one knows where they're at. He gets a letter from Henry Gatz telling him to hold off the funeral until he arrives. Henry was Jay's dad and they find a book with Gatsby's schedule and they talk about how proud he is of his son. Nick keeps trying to contact people but no one wants to come pay their respects and Nick is very hurt by that. No one showed up to the service but once they get to the graveyard another man shows up and they talk about how sad it is that so many people came to his parties but they won't even come to his funeral. Nick talks to Jordan and they kind of talk things out. Nick saw Tom in the city walking and Tom turned around to talk to him. Nick asked him why he said that Gatsby killed Myrtle and he said that if he didn't tell him who owned the car he would killed Tom. Nick was upset but they sort of made their peace with each other. As the days went by Nick always went to the city on the weekends because he swore he could still hear the roar of Gatsby's parties. His house was empty and still the same once Nick packed up and moved.
Response: I can't believe that no one showed up to his funeral. Hundreds of people would travel so far to come to his parties. I fell really bad for Gatsby and for Nick. I also wish Daisy would have done something but she probably didn't know until long after. I wish that Tom and Daisy would just break up or stay together because both of them caused all the hurt in this book.
Question: Did Daisy just not do anything for Gatsby's death or did she not know about it until long after?
Comment: I can't believe no one came to Gatsby's funeral.

The Great Gatsby - Chapter 8

In the beginning Nick and Gatsby are talking about whether Gatsby should leave town or not. He talks about the first time him and Daisy met and how their relationship started out. He says how he had to leave her to go to war and when he came back he had to go to Oxford. When he finally made the effort to go see her she was on her honeymoon with Tom. Nick talks to Jordan on the phone and they just argue and hang up. Wilson is upset about his wife's death and wants to find out who killed her. He goes to Gatsby's house and kills him, then kills himself.
Response: Gatsby should have left with Daisy right away. If he loved her so much in the beginning he should have made that extra effort to see her before she got married. Also I can't believe Wilson killed Gatsby when he didn't actually kill Myrtle.
Question: Why didn't Gatsby leave right away?
Comment: Gatsby wasn't even the one who ran over Myrtle!

The Great Gatsby - Chapter 7

In the beginning of the chapter Gatsby locked himself out of him house. He's embarrassed by the rumors about him that he fires his servants and hires new ones. Gatsby and Daisy become a lot closer because they spend the afternoons together. Nick goes to Daisy's and Daisy and Jordan are listening to Tom and his girlfriend on the phone. He tries to act like he doesn't know what's happening. Gatsby feels awkward because Pammy is with him and Daisy. When Tom is done they decide to go to town and Daisy and Gatsby ride separate from the others. Finally Tom realizes that Daisy and Gatsby are having an affair and Nick and Jordan are in on it. They stop for gas at the gas station that Tom's girlfriend's husband works at and her husband tells him that he needs money for him and his wife to move to West. Tom is furious because his wife is having an affair and his girlfriend is moving away. Toms tells them that he knows all about the affair.
Question: Why is Tom mad at Daisy when he's been doing the same thing?
Comment: Gatsby and Daisy just need to be together already.

The Great Gatsby - Chapter 6

The chapter starts with a newspaper reporter at Gatsby's front door. He wants to know if the rumors are true that Jay Gatsby is really James Gatz from North Dakota. He met a man named Dan Cody who pulled in Gatsby for 5 years. They traveled around the continent 3 times and visited other places like the West Indies. He was his mentor during that time, but they went their different ways. Gatsby hadn't been seen for a while so Nick, Tom and a couple other came over to visit. They asked him to go out but they ended up leaving without him. Gatsby had another party and Daisy and Tom decided to attend. Daisy and Gatsby dance together but then leave to sit on Nick's steps. Tom wants to go eat with other people so Daisy tell him to write down the address so she can meet up with him. Gatsby worries that Daisy doesn't have fun like they used to.
Question: Will Gatsby and Daisy get together?
Comment: Tom seems like he doesn't care that Daisy and Gatsby are getting closer.

The Great Gatsby - Chapter 5

When Nick gets back Gatsby is waiting for him. He asks Nick if he wants to make a little extra money by doing some work for him. Nick tells him that he's too busy because he's not sure what Gatsby would have in mind. Nick calls Daisy to make sure that she is still coming by herself. Gatsby is really nervous and wants everything to go perfectly. When Daisy comes her and Gatsby talk for the first time and it's not how Gatsby had hoped. It was really awkward for both of them. Gatsby takes Nick and Daisy around his house and when Daisy sees all his nice clothes she starts crying. Nick leaves and Gatsby and Daisy are really enjoying themselves.
Question: Why does Daisy start crying when she sees the shirts?
Comment: I hope Gatsby and Daisy get together.

The Great Gatsby - Chapter 4

In the start of this chapter they all try to guess what Gatsby did before he got to be where he is. They talk about the parties and the people who attend. Gatsby then picks up Nick is his really nice car. He tells Nick that he grew up in a wealthy family and he attended Oxford. He even show him a picture and a medal from the war. Once they get to the city Gatsby introduces him to his business partner. Mr. Wolfsheim tells Nick that he made the 1919 World Series. Jordan tells Nick the Gatsby and Daisy used to be lovers and that he only bought the house so that he could live closer to her. Gatsby had thought out a plan that Nick would invite Daisy over when Tom is gone and he would just drop by.
Question: How is Daisy going to react when she sees Gatsby?
Comment: Everyone's relationships are so messed up!

The Great Gatsby - Chapter 3

Nick talks about how Gatsby throws huge parties and that people come from all over to attend. He gets a letter inviting him to one of Gatsby's parties. It's a big deal to actually get an invite so he wanted to talk to him but he couldn't find him. He runs into a man and talks to him for a little bit only to realize that he was Gatsby. While they are talking, he grabs Jordan and wants to talk to her too. After those two get done talking she says that their conversation was the most amazing thing ever.
Question: What did he and Jordan talk about?
Comment: His parties much be huge!

The Great Gatsby - Chapter 2

Tom and Nick go to New York City to visits Tom's girl. Nick asks Tom about what his girl's husband thinks and he tells him that he thinks she's just visiting her sister. Myrtle buys a puppy while they are in the city. They go to Myrtle's apartment to drink and smoke. Nick leaves and when he comes back the other two are gone. Nick decides to read a book called Simon Called Peter. Myrtle then invites her sister and the neighbors over and they talk about her marriage. They aslo talk about Tom and Daisy's marriage.
Question: Why would they go to the city to be together then talk about their marriages?
Comment: I think Nick feels like a third wheel.

The Great Gatsby - Chapter 1

The book starts off with a men talking about his past. He talks about how his father gave him advice on not judging people because he grew up with a lot of money. He graduates from school and wants to enter the bond business. He moves out the the east coast and is neighbors to a mansion owned by Jay Gatsby. Nick visits his cousin Daisy who also lives there. They are sitting there and the phone rings and it's a woman of Tom's from New York. They ask Nick about the engagement, but Nick says it's untrue. Later when Nick gets home he sees Gatsby in his yard. When Nick looks again, he's gone.
Question: What is Gatsby doing in his yard?
Comment: His dad gave him great advice.

Chapter 20 - Red Badge of Courage

Chapter 19 - Red Badge of Courage

As they are walking to battle Henry takes notice to the nature around him. He then turns into a super war freak. He kills a lot of men. He sees the flag man go down and he quickly grabs the flag. He starts running at the Confederates. Wilson covers behind him. It's just those two fighting and Henry is unarmed.

Chapter 18 - Red Badge of Courage

After the battle, Henry and Wilson go looking in the woods. They come across the generals talking and hide so they can listen. He hears the generals talking about the worst regimen. They say that it's the 304th regimen and that they are sending them to the front line. That is Henry and Wilson's group and they are offended. They go back to their men and warn them that they are going to the front line. They're scared that they are going to die.

Chapter 17 - Red Badge of Courage

This chapter is where Henry really changes. Henry is waiting for battle and as it arrives he just goes off. He shoots until he can't shoot anymore. He runs at the Confederates like a crazy person and they run away. Even though they have gone he continues to fight. The soldiers laugh at him so he stops. All the men think he's a great fighter but Henry doesn't know what to think. He feels weird about it because he feels like that really wasn't him fighting because he doesn't know what came over him.

Chapter 16 - Red Badge of Courage

Henry's regimen starts to make their way to the battle. They are going to relieve the front men. As they are walking the men start trash talking. Henry says that the generals aren't doing a very good job. Another soldier calls Henry out. He asks him if he fought the whole battle all by himself. Henry panics and thinks that they know that he ran. But as they are approaching the battle his fear is focus on the battle ahead.

Chapter 15 - Red Badge of Courage

The men start to march. Henry and Wilson are walking side by side and Henry gets to thinking. He has the letters that Wilson gave to him. He feels like he's special and important. Then suddenly Wilson asks for the letters back. He hands them back and it kind of lowers his self-esteem, but he still feels like he's special.

Chapter 14 - Red Badge of Courage

Henry is woken up by a battle. He sees that no one is awake and he thinks they are all dead. He then realizes that they are still sleeping. His head has gotten huge! The "loud soldier" helps him out and they talk while men are starting to awake. Henry tells him that their friend Jim Conklin died in the last battle. The soldier then explains that their regimen was broken up in the battle and that men are slowly coming back. As the men wake up a couple get into a fight and they help to break it up.

Chapter 13 - Red Badge of Courage

When Henry gets back to his group they welcome him nicely. They wondered what happened to him and where he went. He told them that he got shot in the head. He really wasn't sure what all happened and he thought that's what it felt like. The men all look at his wounds and think that he's lying. Henry knows that it was a lie and he now feels terribly guilty. He goes to sleep which is usually hard for him.

Chapter 12 - Red Badge of Courage

The start of the chapter Henry is just minding his own business. When suddenly he is being rushed upon by tons of soldiers just running. He wants to know why they are running so he tries to ask one of the soldiers. The soldiers is still in panic mode and hit him with his gun. Henry is disoriented after this so we just follows the pack of soldiers. When he gets to where the pack was going one of the soldiers sees that he's in the wrong spot. He takes him back to his regimen, but Henry doesn't know who helped him out.

Chapter 11 - Red Badge of Courage

Henry continues going back and forth as far as his feelings. He feels proud to be apart of such a brave group. Then he wants to kick butt and kill lots of men. He then gets scared and doesn't want to fight. He gets cold feet and wants to run away. Then he decides that he's a coward, no question about it. By the end of the chapter he just wants to be dead.

Chapter 10 - Red Badge of Courage

Henry was joined by the "tattered soldier" while watching Jim die. The soldier is also wounded and wants to see where Henry is hurt. Since Henry isn't hurt he tries to sneak away from the soldier. The soldier notices and wants him to stay with him. Henry knows that if he leaves him he'll die. He feels bad, but since he isn't hurt he feels like he has to leave. The soldier begs him not to go and he calls him Tom Jamison.

Chapter 9 - Red Badge of Courage

Henry walks around his fallen regimen and sees that most of the men are injured, dead, or dying. He feels like a coward and wishes that he himself had a "red badge of courage." He wishes that he were wounded so that he could go home. He's scared and wants to go home, but then he sees Jim. Jim is dying right in front of him and it upsets. After he watches Jim die very painfully he's motivated. Henry now wants to take out his rage on the battle that killed his friend.

Chapter 8 - Red Badge of Courage

Henry starts heading back to the battle out of the woods. He starts to feel even worse because there are dead people everywhere. Injured men come wandering into the woods. They are falling to the ground dying and Henry feels terrible. A man comes out laughing with a huge wound. He asks Henry where he's injured. So Henry gets away from him because he's freaked out.

Chapter 7 - Red Badge of Courage

Henry hides in the woods, but comes out after he hears cheering. He walks a little ways and sees that it's the Union that held the line. He tries to make himself feel better about running, but it doesn't work. He throws a rock at a squirrel to show that even they run away. Then he walks up on a dead man. He feels terrible and sees ants crawling in his eyes. Now he feels really badly about running away because he saw the dead man.

Chapter 6 - Red Badge of Courage

Henry wakes up the next day feeling great. He is proud of what he's done. He starts thinking about how good of a soldier he is and that he's a great shooter. All of a sudden they are getting shot at by more Confederate soldiers. Before Henry knows it, everyone in his regimen just takes off running. He hesitates and doesn't know what to do. He then drops his gun and just takes of running. He couldn't fight them alone although he didn't want to run. They run as far and as fast as they can.

Chapter 5 - Red Badge of Courage

All of a sudden Confederate soldiers start running towards them. Henry forgets everything and starts to shoot. They kill a lot of people and it's really gross. One of the men tries to run, but he gets beat up. After seeing that Henry is thankful he never decided to run. After all the fighting the Union flag is still standing. Most of the regimen is still alive. They look around and they look around at all the nature. Nature doesn't take notice to all the fighting, it just stays the same.

Chapter 4 - Red Badge of Courage

Henry and his regimen reach the battle. They just stand and watch and try to figure out who is winning. It's really smoky so they can't see very well. They pretty much just see the flags going up and back down. The lieutenant gets shot but he's alright. Once again, Henry starts thinking about whether he'll run or fight. He can't make up his mind whether to run for his life or to fight with honor.

Chapter 3 - Red Badge of Courage

The men are running towards the gun shots. Henry starts to consider whether he said be running to help or just running away. He decides that he'd go with what everyone else is doing. They see their first dead man and now Henry wants to go home. He has another mood swing and decides maybe he should just die and get it over with. But as they get closer to battle he changes his mind and doesn't want to die anymore. Then Wilson hands Henry a packet of letters and tells him to mail them to his family because they thinks that the next battle will be their last.

Chapter 2 - Red Badge of Courage

The extra time before they really go to battle makes Henry go crazy. He can't make up his mind about what he is about to do. Finally they head into battle, but it isn't what they think it is. They are still doing nothing. The men feel as though they will never get to see real battle and want to really badly. They make camp and Henry wishes he were back home. In this chapter we also meet another character named Wilson, called "The Loud Solider". Wilson thinks he hears thunder, but it's really gun shots and the men start running towards it.

Chapter 1 - Red Badge of Courage

Right away we meet Henry. He is enlisted to fight in the Civil War for the Union. He started off wanting to enlist, but because he's now being force he doesn't want to. Jim Conklin is the only other character we meet in this chapter and he's a solider that spreads a rumor that they are going to battle the next day. The next day comes and his rumor turns out to be false and the other soldiers are upset at the lie. Henry is thinking of all the possibilities and sometimes doubts his decision. He wants to be courageous, but he's starting to get scared and he doesn't know what to do.