The Great Gatsby Chapter 9 Questions

What does young Jimmy Gatz's daily schedule say about him?

It says that he was working to be better, it says improvement was very important to him, he had goals set

Was Nick surprised that Daisy has not sent a message or flowers?

Nick is not surprised, at this point Nick expected it because that is just who Daisy is. She only cares about herself and then she vanishes when things get rough

What does the last sentence in the story mean?

People try so hard to move on towards the future, but its like they keep falling back into the past and wanting to relive it

Nick's fantastic dream involves El Greco figures. What is the dream, and what might this dream represent in regard to Nick's present feelings about the East?

The dream is about 4 houses and 4 men carrying a drunk woman on a stretcher and they turn into the wrong house because nobody knows who she is and nobody cares about her, Nick thinks East Egg is very cold, uncaring, and heartless

Nick makes the symbol of the green light very concrete, what does the green light symbolize?

The green light symbolizes the orgastic future that's so close and at the same time so far away, because people work toward it, but it eludes them because they get stuck in the past (A higher social life)

What is Nick's final feeling about Tom and Daisy?

They are careless people who smash up things and creatures and then retreat back into their money or their vast carelessness and let others clean up they mess they made. He can't forgive them or hate them because that's the way they are and they won't ever change.

What does the quote "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past" mean?

They are trying to reach their dreams, but they are fighting against the current

Why does Wolfsheim react the way he does?

Wolfsheim doesn't show up to the funeral because he is a criminal and he doesn't want to draw attention to himself

What shocking piece of information does Nick receive in his chance meeting with Tom?

Nick learns that Tom was the person who told Wilson that Gatsby was the man who killed Myrtle

Why does Nick feel responsible for getting people to the funeral?

Nick was Gatsby's friend and one of his only friends