Chapter five begins with Nick coming home late at night and being approached by Gatsby. Gatsby wants to make sure Nick is going to arrange the meeting with Daisy, and offers Nick an business opportunity. On the day of the tea Gatsby is extremely nervous. When Daisy arrives, Gatsby leaves but eventually returns. The reunion between the two is awkward at first, but after some time they become happier to be in each others company. Gatsby invites both Nick and Daisy over and gives them a tour of his mansion. The chapter ends with Nick leaving Gatsby and Daisy together.
"Then she laughed, an absurd, charming little laugh, and I laughed too. She laughed again as if she said something very witty, and held my hand for a moment, looking up into my face, promising that there was no one in the world she so much wanted to see. That was a way she had."
Daisy- beautiful, wealthy, superficial and cynical- perhaps due to husbands infidelity.
Daisy is Nick's cousin, and unhappily married to Tom. Tom is cheating on her, although she pretends it doesn't effect her. She has a pessimistic outlook on life especially for woman. Daisy shows that being wealthy does not necessarily mean happiness. She is essential in the novel to unlock the mystery of Gatsby.
"Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her... Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one."
The green dock light had always represented Gatsby's longing for Daisy, and it was as close as he was going to get. Now that he has her next to his side the green light lost it's significance. From now on the light will not be enough. He will need to have her physically present.
No comments:
Post a Comment