The Great Gatsby - Chapter 4: Pg. 61-80

Summary 

• The chapter begins with Nick listing all of the names of the people who went to Mr. Gatsby's house that summer.  Mr. Gatsby arrives at Nick's house one day and invites Nick to lunch with him.  On the way to lunch, Mr. Gatsby tells Nick about himself like where he is from, how he received all the money, how he was depressed and wanted to end his life in the war, and how he traveled from place to place meeting new people so he could forget the depressing thing in his past.  At lunch, Nick is introduced to Meyer Wolfsheim, the man who fixed the World's Series back in 1919 and that Nick is going to have tea with Jordan to talk about Mr. Gatsby's secrets.  Jordan tells Nick that Mr. Gatsby met Daisy before she was married and then he got shipped off to war, however when he came back, she was married to Tom and now Mr. Gatsby wants Nick to invite Daisy and Mr. Gatsby over to Nick's house for tea.  
• Jay Gatsby
• Quote:  "I had talked to him perhaps six times in the past month and found, to my disappointment, that he had little to say.  So my first impression, that he was a person of some undefined consequence, had gradually faded and he had become simply the proprietor of an elaborate road-house next door."  
• Description:  Tan skin drawn attractively tight over his face, short hair looked as thought it were trimmed ever day, approving eyes, understanding smile, elegant roughneck, tear or two over thirty, elaborate formality of speech, never could stay still, restlessness, very wealthy, nice, smart, romantic 
• Mr. Gatsby is an extremely wealthy character who throws huge parties every night.  He throws these parties because he is looking for his love, Daisy.  He hopes that she will wander into one of his parties and he will meet her.  However she has unfortunately not showed up and now he wants Nick to help him out.  His purpose is to find his love again that he once had with Daisy before he went off to war.    
• Meaningful Quote:  "...she was one of the chambermaids in the Santa Barbara Hotel."
• This quote stood out because it displays how Tom has cheated on Daisy other times before.  This quote just adds to the fact that he collects things, and Daisy is just another one of his "items".  It also seems like he uses his money in order to get these "items".