These two chapters were probably the most confusing so far. The first chapter told us about another man named James Gatz. It said something about how he changed his name becuase of some man that helped a sailor our on the lake. I think it maybe was trying to tell us that James Gatz is what Jay Gatsby's real name is???? It was very confusing, but that is my best guess as to what it was suppose to mean.
The second chapter was alot easier to understand. In a quick summary, Tom finds out about Gatsby and Daisy because Gatsby tells Tom that Daisy has never really loved him. Then, on the way back from New York, Daisy runs over and kills Myrtle Wilson. The bad thing is, is that Daisy doesn't stop at the accident, she just keeps going home, and Tom knows that she did it because of the car she wes driving is the same as the witnesses described. There is alot of irony in this chapter. Myrtle was leaving and ran out into the road in the first place because she thought that Jordan was Tom's wife and she had seen them together earlier, and because Mr. Wilson was going to move them to California and she wanted to go find Tom. Also, I think Tom probably thinks that Daisy may have done it on purpose if she knew is was Tom's mistress, but I don't think she really had any clue.
We learned alot about the character of the people. For instance, Gatsby and Daisy not even stopping when they killed a woman, and acting as if it was no big deal shows how cold they can be. It also gives the idea that maybe Gatsby is capable of killing someone and already has like all the rumors say. Gatsby also turns out to be quite confident in Daisy's love for him, he came right out and told Tom of the affair, which was pretty risky I think.
I predict that Daisy will move out of the Buchanan's and in with Gatsby. As far as Tom, I think we will see a big change in him. After all, he lost his wife to another man, and his mistress was killed by his wife.
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Your guess is right, James Gatz is now Jay Gatsby. But the reason for him changing his name is very strange. Maybe he wanted a new, or better identity.
I don't think that Daisy is going to leave Tom. I think she will stay with Tom and Gatsby is going to get very mad and do something terrible that will effect a lot of people and probably get him into trouble.
Yeah....What she said.
I don't think that Daisy will leave Tom. I think Gatsby is going to be the one to end up lonely and i think maybe some foreshadowing will come into play... because everyone thinks "he killed a man."
I also do not fully understand why Gatsby would change his name from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby. I think we will continue to find out about his past and learn why he did change his name.
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