The Great Gatsby
Chapter 4
Quotes
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“He was never quite still; there was
always a tapping foot somewhere or
the impatient opening and closing of
a hand”
Nick describes the ride to the city as
“disconcerting”
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Why?
Gatsby takes Nick to lunch
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“What’s your opinion of me
anyhow?”
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Why does Gatsby care what Nick thinks
of him?
What does Gatsby tell Nick about
himself and his life?
Meyer Wolfsheim
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Wolfsheim is an
allusion to Arnold
Rothstein, a New
York crime kingpin
who was
notoriously blamed
for the Black Sox
Scandal which
tainted the 1919
World Series
Meyer Wolfsheim
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We don’t know much about
Wolfsheim-other than the world
series thing-but we aren’t supposed
to
We do know that he is a business
associate of Gatsby’s
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What can we infer about Gatsby
because of his relationship with
Wolfsheim?
Quotes
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“It never occurred to me that one
man could start to play with the
faith of fifty million people-with the
single-mindedness of a burglar
blocking a safe”
One October day in 1917…
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What do we learn from Jordan
Baker’s story?
A coincidence?
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“It was a strange coincidence,” I
said. “But it wasn’t a coincidence at
all”
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What things/events so far really
weren’t coincidences?
Quotes
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“There are only the pursued, the
pursuing, the busy, and the tired”
(Fitzgerald 79).
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Who
Who
Who
Who
are
are
are
are
the
the
the
the
pursued?
pursuing?
busy?
tired?
Importance
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Nick’s disillusionment with
life/society
Shallowness of modern life
The pursuit of wealth, love,
happiness---is it worth it?
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Reflects author’s tone towards modern
life?