Chapter 6 Gatsby blog notes

How truthful was Gatsby when he replayed the story of his life to Nick? Why does Fitzgerald tell the story of Jay Gatz now?

• Gats= very untruthful when told N life story- reader learns name isn't Jay Gatsby "James Gatz- that was really, or at least legally his name"- isn't "the son of some wealthy people in the Middle West" instead "His parents were shiftless and unsuccessfu; farm people"
• chap 4 (1st time hear Gat's life story) Dan Cody isn't mentioned. Chap 5 N notices photo "hung on the wall over his desk" + inquires- Gats says "that? That's Mr Dan Cody, old sport"+ "he's dead now. He used to be my best friend years ago". Chap 6, true signif of Cody in Gat's life revealed over course of 3 pages
• Fitz tells story of Gats in chap to further mystify reader- throughout novel diff to tell who real Gats is coz surrounded by rumors+ gossip- reader remember novel being mediated by N=unreliable narrator, as result reader should question if what we are being told is truth
• this version of Gats seems more believeable coz isn't as fantastical as previous stories we've been told- helps certain aspect of Gat's "personality" make sense+ extent offer explination for actions

Describe the meeting of Tom and Gatsby. What does this meeting reveal about them?

• meeting is tense, acting as if they are "strangers" despite breifly met @speakeasy in chap 4
• this chap Tom finds out Gats knows D- creates further tension
• this meeting could seen as moment that sparks interest in trying to find out/spend more time with each other- evidence N say that Gats "had control of himself now, and he wanted to see more of Tom"+ Tom saying "I wonder where the devil he met Daisy"
• N says Gats "was profoundly affected by the fact that Tom was there"+ "he would be uneasy anyhow until he had given them something"- idea that Tom's presence has signif effect on those around him+ reveals aspect of self-consciousness within Gats, feels need to provide for guests to calm his nerve
• meeting reveals Gats jelous/envious of Tom:"I know your wife, continued Gatsby, almost agressively"- lack of self resraint shown "moved by…