Chapter 9

1) Chapter 9 (109-121)
2)
The chapter begins with the crime scene investigation of Gatsby's and Wilson's deaths. Nick struggles through the death and attempts to piece together a funeral in honor of Gatsby. While on his hunt he attempts to create a congregation to attend Gatsby's funeral. However, everyone he contacts creates excuses not to attend. Nick  is hurt and feels that he fails Gatsby. When we are introduced to Gatsby's father, Nick is somewhat surprised Gatsby still has family. The father enter and explores Gatsby's home and is impressed by all the material wealth. After Gatsby's funeral, Nick runs into Tom and finds out the whole story of why Wilson killed Gatsby and recognizes that Tom and Daisy are careless and destructive, without remorse.
3)
a) Nick Carraway
b) "...I began to have feeling of defiance, of scornful solidarity between Gatsby and me against them all." (p.110)
c) Nick is a good listener, he reserves judgement, and he often remains the observer, calm on the sidelines. In chapter 9, he shows new colors with his loyalty to Gatsby, determined to give Gatsby a proper memorial. For the first time, he shows emotion in his actions, and judges the rest of his peers and distances himself from their immoral ways.
d)
Nick is the narrator of the novel and objective observer of all that occurs around him. Unfortunately, he gets thrown into the mix of the catastrophe between Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom. As the novel progresses, Nick resents more and more the people he is surrounded by. However, in the end, Nick assumes the roll of Gatsby's only friend. Nick transforms from passively telling the tale to a more self assured character in his decision to separate himself from careless people like Tom and Daisy.
4) "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy-- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money of their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."(p.120)
I thought this quote was significant, because Nick in the beginning reserves all judgements until he truly knows the other perspective. However this quote shows that in the end Nick determines the careless people and in the end distances himself from these disillusioned people. I also thought it was important because it identifies what keeps Tom and Daisy together which is there money.