Chapter+6

= __**Chapter 6:**__ = ===At the beginning of Chapter 6 a reporter comes to Gatsby asking if he has "anything to say" about his supposed involvement in a variety of schemes. It is in this chapter that the reader finds out that Jay Gatsby is James Gatz. Young James Gatz meets up with millionaire Dan Cody and introduces himself as Gatsby. Cody suddenly dies and Gatsby inherits the sum of twent five thousand dollars. Tom, Sloane, and a woman all ride up to Gatsby's on horseback and Gatsby invites them inside for a drink. Gatsby throws a party an the Buchanans attend. Gatsby attempts to impress Tom and Daisy by introducing all of the celebrities present. During the party, Gatsby dances with Daisy and later go to Nick's steps to have a little privacy. After the party Nick and Gatsby sit together and review the night's events.===

**__﻿Theme:__**
Nostalgia:"He talked about the past, and I gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy." Nick speaks about Gatsby is always talking about his past and how some part of Gatsby himself was perhaps lost or forgotten.

**__﻿Vocab:__**
__Meretricious-__ alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions __ Debauchee- __ a person addicted to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures

__**Colors:**__
"His heart beat faster as Daisy's white face came up to his own. (Fitzgerald 110)" "...they came to a place where there were no trees and the sidewalk was white with moonlight. (Fitzgerald 110)" The color white has many meanings. The use of the color white in Daisy's face could be associated with goodness, purity, or perfection. The first quote describing Daisy's face could mean that Daisy is perfect or full of goodness. The use of white in the second quote could promote meanings such as safety or a successful beginning.

__**Marxist:**__
"To the young Gatz, resting on his oars and looking up at the railed deck, the yacht represented all the beauty and glamour in the world. (Fitzgerald 100)" Gatsby, or Gatz, looks at rich Dan Cody and his boat and see what he wants in his future. Through the Marxist viewpoint, the lower classes are put down in the sense that young penniless Gatz could only dream about living such a rich lifestyle. **__Feminist:__** "He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say: “I never loved you.” After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken. One of them was that, after she was free, they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house — just as if it were five years ago. (Fitzgerald 109)" Gatsby wants Daisy to just tell Tom that she never loved so they can live the life both of them have always wanted. However Daisy cannot do this because the man took care of the woman in the 1920's. Women were not as free to just end a marriage.

**__Reflection of Time Period:__**
"Her glance left me and sought the lighted top of the steps, where THREE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING, a neat, sad little waltz of that year, was drifting out the open door. (Fitzgerald 108)" Gatsby describes a certain waltz that was written during that year as he Daisy goes home that night. //Dictionary.com | Free Online Dictionary for English Definitions//. Web. 06 Apr. 2011. []. "Color Wheel Pro: Color Meaning." //Color Wheel Pro: See Color Theory in Action!// Web. 06 Apr. 2011. .