12/20/16 Zabrina Branning

Today's class started off with a quick book chat quiz, and then we went straight into discussing the events of chapter 6 of The Great Gatsby.

Mood: the feeling or atmosphere of a text

Chapter 6: What’s different about this party compared to those we see in earlier chapters?

For starters, Tom Buchanan was present, accompanying Daisy, whom has never attended one of Gatsby's parties before. Tom continuously hinted to Nick about how he doesn’t like nor trust Gatsby, showing disappointment in the way he represents himself and even in the matter of the party itself. Another big difference we see is in Gatsby's feelings, we see that he wasn’t happy about the outcome of the party. He also shows a lot of rage and anger at the end because he is realizing his plan for Daisy and him isn’t working, that he can’t win, and the fact that nothing is happening the way that he wanted.

Next we discussed how the following characters played into the tension and mixture of feelings at the party. (Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby) Based on Nick's perspective of what went down that night.

(My group worked on Tom) Tom: he continuously draws negative attention from Gatsby away from Daisy, possibly is trying to get Gatsby to focus so he can get something out of him, rather than be distracted on Daisy, the party, or his guests. ‘Eyes’ “Tom’s arrogant eyes roamed the crowd” (104). He is very set on finding out more about Gatsby, even complains to him about being labeled a polo player, possibly because doesn't want to be dismissive to a 'soldier', he did not accomplish what Gatsby has. It was mentioned that maybe the stereotype ‘Jock’ is a label he is trying to avoid, possibly because he is starting to realize that he has not had as much success. Tom is adding to tension, when Nick mentions that, "Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisy's running around alone..." (103).

Daisy: She sides with Gatsby at the end of the chapter in a tense discussion with Tom, and dismisses him and his opinions, “At least they’re more interesting than the people we know” (108). Daisy accepts the fact that Gatsby has $, even was giving rumors about backgrounds of Gatsby “He owned some drug-stores, a lot of drug-stores. He built them up himself.” (108)

Gatsby: “I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before,“ “She’ll see.” (110) Here, he wants to believe that he’s making the decisions, determining what he wants, and even starts arguing through Nick to get Daisy. He also hints at being in denial of change and is clinging to the past, of his past with Daisy, even though he is started to realize that everything is changing around him, most importantly that Daisy has changed. This was an obstacle in his plan that he must have overlooked until now.