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Summary Of Chapter 5 Of The Great Gatsby

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In chapter 3, Nick attends one of Gatsby’s lavish parties and learns that Gatsby is in love with Daisy. Nick attends the party out of curiosity, as he has heard rumors about Gatsby's wealthy lifestyle And mysterious past. However, he quickly realizes that the party members are pretty much mostly strangers who have been invited to the party without knowing who the host is. Despite this, Nick is impressed by the Elegance of the party and the attention to detail that has gone into planning it. During the party, Nick meets Gatsby for the first time and is struck by his presence. However, it is not until later in the evening when Nick sees Gatsby staring across the bay towards a green light that he realizes Gatsby's true motivation for throwing these over the top parties. as Nick observes, “ He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way… I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away”. This green light represents Daisy, who Gatsby has been in love with for a very long time. …show more content…

Nick invites Daisy over to his house for tea, without telling her that Gatsby will also be there. When Gatsby arrives, he is initially nervous and awkward around Daisy, but soon they begin to reconnect over their shared memories and experience. Nick observes, “ There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture, and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together”. As the afternoon goes on, Gatsby shows Daisy around his expensive mansion and reveals his wealth and success. He even shows her his collection of expensive shirts which symbolizes his desire to impress her with his very expensive

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First, Daisy and Nick join Gatsby at Gatsby’s house next door where her and Gatsby get some time to recollect themselves, “He hadn 't once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes. Sometimes, too, he stared around at his possessions in a dazed way, as though in her actual and astounding presence none of it was any longer real. Once he nearly toppled down a flight of stairs,” (pg.112). First, in this part of the book is when Gatsby’s attitude throughout the rest of the story completely changes; therefore, the whole world seems to disappear causing him to fall for Daisy. Then, he doesn’t even compensate the rest of his house and how glorious it is due to Daisy taking over his whole entire attention span; this almost caused him to fall down his own stairs.

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In the passage on page sixty-one in chapter five of The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway is walking in New York City beginning to get used to the atmosphere of the city. Nick shows almost conflicting emotions in the passage, being excited by the busyness but almost relaxed by it as well. This provides a realistic approach to societies’ feelings toward their surroundings. Fitzgerald, by using unique choices of diction, imagery, and details, explores the complex and varying emotional responses that Nick has toward New York City.

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His neighbor is Gatsby. Nick goes to have lunch with his cousin Daisy and she tells him of Tom’s affairs with Myrtle. Nick eventually gets invited to one of Gatsby’s parties, which he only throws in hopes of Daisy attending one, and Gatsby asks Nick to arrange a meeting between the two. Nick invites her to his house because Gatsby believed he would not meet her if she knew he was still in love with him. They then fall back in love with each other.

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Nick realizes what Gatsby’s motives were in spending extreme amounts of money every weekend. He realizes that “it had not been just the stars to which he had aspired on that June night. He came alive to me, delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendor” (Fitzgerald, 67). At Gatsby's and Daisy’s meeting, Gatsby invites her to his next party. Daisy agrees, and comes with Tom.

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He knows Nick is Daisy’s cousin, so he can use Nick to call Daisy out for dinner. Gatsby is driven by the love and desire for Daisy. He reads newspaper everyday just to creep on Daisy. However, Daisy does not choose Gatsby at the end. During these five years, Gatsby tries to catch Daisy’s love and

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This green light represents Gatsby’s hopes to be with Daisy once again. Gatbsy lives across a big body of water from Daisy and her husband Tom’s house Gatbsy was once with Daisy 5 years prior to them finally meeting again. Now Gatsby was always in love with Daisy but she moved on and got with Tom and his “old money”. So this green light showed Gatsby’s hope to being together with Daisy once again: “...he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing except a single green light” (Fitzgerald 33).

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It is fitting that this is Nick’s first encounter with Gatsby, as so much of his life was consumed with Daisy. Nick describes the light as “minute and far away”(Fitzgerald 21), just as Gatsby’s chances of ever being with Daisy are very small and far-fetched. Despite this, Gatsby keeps reaching out to the fading light, and continues to fight to win Daisy over. This ultimately shows how deeply in love with Daisy Gatsby was, and his whole world revolved around her. After attending Gatsby’s party and getting to know him a little bit, Jordan explains to Nick Gatsby and Daisy’s pasts.

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1. I believe that the most crucial part of chapter 1 is the fact that Nick is setting the scene in a since. Nick tells the reader about advice that his father give to him. Nick tells us about his cousin whom he is there to see in New York and her, not so good husband. Also we start to see a glimpse into this mysterious world that Gatsby and Nick’s other acquaintances in New York, live in.

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Gatsby tries to rekindle his and Daisy’s old relationship by trying to relive the past while Tom is out having an affair. Nick is a people watcher, he observes anyone and everyone and gets to know them before he feels inclined to make a judgment. To start, Nick reserves judgment in multiple situations but the first example is when he meets Gatsby and is at his party. Nick was the only person invited but at the party, he heard rumors about Gatsby

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Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness.” (1.152) "If it wasn 't for the mist we could see your home across the bay," said Gatsby. "You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock." Daisy put her arm through his abruptly, but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said.

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