Chapter 9 pages 163-180 Joey Guerra 2nd period

1. Chapter 9 pages 163-180

2. Chapter 9 Summary
The chapter begins with many reporters and crime investigators crowding around the death scene of Gatsby and Wilson at Gatsby's house. Nick feels that Gatsby does not deserve to be alone, Nick wants to "get somebody" for him. He contactsWolfshiem, but he chooses not to get involved; then he calls Daisy, but finds out that they have left out of town. After the calls Henry Gatz shows up. (Gatsby's dad) Henry spends most of the day exploring Gatsby's house and seems very proud and honored to have such a successful son. As the day continues, calls keep coming in for Gatsby, but when Nick tells the callers that Gatsby is dead, they all hang up and do not want to get involved. At the funeral only Nick, Henry, Gatsby's servants, and owl eyes show up. Within the next week Nick talks to Tom and runs into Jordan. Jordan tells him that she is engaged, and Tom said he had to tell Mr. Wilson the truth. But the truth was wrong.

3. Henry Gatz
3a. “It was Gatsby’s father, a solemn old man, very helpless and dismayed, bundled up in a long cheap ulster against the warm September day. His eyes leaked continuously with excitement, and when I took the bag and umbrella from his hands he began to pull so incessantly at his sparse gray beard that I had difficulty in getting off his coat." Page 167
3b. Mr. Gatz is not wealthy, he is old, and helpless, but on the other hand he is also a happy, loving, and caring person. He seems very proud of what his son accomplished. He said he knew he would be this successful because of the brain power he showed as a child.
3c. Mr. Gatz represents a person who has achieved the American Dream. He represents what all people should try to accomplish when starting new. Even though he is not rich, he has happiness. Gatsby had the rich part, but was never happy. It is significant that Gatsby spent tons of money on a bunch of people, trying to attain happiness and Daisy, but the only person that truly loved Gatsby was his father, which did not even know Gatsby was rich until he came to see him dead. I feel Gatsby and his father are the most connected throughout the book, even though Mr. Gatz is never mentioned until the last chapter he is one the only one who loves Gatsby in the present, and he is one of the few who doesn't leave him alone.

4. "Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead." page 172
This quote signifies that once someone dies there is no point of feeling for them because when someone is dead they do not feel. Mr. Wolfsheim suggests that when someone dies everyone must leave them alone, for they are alone experiencing the road of death. He believes that he is showing Gatsby respect by not turning up to his funeral, but that is also an illusion. In his heart, he knows he has disrespected Gatsby. But he believes in the illusion. He believes he is right. And he won't do anything to change that. Also showing friendship when someone is alive is harder then when someone is dead.

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