Chapter+4

Summary:
===Nick opens the chapter by describing certain the "interesting" people that attend Gatsby's parties. Gatsby insists on taking Nick to lunch with him and on the way, he tries to clarify his past insisting that he is an Oxford man. There Nick meets Wolfshiem, Gatsby's shady business partner who is unhappy with the restaurant choice. Wolfshiem is a gambler who fixed the World Series. Later, Jordan meets up with Nick and tells him about Daisy's past. She was very popular and in love with Gatsby. He went to the army and she got tired of waiting for him and ended up with Tom. Gatsby had asked Jordan to persuade Nick to invite Daisy over in order to set them up together after all these years in hopes of winning her back. ===

Time Period:
===Wolfshiem fixing the World Series reflects the corruption of the time period. Gambling and stocks were abused which would lead to the stock market crash of the 1920s. ===

Common Themes:
===Love. In this chapter, love is at its most pure and least realistic. Gatsby's infatuation with Daisy is introduced here, and he is shown to have completely pure and deep feelings for her; his love borders on naive. This is considered the most beautiful form of love in the book, and yet the reader will see how well this situation turns out for the lovers. ===

Marxist View:
===In this chapter, Nick describes all the different people who came to Gatsby's house for his parties. He only remembers the people from what he has been told by others. All the descriptions are superficial, and it shows that the people who attend Gatsby's house are only there for his extravagant parties. They are all of the upper class and have nothing to worry over or care about and sometimes they stay at Gatsby's for days on end. ===

Feminist View:
===Jordan explains to Nick what happened to Daisy on her wedding day. Daisy never had a drink, but on the day of her wedding she got drunk. The reason that Daisy drank was because she didn't want to marry Tom, but Gatsby wasn't rich enough for her. Daisy had to marry rich because otherwise she wouldn't have been able to withstand the lifestyle she was brought up in. ===

Colors as Symbols:
===In this chapter, the color yellow is used to describe Gatsby's car. Yellow symbolizes money and gold. Gatsby has a lot of money so having a yellow car points that out in the novel. (Fitzgerald 64) When Gatsby was taking Nick to lunch, he was dressed up in a caramel-colored suit to look sharp and sophisticated. ===

**Sources:**
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