Part Four: Illustrator

This photogragh can be seen as Sal revisiting the Road again alone, maybe not as literal but hopefully you can get the image.

Part Three: Discussion Director

From Pages: 176-206 :D
 

1.     In Denver, what happens there? With what racial groups does Sal identify?

2.     Sal reaches Dean in Frisco, What are Dean’s conditions, health wise? Life circumstances?

3.     Why does Sal call Dean the “holy Goof”?

4.     How do Dean and Sal spend their Recreational time in Frisco? Example?

Part Two: TravelTracer

v Sal finally completes his novel

v Attends school on the GI Bill

v Christmas time!

v Sal and his aunt visit family in the south

v Lucille a girl Sal has been dating

v Dean and Sal decide to get on the road along with Ed and Marylou

v Rollo Grebintro is introduced to the story: beatnik Scholar

v Sal meets friends in new York

v Old Bull Lee introduced to the story: taking care of Ed’s wife. (Schizophrenic drug addict)

v Head to California

v Arrive to Washington D.C

PartOne: Summarizer

Throughout the beginning of part one, Sal establishes his journey next to Dean and Carlos, they head on the road. Their intention for heading on the road is to head west coast. They establish their travel by hitchhiking and riding buses meeting many people both friendly and wired. Throughout time of the journey, he encounters and revisits several of his long seen friends. One of the many friends Sal meets up with is Remi and lee Ann (a couple that live a very abusive relationship) after a while of staying with them, he decided do stealthy leave. In continuation, on his way to L.A he catches the bus where he encounters a young Mexican girl named, Teresa, or Terry. This little encounter resulted with a relationship, they fell in love. Moreover, they stayed with each other until they arrived to Teresa’s hometown. Once they get there Terry tries to hide Sal from her father since she had a child and a family to care for. As a job, meanwhile, Sal earned the opportunity to work as a cotton picker with Terry and her son helping along. Evidently, the time came to say goodbye to Terry, staying in an agreement to meet each other back in New York. So on his way back to New York, Sal had to hitchhike his way back, just like the way he came to L.A. he tagged along with a man named, Daniel Boone, who believed in controlled starvation for the good health, they both went through starvation. Soon enough he found himself in Times Square back home. With this in mind, the first part of the novel resulted with Sal returning back home.

Lone Wolfin' It 'till the End - Illustrator Part 5

This is how Sal met his end of the story lover, Laura. We were not given many details, but he called up to her window and it all worked out from there.

This picture is meant to represent Dean arriving at Sal's house far before the planned date. His early arrival resulted in Sal not having the money to back to San Francisco with him and a sad departure as Dean had to go back to Frisco alone as Sal already had plans with Remi.

Here are some pictures I have found online that express some of the scenes described in part 5. 

Best I can find. This picture is supposed to represent Sal and his group leaving Dean to go to the opera even though Dean had traveled across the country to come see Sal. Sal didn't have the money to go to San Francisco with Dean and already had plans to go to the opera with Remi.

Work Work Work Work Work Work Work Work Work Work Work Work Work Tracin' The Travels Part 4

Here I will list a number of mentioned locations and provide details on what they are because they may be unfamiliar to some of the group members (although none of them will read the book).

Poughkeepsie - A small city in New York halfway between Albany and NYC. Also known as the "The Queen City of the Hudson."

Vanderwhacker Mount - Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest is actually a conserved 92,000 acre space kept in New York's Adirondack Park.

Kanawha River - Just mentioned in the text like the previous terms, this is a 97 mile long river in West Virginia.

Terre Haute, Indiana - Sal passes by Terre Haute on his way to Denver, picking up Henry Glass, a man who was recently released from prison. Terre Haute is known for its prison and its educational system, being regarded as a college-town for containing universities such as Indiana State University.

Denver, Colorado - Sal parties in Denver with some old friends and meets Dean there. Dean had left New York to take Sal to Mexico from Denver and they end up leaving with Stan to begin their journey.

Five Points, Manhattan - Another place simply mentioned, Five Points was a neighborhood in New York City known for being crime and disease ridden for over 70 years.

Tierra Del Fuego - Spanish for "Land of Fire," Tierra Del Fuego is an area off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland.

Laredo, Texas - The tenth most populous city in Texas, our characters travel there because it sits right on the Rio Grande and must be crossed to get into Mexico.

Castle Rock, Colorado - A town South of Denver, Castle Rock is known for its castle/tower shaped rock formation at the center of town.

Walsenburg, Colorado - A really small town in Colorado only 2.3 miles across and known for being a base of operations for assassin Robert Ford.

Raton, New Mexico - A small town in New Mexico. Not really a point of interest, but Raton means rat en espanol.

Dalhart, Texas - A city in Texas, Dalhart isn't known for much except agriculture and food production.

Sabinas Hidalgo - A city located in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, Sabinas was founded way back in 1693 by General Ignacio de Maya.

Mexico City - Towards the end of part four Sal, Dean, and Stan finally arrive in Mexico City. Mexico City is the capital of Mexico and the largest and most prolific of all Mexico's cities.

Am I allowed to say group projects SUCK? - Researcher Part 3

Here's a few terms and names that I found and decided to provide details for in order to better help my group understand part 3 (which they will never read):

tenorman (162) - One who plays the tenor saxophone.

horn man (166) - Some type of musician, impossible to google.

Fleming's Juice (153) - Also impossible to google but from the context I can infer it is some type of medicinal remedy.

jalopy (177) - On old, beat up car, often used in racing during On The Road's time period.

Prince of Dharma (184) - Bold and glorious rendering of the life of Buddha.

Aquinas (187) - Allusion to Thomas Aquinas, an Italian theologian of the Catholic church who apparently tried to philosophically prove God's assistance in the 13th century. Who challenged God's existence back than?

heifer ( 187) - Young cow that hasn't had a baby yet.

passel (192) - A large group of something. Probably not the terminology Jack Kerouac was using but he uses a lot of ungoogleable terminology that sounds half made up anyway so...

virile (197) - Characterized by strength and energy. SAT term yo!

George Shearing (200) - A real man who actually became a world famous jazz pianist. With the skills described in the book, I am not surprised!

chagrin (200) - A keen feeling of mental unease (commonly annoyance or embarrassment). Pretty sure this is an SAT term as well.

Skid Row (201) - A shabby ghetto in Los Angeles. Known for containing a very large amount of homeless people. As he is in Chicago when using the term, he is likely talking about an area in Chicago that has a lot of homeless people as well and is not looking too good.

Likely the only summary to be posted here but I'm an overachiever so I'm going to do it...righhht? - Part 2

Part two begins with a short separation of Dean and Sal, our main character. Sal is living in Virginia with his southern relatives for the time being, but it wont last. Dean pulls up in his new wheels with his half-of-the-time wife, Marylou, and Ed Dunkel, a new friend he picked up. Sal once again gets on the road with Dean and his gang, and they have quite the journey. Dean's outrageous personality really comes to light in this part, and we even find out he married Camille and left her with his baby while he's on this trip with Sal. The group heads into New York and has some wild parties with their old friends, before once again hitting the road to begin the journey West. The group heads to New Orleans to reunite Ed Dunkel with his wife and meet up with Old Bull Lee, and older friend of theirs who is focused on the mysteries of life and is a big drug abuser. The group leaves Ed and his wife with Bull Lee and head out to San Francisco. They pick up a few hitchhikers along the way, and barely make the trip with the little money they have due to Dean being arrested and forced to pay a fine. At San Francisco, Sal stays with Marylou for a few days while Dean reunites with Camille, eventually realizing he doesn't know why he came to San Francisco and heading out to Denver with thoughts of beginning a more steady lifestyle.

Questions that I will likely be the only one to answer - Part 1

1) Why did people like Jack give up a chance at a stable occupation? (For example Jack deciding to leave the security guard job almost as soon as he got it)

2) Why does Jack's aunt send him so much money? Does she have any idea what he is doing?

3) What compelled people to risk the dangers of hitchhiking during that time period?

4) Why is it uncommon to see hitchhiking today and what has changed since then?

This can be seen as Gatsby's funeral in chapter 9

This can been seen as the death of Gatsby in Chapter 9. :D

Summarizer for chapter 8

Summary for CHAPTER 8
   

           Throughout chapter eight many incidents take place that cause the story to shift around, and establish alteration of the direction in the novel. To start off, this chapter is established, by the digestion of the conflict between Gatsby, Tom, and Daisy. This conflict (Gatsby declared his love towards Daisy to Tom, causing confusion within Tom and Daisy) was still being digested between the characters of the novel. With this in mind, the story was interrupted by Gatsby’s Gardner, which is trying the inform Gatsby about draining his pool, the reason being, the change of season [Autumn]  will cause the fall of leaves, and result with a clogged pool drain, therefore the Gardner then waits for the next day to accomplish the job.The focus of this narrative then shifts to relate to what happened at the garage after Myrtle was killed (the specific details of which Nick learns from Michaelis): George Wilson stays up all night talking to Michaelis about Myrtle. He tells him that before Myrtle died, he confronted her about her lover and told her that she couldn’t hide her sin from the eyes of God. The morning after the accident, the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg, illuminated by the dawn, overwhelm Wilson. He believes they are the eyes of God and leaps to the conclusion that whoever was driving the car that killed Myrtle must have been her lover. He decides that God demands revenge and leaves to track down the owner of the car. In addition, Wilson goes seeking for Tom, since he saw Tom driving the car earlier, and he could also be familiar with the driver. Tom confessed that it was Gatsby who was driving [which in reality it was daisy the one driving] As a result, Wilson, infuriated, ended up in Gatsby’s mansion, where he finds Gatsby lying on an air mattress in the pool, floating in the water and looking up towards the sky. Next thing you know, Wilson shot Gatsby, then himself. This chapter concluded with the death of Gatsby and Wilson, due to the death of Myrtle.

 When Gatsby finally gets daisy to meet him at his house after a long plan. Chapters 5-7

Tracin' The Travels Ch.9

West Egg Village (172) - A recurring setting of our novel, if you no not know by now West Egg village is the fictional version of of the North Shore village, King Point, in Long Island, New York. On page 172 it is mentioned as Nick is trying to call people to show up at Gatsby's funeral.

Chicago...(174) - I am sure you all know what Chicago is but I did not have much to work with in this chapter... Chicago is a city in Illinois; in fact the only city anyone knows about in Illinois. Chicago is mentioned in chapter 9 because surprisingly Gatsby's death reached their newspapers. 

Greenwich (177) - A town in Connecticut that no one has ever heard of, Connecticut is named after a district in London, England for some whatever reason. Greenwich is brought up in chapter 9 because it was Klipsringer's excuse for not being able to go to Gatsby's funeral. Since the researcher probably will not bother to remind us I will tell whoever reads this that he is the strange man living in Gatsby's house that is mentioned and chapter 5 and forced to play the piano.

Pretty Pictures Chapter 8

In chapter 8 Gatsby reminisces about his experience being in love with Daisy and talks about how the war. The war he is referring to is World War 1 and Gatsby mentions he was a captain in the war. This picture shows a uniform of a U.S. army captain in World War 1.

Pretty Pictures Chapter 8

The famous "Eyes of Dr T.J. Eckleburg" billboard. Wilson calls this billboard the eyes of god watching his wife commit adultery and it is when he says this it becomes apparent Wilson has truly lost his sanity.

Pretty Pictures Chapter 8

Closest I could get to a dead person on an air mattress in a pool. Represents Gatsby's dead body after being shot by Wilson in his pool.

Researcher Chapters 1-2

Several connections I have made between this reading and my own experiences, the wider world, and other texts or authors:-This book, as you guys are aware of, exemplifies the Great Depression era. The era where in which America fell into a rough down fall that marked history.
-East and West Egg: are two distinct locations where in which are catagorized as different, opposite, and contrasting. They can relate to gangs, water and oil, and yin yang. What all of these examples have in common is that they can not get along with eachother and always have a conflict between one another
-This novel also opens up a different point of view towards the roaring 1920s, the Great Depression. On the contrary, the charcters in this novel are doing the complete opposite from what is expected from the citizens during this era. Fitzgerald, can relate to the author Zin, this author explains history from his paradigm, and perspective, with out the intention to conceal the reality

Travel Tracer Chapters 6-7

 Chapter 6
-Rumors about Gatsby surge.
-Finally, The truth about Gatsby's real life is known.
-Gatsby meets TOM(Daisy's husband).
-WE (the Reader)realize how a man goes to such great lengths to achiee wealth to please a person.
 -The theme of social class is illustrated.
-Downside to Gatsby's "American Dream." 
Chapter 7
 -Due to Daisy's disapointment, Gatsby fires all his serents, and replaces them with shady individuals connected to Meyer Wolfshiem.
-Gatsby meets Daisy's daughter
 -Daisy Nick, Jordan, Tom and Gatsby go to the city (New York) station in a suite at the Plaza Hotel.
-Tom confronts Gatsby, and spills out the reaity of Gatsby's affair with Daisy.
-Wilson's wife dies, due to Daisy's unaware driving, however, Gatsby takes the blame.

Chapter 7

Preoccupied by his love for Daisy, Gatsby calls off his parties, which were primarily a means to lure Daisy. He also fires his servants to prevent gossip and replaces them with shady individuals connected to Meyer Wolfshiem.

On the hottest day of the summer, Nick takes the train to East Egg for lunch at the house of Tom and Daisy. He finds Gatsby and Jordan Baker there as well. When the nurse brings in Daisy’s baby girl, Gatsby is stunned and can hardly believe that the child is real. For her part, Daisy seems almost uninterested in her child. During the awkward afternoon, Gatsby and Daisy cannot hide their love for one another. Complaining of her boredom, Daisy asks Gatsby if he wants to go into the city. Gatsby stares at her passionately, and Tom becomes certain of their feelings for each other.

Itching for a confrontation, Tom seizes upon Daisy’s suggestion that they should all go to New York together. Nick rides with Jordan and Tom in Gatsby’s car, and Gatsby and Daisy ride together in Tom’s car. Stopping for gas at Wilson’s garage, Nick, Tom, and Jordan learn that Wilson has discovered his wife’s infidelity—though not the identity of her lover—and plans to move her to the West. Under the brooding eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg, Nick perceives that Tom and Wilson are in the same position.
In the oppressive New York City heat, the group decides to take a suite at the Plaza Hotel. Tom initiates his planned confrontation with Gatsby by mocking his habit of calling people “old sport.” He accuses Gatsby of lying about having attended Oxford. Gatsby responds that he did attend Oxford—for five months, in an army program following the war. Tom asks Gatsby about his intentions for Daisy, and Gatsby replies that Daisy loves him, not Tom. Tom claims that he and Daisy have a history that Gatsby could not possibly understand. He then accuses Gatsby of running a bootlegging operation. Daisy, in love with Gatsby earlier in the afternoon, feels herself moving closer and closer to Tom as she observes the quarrel. Realizing he has bested Gatsby, Tom sends Daisy back to Long Island with Gatsby to prove Gatsby’s inability to hurt him. As the row quiets down, Nick realizes that it is his thirtieth birthday.
Driving back to Long Island, Nick, Tom, and Jordan discover a frightening scene on the border of the valley of ashes. Someone has been fatally hit by an automobile. Michaelis, a Greek man who runs the restaurant next to Wilson’s garage, tells them that Myrtle was the victim—a car coming from New York City struck her, paused, then sped away. Nick realizes that Myrtle must have been hit by Gatsby and Daisy, driving back from the city in Gatsby’s big yellow automobile. Tom thinks that Wilson will remember the yellow car from that afternoon. He also assumes that Gatsby was the driver.
Back at Tom’s house, Nick waits outside and finds Gatsby hiding in the bushes. Gatsby says that he has been waiting there in order to make sure that Tom did not hurt Daisy. He tells Nick that Daisy was driving when the car struck Myrtle, but that he himself will take the blame. Still worried about Daisy, Gatsby sends Nick to check on her. Nick finds Tom and Daisy eating cold fried chicken and talking. They have reconciled their differences, and Nick leaves Gatsby standing alone in the moonlight.

I think this is to much but yeah

Chapter 6 summary

The rumors about Gatsby continue to circulate in New York—a reporter even travels to Gatsby’s mansion hoping to interview him. Having learned the truth about Gatsby’s early life sometime before writing his account, Nick now interrupts the story to relate Gatsby’s personal history—not as it is rumored to have occurred, nor as Gatsby claimed it occurred, but as it really happened.

Gatsby was born James Gatz on a North Dakota farm, and though he attended college at St. Olaf’s in Minnesota, he dropped out after two weeks, loathing the humiliating janitorial work by means of which he paid his tuition. He worked on Lake Superior the next summer fishing for salmon and digging for clams. One day, he saw a yacht owned by Dan Cody, a wealthy copper mogul, and rowed out to warn him about an impending storm. The grateful Cody took young Gatz, who gave his name as Jay Gatsby, on board his yacht as his personal assistant. Traveling with Cody to the Barbary Coast and the West Indies, Gatsby fell in love with wealth and luxury. Cody was a heavy drinker, and one of Gatsby’s jobs was to look after him during his drunken binges. This gave Gatsby a healthy respect for the dangers of alcohol and convinced him not to become a drinker himself. When Cody died, he left Gatsby $25,000, but Cody’s mistress prevented him from claiming his inheritance. Gatsby then dedicated himself to becoming a wealthy and successful man.

Nick sees neither Gatsby nor Daisy for several weeks after their reunion at Nick’s house. Stopping by Gatsby’s house one afternoon, he is alarmed to find Tom Buchanan there. Tom has stopped for a drink at Gatsby’s house with Mr. and Mrs. Sloane, with whom he has been out riding. Gatsby seems nervous and agitated, and tells Tom awkwardly that he knows Daisy. Gatsby invites Tom and the Sloanes to stay for dinner, but they refuse. To be polite, they invite Gatsby to dine with them, and he accepts, not realizing the insincerity of the invitation. Tom is contemptuous of Gatsby’s lack of social grace and highly critical of Daisy’s habit of visiting Gatsby’s house alone. He is suspicious, but he has not yet discovered Gatsby and Daisy’s love.
The following Saturday night, Tom and Daisy go to a party at Gatsby’s house. Though Tom has no interest in the party, his dislike for Gatsby causes him to want to keep an eye on Daisy. Gatsby’s party strikes Nick much more unfavorably this time around—he finds the revelry oppressive and notices that even Daisy has a bad time. Tom upsets her by telling her that Gatsby’s fortune comes from bootlegging. She angrily replies that Gatsby’s wealth comes from a chain of drugstores that he owns.
Gatsby seeks out Nick after Tom and Daisy leave the party; he is unhappy because Daisy has had such an unpleasant time. Gatsby wants things to be exactly the same as they were before he left Louisville: he wants Daisy to leave Tom so that he can be with her. Nick reminds Gatsby that he cannot re-create the past. Gatsby, distraught, protests that he can. He believes that his money can accomplish anything as far as Daisy is concerned. As he walks amid the debris from the party, Nick thinks about the first time Gatsby kissed Daisy, the moment when his dream of Daisy became the dominant force in his life. Now that he has her, Nick reflects, his dream is effectively over.

GIT R DONE

CHOP CHOP DO YOUR WORK

Travel Tracer chapters 3-5

Major settings were
-West Egg
-Long Island
-East Egg

Characters were
-Nick Carraway
-Jay Gatsby
-Daisy Buchannan
-Finn

Summary chapters 3-5

Within these chapters many key factors occure that are important to the complete understanding of the story that fitzgerald is portraying. The first actually meeting of gatsby took place at his house party, later nick and gatsby have lunch at wich nick gets some answers about the mysterious great gatsby, and jordan tells nick the story of how gatsby is a part of daisies past, her long lost love. eventually these events would lead up to the arranged meeting at nicks house between daisy and gatsby.

i chose this picture for chapter 5 because the chapter was about how Gatsby invited Daisy for dinner and how they were happy to be reunited
 

i chose this picture for chapter four because in chapter four Daisy is in love with Gatsby even though she is in love and married to Tom

Questions to chapter 3-5

                                Discussion Director
1) Is Daisy worthy of Gatsby's love? Why?
 2) Why does Nick say,"There must have been moments even that after her when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams ." Do you agree with nick ? Explain.
3) Who is the finn referred to in chapter 5?
4) In what way are the various rooms in Gatsby's mansion described in historical terms?
5) How does the appearence of the green light in chapter 1 illumate the meaning to Gatsby?

Questions for chapters 6 and 7.

1. Why does Gatsby choose to become closer to Tom (bringing him to his house, having him come to his party, visiting him and Daisy at their house), if Tom is the only thing keeping Daisy from him?
2.Why does Gatsby choose to live such a lavish lifestyle and host large, regal parties, if he refuses to tell people what he does and likes to keep his source of income a secret?
3. Gatsby is finally officially exposed as a bootlegger, but a secret side business is revealed (141). What could possibly be going on and how has Gatsby been able to stay out of jail for so long when his business is less than discreet; with people like Tom being able to  find out about it in a matter of days?
4. How can Gatsby possibly break Tom and Daisy up? Has his new, aggressive attempt been effective (139)? What could he have done instead of this and how could the results have differed?
5. What is the deal with the "death car"!?? Could Myrtle Wilson's death have been a rage filled murder caused by Daisy's resentment of Tom's "revolting" affair? What will happen to Daisy and Gatsby if they are found out and Gatsby takes the blame for her?

Research Chapters 4 & 5

Bootlegger(65) - Illegal business of selling and producing alcohol in respond to prohibition laws, active under the 19th amendment during this time period.
Oxford(69) - Oxford University is the second oldest university in the world still operating today. Consistently ranked among the top five universities, Oxford is located in Oxford, England.
Rajah(70) - A prince, chief, or ruler in India.
Montenegro(70) - A country in Southeastern Europe that no one has ever heard of. Big surprise population of 625,000.

Chapters 1-3 so you don't have to read them.

         Our story begins with the introduction of our protagonist, Nick Carraway. Nick has moved to New York to escape his family and find a job, and meets up with his cousin Daisy and her husband, Tom, while there. He unexpectedly meets Jordan Baker, and becomes attracted to her as they spend more time together. He also find out that Tom is cheating on Daisy with a another woman, and that Daisy no longer has the same love for Tom as when she married him, yet the relationship is held together by a newborn baby. While in New York Nick meets Tom's not-so-secret lover, and enjoys himself by going to parties with Tom and the mysterious Jay Gatsby. When Nick meets his neighbor Gatsby at one of his elaborate parties, he is perplexed by his new neighbor, and the two share a bond in interest that will keep them in each other's company awhile longer.

                                                                    travel tracer
settings from chapters 1-3:
-summer of 1922 in Ney York
-Minnesota
-west egg
-east egg
-a long island
-early 1920
-Gastby's mansion
characters:
-Nick Carraway
-Jay Gastby
-Daisy Buchannan
-Tom
-Doctor T.J. Eckleburg
-Myrtle Wilson
-George Wilson
-Catherine and her friends the McKees
-Jordan Baker

Why do you think Fitzgerald uses "west egg" and "east egg" more than once?

What is he describing in the beginning of chapter two? why does he descdribe it the way he did?

What does the relationship of Tom and Daisy show about the time period?

If you had no background knowledge how would you know or find out the time period?

why does Fitzgerald bring up Gatsby breifly in random moments of the book?