Summary Of Chapter 5 Of The Great Gatsby

Once recited by the great Nick Carraway, “There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired” (79). Chapter 5 of the book The Great Gatsby, reflects upon the experience that Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan have together with the unfortuante Nick Carraway being trapped in the same room together. Carraway can be thought of as almost being a buffer in some instances. Everything becomes awkward at some point and that is what that buffer is for. Gatsby is the person that wants to be with Daisy again. Later in the book we find out Gatsby’s old romance with Mrs. Buchanan. In a way, Gatsby can be thought of as the pursuing, Daisy of course then being the pursued, and poor Nick being more the busy than the tired. Lost Love would be an appropriate

Nick Carraway had left the two “love birds” in the room together during this scene. The thing was that Gatsby had just left Daisy in the room alone. “You’re acting like a little boy,’ I broke out impatiently. ‘Not only that, but you’re rude. Daisy’s sitting in there all alone” (88). It’s almost as if these two people are in some sort of awkward teenage romance from junior high or middle school. In terms of this new title for the chaper, it is as if the characters don’t know what to do. As if they are in a lost cause for both of them. They are acting timid and embarrassed almost becuase they know they love each other but don’t want to come out and fully say it to each other. Lost Love has a lot of meaning to it later in the story when everyone figures out how the two met. The argument that is held basically between Gatsby and Tom Buchanan really helps shape this chapter in a big way, even though the scene is not in the chapter. The love that was brought up between Gatsby and Daisy had a dramatic ending and is once again has the ability to rekindle. The significance of that argument and facts being revealed, puts extreme value on the meeting at Nick’s house. Even though the meeting was considered awkward in most cases, Lost Love has an incredible meaning to this