Very Hollywoodesque

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Chapter 2

"Mrs. Wilson had changed her costume some time before, and was now attired in an elaborate afternoon dress of cream-colored chiffon, which gave out a continual rustle as she swept about the room. With the influence of the dress her personality had also undergone a change" 

(Fitzgerald, page 30).

The quote above explains the puppet like feeling from this chapter. When Mrs. Wilson jumps through many hoops to meet up with Mr. Buchanan, I felt as if this was a cover story for a tabloid that is waiting to come out. She rode in a different car, changed her clothes, and even bought stuff to hide her true reason for being in New York besides seeing her sister.

Furthermore, I found this chapter to be quite random. The chapter goes from meeting Mrs. Wilson to traveling to New York to buying a dog! Later, everyone meets in an apartment, presumably Mrs. Wilson and Mr. Buchanan's, and everyone becomes drunk. The last part of this chapter when Nick is drunk, the writing seems to reflect his mental state. I became very confused at what events were occurring. 

After finishing this chapter, I currently like Mrs. Wilson's sister Catherine. I find her seeing eye to eye with Nick and that will lead them to understand what is so confusing about the social class of the Buchanan's. 

Lastly, where is Gatsby?! Everyone seems to be bringing up this "Great Gatsby" but we have yet to meet him. I would have thought that the main focus of the novel would have shown up by this point in the novel. I am intrigued to know what is so great about Gatsby and why everyone seems to know a lot about him. This is almost how our society is with the Kardashians. Although I personally do not want to know everything about them, I seem to know quite a bit without trying and I feel like Gatsby could be the same way.