“The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a book taking place in the 1920s and following Nick Carraway and his time with the Jay Gatsby a man who throws big parties that everyone goes to. The character that has changed the most in this book is Meyer Wolfsheim.Meyer Wolfshiem is the character that has changed the most because when we first meet him when he is having lunch with Nick and Gatsby he seems like he seems like he is a friend of Gatsby’s but when Nick goes and tries to get people to come to Gatsby’s funeral Wolfsheim acts like he isn’t at his business and doesn’t want to go.
First when Gatsby and Nick go to lunch Wolfsheim is there to have lunch with them. Once he is there and they are all having lunch Wolfsheim is being a …show more content…
He goes to the office and asks to see if Wolfsheim is there. The receptionist says he is not but, we can hear Wolfsheim asking the receptionist something. Thus proving that he is there. WhenNicks keeps asking if he is there Wolfsheim doesn’t answer making Nick go and barge in to see him.“Nobody’s in,’ she said.’Mr. Wolfshiem's gone to Chicago.’ The first part of this was obviously untrue, for some one had begun to whistle ‘The Rosary’ tunelessly, inside... At this moment a voice unmistakably Wolfshiem's, called ‘Stella!’ from the other side of the door.’ Leave your name on the desk,’ she said quickly. ‘I’ll give it to him when he gets back.’ ‘But I know he’s in there.’...I mentioned Gatsby. ‘Oh-h!’ She looked at me over again. ‘Will you just---What was your name?’...’Now he’s dead,’ I said after a moment.’You were his closest friend, so I know you’ll want to come to his funeral this afternoon’ ‘I’d like to come’ ‘Well, come then.’ The hair in his nostrils quivered slightly, as he shook his head his eyes filled with tears. ‘I can’t do it---I can’t get mixed up in it”(170-171)This quote shows that Wolfsheim says that he can’t go to Gatsby’s funeral because he has something to do. It’s that he doesn’t want to. He can’t get “mixed up in it” because he doesn’t care enough to goIf he doesn’t care
First when Gatsby and Nick go to lunch Wolfsheim is there to have lunch with them. Once he is there and they are all having lunch Wolfsheim is being a …show more content…
He goes to the office and asks to see if Wolfsheim is there. The receptionist says he is not but, we can hear Wolfsheim asking the receptionist something. Thus proving that he is there. WhenNicks keeps asking if he is there Wolfsheim doesn’t answer making Nick go and barge in to see him.“Nobody’s in,’ she said.’Mr. Wolfshiem's gone to Chicago.’ The first part of this was obviously untrue, for some one had begun to whistle ‘The Rosary’ tunelessly, inside... At this moment a voice unmistakably Wolfshiem's, called ‘Stella!’ from the other side of the door.’ Leave your name on the desk,’ she said quickly. ‘I’ll give it to him when he gets back.’ ‘But I know he’s in there.’...I mentioned Gatsby. ‘Oh-h!’ She looked at me over again. ‘Will you just---What was your name?’...’Now he’s dead,’ I said after a moment.’You were his closest friend, so I know you’ll want to come to his funeral this afternoon’ ‘I’d like to come’ ‘Well, come then.’ The hair in his nostrils quivered slightly, as he shook his head his eyes filled with tears. ‘I can’t do it---I can’t get mixed up in it”(170-171)This quote shows that Wolfsheim says that he can’t go to Gatsby’s funeral because he has something to do. It’s that he doesn’t want to. He can’t get “mixed up in it” because he doesn’t care enough to goIf he doesn’t care