Chapter+9

= = =__Chapter 9:__ =  Chapter 9 is based two years after Gatsby's funeral, and it explains the commotion surrounding it. Nick tells about all the reporters and policemen who came to Gatsby's house. After they discovered Gatsby's body in his house, Nick tried to call Daisy to tell her about it, but her and Tom had left without any say as to when, or if, they would return. He then tried to reach Meyer Wolfsheim but couldn't get a hold of him either. Wolfsheim does not return with the butler who was sent to New York City, and Daisy never called. Unexpectedly, Gatsby's father called from Minnesota and was told the news about his son. In a telegram that followed, he said to postpone the funeral and he then came to NY for the funeral. Klipspringer called and said that he would not be making it to the funeral, but instead was calling about a pair of sneakers that he had forgotten at Gatsby's. At Wolfsheim's, he reminisced about Gatsby's past, and about the book he had which a schedule was written in the back page of, which proved that he would be successful. The only ones to attend the funeral was Nick, Mr. Gatz, the servants, and the minister, and the man with the owl-eyed glasses showed up at the cemetary. Later, Nick speaks of how he misses the West and the snow and the Christmas wreaths, and before moving he breaks up with Jordan, and finds Tom in New York City. On his last night, he lies on the beach behind Gatsby's house, and thinks about the trek to the American dream.

 __Vocabulary:__
 pasquinade - a satire or lampoon, especially one posted in a public place.  unpunctual - not strictly observant of an appointed or regular time.

 __Reflection of Time Period:__ [[image:http://www.hopalong.com/images/Logo_sm1.gif width="110" height="140" align="right"]]
Hopalong Cassidy, the book that Gatsby made his schedule in, was actually a famous fictional cowboy hero who was invented in 1904. Many other things represent the time period in the chapter, such as the difficulty of trying to contact someone, whereas today it would be much simpler and quicker.

__Common Theme:__
The American Dream: The dream for Gatsby, is now over. Living the American dream with his money and materialistic objects was supposed to make him happy, but in the end he wasn't happy because he couldn't have one thing that he loved more than anything, Daisy. Money doesn't buy happiness, and he didn't have many friends who attended his funeral, which also proves that money can't buy friends.

__Marxist Criticism:__
Wealth is shown to not provide complete happiness, or a complete life. Gatsby's life, which was filled with money, ended and the materialism in his life meant nothing once he was dead and only a few people showed up for his funeral.

__Feminist Criticism:__
Daisy and Tom run off, so she could be portrayed as naive for still going back to Tom despite her love for the now dead Gatsby. She leaves town and is unreachable by Nick, who is trying to gather people to come to Gatsby funeral. Since Daisy can't get the love she really wants from Gatsby, she takes the second choice in Tom. She lives like Cinderella and always expects a man to be there to care for her and support her.

__Color:__
**Green **- "...I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">green light at the end of Daisy's dock." <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The green light mentioned could represent the greed in Gatsby's life, or his jealousy when it came to Daisy not being his. Green also represents growth and development, two things Gatsby was great at during life. He was a very successful business man and had more room to grow.

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