Book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Length: 189 pages
Read: pgs. 67-85

Chapter 4

Nick begins listing off the people he recorded as going to Gatsby's parties that summer. There are a lot of odd people, two who committed suicide, one who ran over another's hand, one who practically lived there, and several who went to gamble.
Nick also mentioned how he had gone to two parties, flown on Gatsby's jet, spent some time on his beach, but still didn't know a thing about him. Gatsby then drove over to pick him up in his cream-colored car (with a lot of boxes) and seemed very uneasy. On the drive to lunch, Gatsby asked what Nick thought of him, and then starting telling him about himself. His parents were both rich and deceased, and he inherited the wealth. They were from San Francisco, but he was educated in Oxford, as was a family tradition. At first he seemed as though he were lying, but then Nick realized he was telling the truth. After they died, he lived through the capitals of Europe doing things for himself trying to forget something that had happened to him long ago. Nick wanted to laugh as he could tell how worn out these words were. Gatsby was happy when the war began, as he tried hard to die. He was made first lieutenant, and was promoted to major, where every Allied country gave him a decoration. Nick's incredulation became fascination.
He emphasized Montenegro, as if comprehending their troubled history, and showed Nick the decoration given to him by them. He also showed him a picture from Oxford.
Gatsby told Nick he wanted him to know something about him, and Miss Baker would tell him about it through tea that afternoon. He was kind of annoyed, and wished he hadn't set foot on Gatsby's property for a moment. The police stops them, but he waived his picture of Oxford, and they are excused.
They see a hearse and two carriages, and he's glad that they got to see them. After passing the Queensboro Bridge, he spots a limousine driven by a white man, with three blacks looking at them with rivalry, and he thinks, "Anything can happen now that we've slid over this bridge...anything at all..."
Gatsby introduces him to Mr. Wolfshiem, who remembers the old restaurant Metropole, where one of their friends, Rosy Rosenthal, was shot to death. After leaving, Gatsby revealed that Wolfshiem was a gambler and had fixed the World Series in 1919. He sees Tom there, and introduces him to Gatsby. Gatsby seems uneasy, and then leaves.
At tea with Miss Baker, she revealed that Daisy and Gatsby had been sweethearts during the war. Afterwards, Daisy married Tom. Gatsby wanted to see Daisy again, and wanted Nick to invite her over so he could see her house.