The Great Gatsby Chapter 5

Mandy Holcomb

Mr. Copeland

English 11 CP

24 January 2010

Reunited

1. I think that a good title for chapter five would be "Reunited." It's simple I know, but it defines the very point of this chapter. Gatsby is reunited once again, after five years apart, with Daisy Buchanan. He is also reunited with the way he feels about her. When their eyes meet at Nick's apartment their hearts blaze and their feelings for each other ignite and their feelings reunite. They make connections like the fact that his house is the HUGE mansion and that the green light Gatsby stares at is the light on the end of Daisy's pere. They make connections, but mostly they reunite as friends and as lovers.

2. Nick returns home from a date with Jordan to find Gatsby's house all lit up and him standing in the yard asking when a good time to have tea with Daisy might be. The next day, after having his lawn mowed, Gatsby gets the butterflies as he awates Daisy's apperence. She arrives and they are reaquanted with love and tears and conversation. After a tour of Gatsby's house and listening to the piano, Daisy and Gatsby's emotion flare up and Nick leaves them alone together in Gatsby's house.

3. " He has passed visibly through two states and was entering upon a third. After his embarrassment and his unreasoning joy he was consumed with wonder at her presence." I think this is an important quote because it shows the reader was kind of feeling Gatsby has towards Daisy. He has gone through three states, according to Nick, and they have all overcome him and taken over his entire being. This whole chapter focuses in on Daisy and Gatsby and their affection for each other. Daisy is married so the reader mainly focuses in on Gatsby. All of these three states are good ones and the reader can tell that Gatsby is undoubtably head over heels in love for Daisy.

A. The reader sees Daisy Buchanan develop as a character in chapter five. She arrives at Nick's place and is extremely happy and excited. Then she sees Gatsby and goes into kind of a trance. She turns into an emotional wreck and the reader can see that she's not fully exposed yet. There is still alot that she is hiding or bottling up inside. You can tell because it is urging to find a way out. She crys when they talk and when Gatsby goes through his clothes. But yet she is still overwhelmed with happiness. Daisy sees the very beautiful aspects of like like the pink clouds towards the end of the chapter. But the way that she acts around Gatsby clearly shows that she has a paaion of some sort for him. I am interested to find out more about Daisy.