After dealing with police, photographers, and rubberneckers, Nick tries to get in touch with Daisy. He finds that the Buchanans have gone and left no forwarding address.
Nick tries to track down friends and family for Gatsby, but no one wants to come and pay their respects.
There's a mysterious phone call at Gatsby's house that is obviously intended for Gatsby; it confirms that Jay was indeed involved in illegalities.
Nick is able to delay the funeral, however, until Gatsby's father arrives.
Mr. Gatz (the father) has typical parental misconceptions; he believes his boy was going to help "build up the country," had he lived.
A man who knew Gatsby calls. He's too busy to come to the funeral, but he wants a pair of shoes back that he left at the house.
We feel good about the fact that Nick hangs up on him.
Nick begins to feel "shame" for Gatsby, who was so generous to so many people but ultimately had only one friend – Nick.
Nick can't even get Gatsby's business partner, Meyer Wolfsheim, to show up.
From Gatsby's father, Nick learns how Gatsby wanted always to improve himself as a child – how he wanted to rise above the life of the poor, uneducated family into which he was born.
He even wrote out little schedules and "resolves" for himself like another young American upstart.
When we finally get to the funeral, it's a terribly rainy day.