November 13, 2007

In the beginning of Chapter 4, Nick starts to make a list of all the people who have been at Gatsby's house that summer. After completing his list, he explains his trip with Gatsby to the city, where he has lunch with him. He pulls up to his house in his fancy car, which Nick admires. He gets in and they start their trip into the city. Gatsby starts to tell Nick about some of his past experiences, such as he is from San Fransisco, his entire family died and he inherited the fortune which they had, he claims to have went to Oxford, he supposedly collected jewelry in Europe, and hunted big game. Nick is already skeptical, but increases when he says that he has earned medals in Montenegro. Nick begins to doubt him and gets a little angry. Gatsby backs up his information by showing medals from Montenegro and showing him a picture of him holding and cricket bat. As they speed along, a cop pulls them over. Gatsby shows him a white card and the officer quickly dismisses him. I think this shows how significant Gatsby really is. They finally get to where they will eat their dinner. We now meet Mr. Wolfsheim, who claims to have rigged the 1919 World Series. He says that he 'Seized an opportunity.'
After lunch, Nick meets up with Jordan and they discuss the meeting the she had Gatsby. She tells how Gatsby loved Daisy, but when he went to war, she married Tom instead. Daisy has remained faithful to Tom, but Tom has not been faithful to his wife. And now, Gatsby wants Nick to invite Daisy for tea so he can see her again.