what are two rumors about gatsby in chapter 3?
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The main topic of conversation is rumors about Gatsby. Nick hears from various people that Gatsby is a German spy, an Oxford graduate, and someone even claims Gatsby once killed a man. People used Gatsby for his extravagant parties: most of his "new money" guests didn't even know him.
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What is the narrative and structural purpose of Chapter VI? This chapter gives the reader more details about Gatsby's past and points out the distinction between new money and old money. Regardless of how wealthy one is, what matters is the source of money and how long one's family has had it.
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How are Tom and Daisy alike? They are both careless and don't take responsibility for their actions. ... He is mad at Daisy for cheating on him with Gatsby but he thinks it's ok for him to cheat on her with Myrtle.
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The Great Gatsby: Chapter 4 Summary. Sunday morning, people come back to Gatsby's. New rumors circulate – that Gatsby is a bootlegger and that he is the nephew of German General von Hindenburg (a successful military commander in the war). Nick makes a list of the people who came to Gatsby's parties that summer.
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Class and Social Standing. Nick is familiar with the ways of the old money crowd because of his own family's privilege and the fact that he is related to Daisy. Gatsby is not only self-made, but is a criminal who is desperate to pass as part of the old money elite without knowing its customs or rules of behavior.
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Henry Gatz is proud of his son and saves a picture of his house. He also fills Nick in on Gatsby's early life, showing him a book in which a young Gatsby had written a schedule for self-improvement. ... He says that Gatsby deserved to die.
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Gatsby and Tom are both compelled by the desire for pleasure, cynicism and greed. Gatsby emerges more as a tragic hero driven by his love for Daisy. Tom, on the other hand, is more of a villain and brute despite, or perhaps because of, his education and upbringing.
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I don't even mean to say that Gatsby is a bad character—he is well written, interesting, and even sympathetic. He's just not a romantic hero. He's a Great man but not a good man. He's not in love with Daisy, he's in love with the idea of her, the idea of money, and the distant green glow of his own idealized past.
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We are told that Gatsby came up from essentially nothing, and that the first time he met Daisy Buchanan, he was “a penniless young man.” His fortune, we are told, was the result of a bootlegging business – he “bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here and in Chicago” and sold illegal alcohol over the counter.
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Summary: Chapter 15 As his trial is nearing, Tom Robinson is to be moved to the Maycomb jail, and concerns about the possibility of a lynch mob have arisen. Later, Jem tells Scout that Alexandra and Atticus have been arguing about the trial; she nearly accused him of bringing disgrace on the family.
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Was Gatsby “great”? Yes, he was! Anyway he was an extraordinary personality even if it was a wrong way to became rich being engaged in the criminal activities. It takes a lot of efforts either you're making big money in a honest way or by criminal business.
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Why does Scout disapprove of Jem's and Dill's plan of looking in at one of the Radleys' windows? because she is scared that Boo will hurt them or that they will get into trouble with Atticus again. What does Mr. Nathan Radley know about the intruders in his garden?
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In both book and movie, Gatsby is waiting for a phone call from Daisy, but in the film, Nick calls, and Gatsby gets out of the pool when he hears the phone ring. He's then shot, and he dies believing that Daisy was going to ditch Tom and go way with him. None of that happens in the book.
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Terms in this set (10) List all of the rumors told about Gatsby. The rumors were that he was a German spy and he killed someone. bootlegger, second cousin to the devil went to oxford.
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Daisy does not like Gatsby's party. It is too much like an amusement park. When Gatsby figures out what she thinks, it disheartens him. ... He wants her to admit that she never loved Tom, that she always did and does still love Gatsby, and he wants her to leave Tom for him.
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Professor McGonagall: Are the rumors true, Albus? Dumbledore: I'm afraid so, Professor. The good... and the bad.
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Gatsby doesn't personally know each of his guests, nor does he care to do so. In fact, there is only one guest whom Gatsby truly cares to entertain. In contrast, Tom 's party is much more intimate, with only a few guests in attendance.