Chapter+9

Chapter 9 **//In this chapter, Nick talks of Gatsby's funeral. Tons of media swarm Gatsby's mansion, while rumors spread very quickly of Gatsby's relations with the Wilsons. Nick trys to throw a huge funeral for Gatsby, but very few attend. Tom and Daisy move away without any word, and Wolfsheim and Klipspringer also refuse to come. The only ones to go to the funeral were Nick himself, Gatsby's father, and Owl Eyes. After all that had happen, Nick packs up and moves back to the Midwest. Jordan and Nick's relationship ends, while Jordan confesses to being engaged to another man. While on his way out, Nick has an encounter with Tom. Unpleased to see him, Nick eventually gives Tom the benefit of a handshake. Tom discusses the incident of Myrtle's death, and says that Gatsby deserved to die. Before he officially leaves, Nick goes and visits Gatsby's mansion for one last time, cleaning up insulting grafitti within the house, and laying along the shore of the beach. //** media type="file" key="09 Congratulations.m4a" **Analysis:** This chapter describes the true meaning behind some people. It offically shows how shallow Tom and Daisy are, and how everyone in the East had their lives wrapped around the idea of wealth and money. Nick clears his thoughts to search for a purer life, and wonders of what life was like when the East was first discovered, and how simplistic everything was. **Vocab Terms: **** __grotesque: __ ** distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal or hideous **__unpunctual:__** after the appointed time **__indignantly:__** showing anger or ingidnation, especially at something unjust or wrong **Color:** The color of this novel would be gray. The end is depressing with two deaths of characters, and the complete shallowness of others is exposed. It also presents how depressed Nick is to see how ugly people acted around him. **theme: **the theme of this chapter is that everyone gets what they deserve in the end. Gatsby become wealthy through illegal actions, and was having an affair with a married woman. Gatsby ends up deceased in the end because of his sins comitted throughout the novel. **Reflection: **This chapter reflects on how people of the east in the 20's based their living around money and wealth and lost the true values of life. [|www.google.com]