The Great Gatsby - Chapter Nine

• 'Look here old sport...' Nick is hearing Gatsby's voice, shows the connection that the two of them had.
• 'And it rested there' personification, gives the case a whole new meaning to Nick and the reader.
• The story is told through telephone conversations which fill in the gaps, also shows Nick's loneliness  now that Gatsby is gone.  
• 'Trembling hand' Links back to when Gatsby catches the clock, link between father and son.  Gives Gatsby's father a character without having to describe him in too much detail. 
• 'He was so hard up he had to keep on wearing his uniform because he couldn't buy some regular clothes' Death brings out the truth, Gatsby never really honest with Nick about everything?  Narration has shifted, Meyer W now the narrator.
• 'Nobody came' everyone very superficial, only friends with Gatsby for the alcohol and the parties.  All very fake.
• 'One of my most vivid memories' completely unrelated, shows how the narration is just a stream of Nick's thoughts.
• 'ceaselessly into the past' relationships returning to the state they were in before the summer. Nick was lonely before he met Gatsby, stood on the outside and observed, returning to that.

The Great Gatsby - Chapter Eight

This chapter is broken down into eight different phases:

PHASE ONE
Phase one tells us how Nick couldn't sleep, so when he heard Gatsby arrive in a taxi he went out to see him.  Nick suggests that Gatsby should go away for a while, but he refuses. He then sees Daisy two days afterwards.  This phase shows a lot of change in pace, such as when Nick enters Gatsby's house, time seems to move quicker, 'tumbled with a sort of splash upon the keys of a ghostly piano'. Not very detailed description in comparison to Fitzgerald's usual style, this shows how they're rushing and on edge, which sets the mood for the rest of the chapter.  Later on, we see long descriptions about Gatsby's feelings for Daisy, which, considering Nick is out narrator, Gatsby must have told him. This shows how Gatsby and Nick's relationship is developing, and shows how close they are.

PHASE TWO 
In phase two, Gatsby explains to Nick how he can't help loving Daisy, and gives details of the night they spent together before he went away to war. Once again time jumps (which is a recurring theme in Fitzgerald's style), but this time it jumps backwards to their last night, rather than forwards. In Gatsby's speech in this phase, there are a lot of pauses, for example 'I key different things from her....well there I was.' This shows how it's a stream of thoughts, giving Gatsby a sense of humanism that we have rarely seen from him.

PHASE THREE
Here we are given an insight into what Gatsby and Daisy were doing away from each other.  Gatsby was doing well in the war, and Daisy was partying, and looking for love, trying to replace Gatsby. Daisy was in an 'artificial world', just as her and a lot of the people in the book seem to be, nothing has really changed, it is all material.  'The force took shape in the middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan' shows Tom's personality, he demands attention and is a a very overpowering character. 

PHASE FOUR
In Phase Four, Gatsby and Nick are sat in Gatsby's house, where Gatsby questions Daisy's love for Tom. Time then jumps  back (similarly to the phase before) to when Gatsby came back from the war, and Tom and Daisy were on their honeymoon; Gatsby traveled to Louisville to relive the moments he spent with Daisy.  Time then returns to the present, where one of Gatsby's servants wants to drain the pool, Gatsby asks him not too, foreshadowing. Gatsby and Nick part ways.  Very vivid description of Gatsby's time in Louisville: 'He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air, to save a fragment of the spot that she had made lovely for him' shows how Gatsby remembers every detail, really sticks out to him.  'We were always thanking him for that - I and the others' Nick wondering if he really sticks out to Gatsby? Or whether he is just another one of Gatsby's party people.

PHASE FIVE
Nick receives a phone call from Jordan, he then tries to phone Gatsby but the line is busy with a phone call from Detroit. This is a very short phase, which is very different from the phase before. In phase four, there is a lot of vivid description, whereas in this phase there are very short sentences such as 'Very Well.' and 'It was just noon'. Nick is developing as a narrator.

PHASE SIX
This phase contains Nick's trip on the train where he passes the place that Myrtle's accident was.  Time jumps back to the just after the accident.  'Now I want to back a little and tell what happened at the garage after we left the night before.'  Almost as if he is remembering suddenly, and Nick is directly addressing the reader here, which breaks the fourth wall.  This is a technique used in drama to distance the audience from the story and the characters, Fitzgerald trying to stop the reader empathizing with the characters?

PHASE SEVEN
In this phase, the story carries on with what happened at the garage the night before.  This is the only phase where the story carries on from the previous one, shows a difference in this phase to the others, sticks out more to the reader.

PHASE EIGHT
This is the final phase of the chapter, in which Gatsby goes out to his pool and somebody shoots him.  Nick goes to his house after getting home from the station, they take Gatsby's body into the house and notice that Wilson is dead as well.  The past few phases have contained numbers and times, e.g. 'At two o'clock' almost like a countdown, reader beginning to expect something. 'I have an idea' narration changes from report like, authorial style, to speculation and doubt. Nick developing as a narrator.  Very descriptive 'faint, barely perceptible movement of the water' different to other major events which have no description at all and are very blunt.

The Great Gatsby - Chapter Seven

• Chapter seven is the longest chapter in the book, and stands out not only due to it's length but due to the dramatic events that this chapter holds.
• Also in the chapter, the weather gives us clues as to how the characters are feeling, meaning we can empathize with them more.  'The weather was broiling' shows how uncomfortable the characters are due to the heat. This also gives us a clue about what is yet to happen in the chapter, as if we are expecting something.
• Chapter 7 shows Tom's character more as well, when Tom first sees that a car crash has taken place, he says his speech 'excitedly', as if he is looking forward to the sight of someone being hurt, this shows how arrogant he is, and once again makes the reader form a strong opinion of him.
• Unlike the other chapters, time is not a key factor here, as time doesn't jump around.  All of the events seem to take place chronologically.  Where Nick has before been an unreliable narrator because of his sometimes vague memory of things, here he seems to remember ever last detail, showing how important the events were to the characters.
• When Myrtle is hit by the car, there is very little description of the event (similar to when Tom hits Myrtle, and the last car crash outside the party), except for Nick describing the car itself as 'the death car'.  This is unusual, as descriptive passages are normally a key feature of Fitzgerald's writing style.

The Great Gatsby - Chapter Six

Key themes of this chapter:

• Love
• Power
• Lies
• Superficiality

Love

• Love triangles: Gatsby and Tom both love Daisy, Daisy loves them both but is choosing Tom.
• We never see a single scene of Gatsby and Daisy's relationship, as Nick is our narrator and respects their privacy. Leaves the reader to imagine what they want to happen, Fitzgerald keeps a certain amount of mystery in it.

Power

• Social class is explored in the chapter, with relation to Gatsby (e.g. he is embarrassed by the fact that he had to work as a janitor during University.
• Gatsby has changed his name - Shows how he wants to reinvent himself as a rich man, wants to leave his lower class days behind him.
• Tom seems to have a lot of power over Gatsby, makes him feel uncomfortable without even knowing very much about him.

Lies

• Gatsby kept so much a secret about his past, changed his name etc. Almost as if he's lying to himself about who he truly is.
• Gatsby lies to Tom, deceives him about who he really is, only says he knows Daisy, gives no information about how close they actually are or his feelings for her.

Superficiality

• Tom and the Sloane's invite Gatsby out to dinner and are disappointed when he accepts, invite was fake, Gatsby doesn't realize this, is very superficial

The Great Gatsby - Chapter Five

• First sentence, sets tension for the first half of the chapter: 'When I came home to West Egg that night I was afraid for a moment that my house was on fire'
• Gatsby's dialogue is quite inconsistent, constantly changes subject.
• Emotive language to describe Gatsby's movements, first time he's been seen as a vulnerable character: 'Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes'
• Daisy and Gatsby's dialogue is all one liners, very blunt, shows they have a past and shows their current relationship.
• Chapter almost in two halves, the weather represents this. Begins sunny and warm, changes to cold and rainy.
• Daisy chases money? Only wants Gatsby now that he's rich, cries into his shirts, only interested in what he has.
• Knocks over the clock and 'catches it with trembling hands', sense of stopping time, once again time is a key feature of Fitzgerald's writing.

The Great Gatsby - Chapter Four

Narrative Elements:

• Halfway through the chapter the narration switches to Jordan's point of view, may be to show a different side to things, and to show how like minded Nick and Jordan are.
• Cars once again mentioned frequently, Gatsby's car is eccentric and expensive to show his character.  Cars are a key theme in the novel, they give a sense of movement.
• Racism from Tom in earlier chapters, but in this chapter Nick defines someone by the fact that they're Jewish. His narration changes in each chapter, which may show him developing as a character.  May also show how he is conforming to the type of person he is expected to be by the society.

Ideology

• Nick's confidence seems to be growing with the people at the party, he is succumbing to the people at the party's nature.  He is helping to spread rumour, and is showing more of his superficial side.
• 'His voice was solemn' Gatsby beginning to be shown as a deeper character, more emotion.
• He is pursuing Jordan in this chapter, rather than observing her, shows a change in his character.

The Great Gatsby - Chapter Three

In this chapter there are a few main themes that are shown throughout, these are:

• Imagery
• Voice
• Time
• Dialogue and characterisation

Imagery: The main image that sticks in my head from that chapter is the 'high gothic library' where Nick runs into Owl Eyes, the drunk gentleman using the library as a place to sober up.  The ideas of 'carved english oak' and 'transported complete from some ruin overseas' not only creates a vivid image of Nick's surroundings, but also gives us an idea of Gatsby as a person, showing how eccentric he is, and how he enjoys the material things in life.  We also get colours and sounds implied throughout the chapter, for example, I get the idea of deep purple/blue colours, and the sound of the Charleston covered my muffled voices and the clink of glasses.

Voice: Nick observes every little detail, and everything that is included in the narration seems to be of importance to the novel.  For example, meeting Owl Eyes in the library, this may not seem to be of any benefit to the story, however he's involved in the car crash when leaving the party, and cars seem to be a key element of the book.  The fact that Nick observes everything also shows his alienation, and how he doesn't seem to fit in with the people at the party.  The quote 'I am one of the few honest people I've ever met' shows how he feels like he can't trust anybody.

Time: Due to Nick being very drunk at the party, the time jumps around a lot, hours just seem to disappear, and before we know it half of the party has passed by.  This may be because Nick sees everyone and everything at the party as the same (showing how fake he feels they are), so only pays attention to the events that stick out to him as strange.

Dialogue and characterisation: The dialogue between characters is very materialistic, and mainly based on rumours about the party's host - Gatsby, who is nowhere to be seen for the majority of the chapter.  This dialogue shows how fake, yet eccentric the people who go to these parties are.