Chapter 5 Pages 81-96
In chapter five, Nick comes home after a night out with Jordan. Gatsby begins to invite Nick to places, and does nice things for Nick. Nick catches on and realizes that Gatsby want Nick to do a favor for him: set him up with Daisy. Daisy is invited over, and Gatsby and her meet again. At first Gatsby is nervous, but later they are enjoying themselves. Gatsby invites Daisy to his place, and she was speechless when she saw all of his valuable possessions. The chapter ends with Daisy and Gatsby alone.
Jay Gatsby
"Luckily the clock took this moment to tilt dangerously at the pressure of his head, whereupon he turned and caught it with trembling fingers and set it back in place." (Fitzgerald 86)
Gatsby is an extremely wealthy man, with a huge mansion where he throws parties regularly. His true love is for Daisy, and he believes with wealth he can win her back. Currently he is using Nick to get with Daisy. He is a stalker for Daisy. He lies about almost everything, and is very manipulative.
-Wealthy
-Extravagant
-Likable
-Stalker
-Romantic
Gatsby is the purpose of the novel. As readers we are uncovering who he is, and why he is important to the novel (it is named after him). Gatsby's drive is to make Daisy fall in love with him, and hopefully they can marry. Gatsby is also a character that we have to analyze a lot, and he serves as a binary opposition for a lot of characters, and maybe ourselves.
" 'Don't talk so much, old sport,' commanded Gatsby. 'Play!' " (Fitzgerald 95)
I chose this quote since I do believe that Fitzgerald put this at then end of the chapter to make it stand out. To me it meant, don't talk about what you are going to do, just do it. Also, the pianist is making excuses why he can't play, another valuable piece of information: excuses or results, not both. You do something, and make no excuses for yourself, give it your all and have good results.
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