Reading Journal Gatsby Chapter 4

• At the very start of the chapter Nick writes 'On Sunday morning when church bells rang,' - church bells obviously being holy, and yet he continues to write 'the world and its mistress returns to Gatbsy's house', - contrast between church and holiness and the sinning between the 'world and it's mistress'- maybe referring to Tom and Myrtle. 
• Nick recalls all the names of the people who had been attending Gatsby's parties, showing how observant he is and how actually he's quite interested in the lives of other people - earlier he mentions Myrtle's reading material 'Town Tattle' but here it suggests that even he can be superficial and nosy. 
• Colour - 'rich cream' to describe the car, 'caramel' to describe the suit - colours of sweet things - maybe to show some form of affection toward Gatsby?
• Element of mystery is reinforced with Gatsby - his vagueness when talking to Nick and his sudden disappearance when the meeting with Tom occurs.
•   Nick makes a lot of references to the sky e.g 'a dozen suns' -dreamlike, illusional, perhaps suggesting there is an underlying negativity
• 'There are only the pursued, pursuing, the busy and the tired' - shows Nick's confidence increasing and how he is developing as a narrator, contrasting with how he was called a 'politician'. Now he is becoming more spontaneous and giving in to his desires rather than thinking everything out for long periods of time.