Chapter 1: 2. When Nick first enters the Buchanan's house, the scene is not presented realistically. It is said that, "...the two young women ballooned slowly to the floor" (12). The women are painted as objects or even furniture in the room. This makes it seem as though Tom Buchanan is indeed the man of the household, and a strong one at that. This seems to show Tom's oppressiveness and how he sucks the life out of the room. Chapter 2: The party reveals Tom’s true colors of hypocrisy and lack of restraint: he feels no guilt for betraying Daisy with Myrtle, but he feels compelled to keep Myrtle in her place. Ex: breaking her nose when she mentions Daisy. Tom emerges in this section as a bully who uses his social status and physical strength …show more content…
His nervousness about the present and about how Daisy’s attitude toward him may have changed causes him to knock over Nick’s clock, symbolizing the clumsiness of his attempt to stop time and retrieve the past. But why does Gatsby have a border (Klipspringer)? It's not like her needs the money. Also, why does Gatsby insist that Klipspringer play the piano for Daisy? Is it because of the significance of the song? The song is very ironic in that the lyrics refer to people who have little money but manage to live happy lives. Gatsby and Daisy are both enormously wealthy, yet their lives are far from happy. It is also an ironic reminder that Daisy originally rejected Gatsby because he had no money. Now, however, she is happily awed by his mansion and beautiful shirts and clearly attracted to Gatsby again. Klipspringer plays this lighthearted song as Gatsby and Daisy celebrate their reunion, but their getting together again is not spontaneous because Gatsby has carefully orchestrated it. Chapter 6: Why does Fitzgerald continue to leave us in suspense as to how Gatsby acquired his money? What does he do for a living? We now know his true background, but still are left in the dark regarding his means of making money. Daisy claims he owns drugstore, Tom suspects he is a bootlegger, he offered to help Nick earn money, we know he works with Wolfshiem in some way, but what does he really do???? Regardless, Gatsby is convinced that he can make anything happen using his wealth. In fact, Gatsby’s power to make his dreams real is what makes him “great.” He does this by using his wealth, but can his wealth get him Daisy? Chapter