Wednesday, April 14th,  1999

Announcements: No discussion sections next week, meet at regular class time in 258 Willard on Friday, April 23rd to turn in     papers.  No discussion sections the week of April 26th, meet at regular class time in 258 Willard on Friday, April 30th to receive papers back and evaluate the class.

Lecture notes:
The Great Gatsby:  Chapters VII - IX
Daisy Choice Between Gatsby and Tom

• Factors that indicate she wants to be with Gatsby
• "You're so cool."
• The way she touches his arm
• Riding with him to New York City
• Why Daisy went with Tom (in the beginning)
• Tom had the money when Gatsby didn't
• Tom is forceful
• Daisy is easily moved
• She couldn't wait
• Tom fulfilled her parents expectations
• Tom was there when Gatsby was not
• Why Daisy went with Tom in the end
• There would be a messy divorce between the two
• Their daughter
• Tom had the info about how Gatsby got his money

• She was fooled by Gatsby's act of wealth when he was not rich
• She tried to leave to say good bye to Gatsby before he left for the war
• All the years of no contact between her and Gatsby, and then receiving a letter on her wedding night

• Trying to prove himself through Daisy
• Idea that he can have the "rich girl" now even though he was poor before
• The actual falls short of the potential
• Realizes that being with Daisy is not all that he dreamed it would be

• accessory to murder
• Tom told George Wilson where to find Gatsby
• Daisy was driving Gatsby's car when Myrtle was hit, but nobody knows that
• Daisy was allowing Gatsby to take the blame

• At the beginning of the novel, had reserved judgments and now he is making judgments
• with Gatsby, before he died
• with Jordan Baker, their breakup
• He matured throughout the  novel
• Assuming responsibility

Return to the Past

• The housing and virtual landscape begin to melt away
• Nick begins to see the original landscape

What did the characters put their Dreams and Aspirations into?