Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Chapter 5







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Explanation: The picture on the left is of the rain. In this chapter before goes to Nick's house with Gatsby for tea it is raining out because he is sad and nervous. Then after Daisy leaves it begins to rain again because Gatsby is upset that shes leaving him. When Daisy is at his house however, the sun is shinning and it's very nice out. This is because Gatsby is happy that Daisy is with him, which is why there is a picture of a sun on the left. The weather all throughout this chapter seems to mirror Gatsby's emotions.



Quotes:


1.) "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"(97).



Significance: This shows that Gatsby doesn't care about anyone or anything except for Daisy. If something has no value to her it has no value to him anymore.


2.) " A damp streak of hair lay like a dash of blue paint across her cheek and her hand was wet with glistening drops as I took it to help her from the car"(90).


Significance: This is important because Daisy is our blue character , because it represents sadness. Her hair looking like a dash of blue paint is important because it is suppose to look like a tear across her cheek.


3.) " He took out a pile of shirts and began throwing them one by one before us, shirts of sheer linen and thick silk and fine flannel which lost their folds as they fell and covered the table in many-colored disarray"(97).


Significance: This quote is significant because it shows that Gatsby has many colors. This represents the fact that there is much about Gatsby that no one really knows.


4.) " 'Look at that,' she whispered, and then after a moment: 'I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around' "(99).


Significance: This quote is significant because it has the color pink in it. The color pink is used to represent love, which is growing between Daisy and Gatsby.


5.) "Then I went out of the room and down the marble steps into the rain, leaving them there together"(102).


Significance: This quote is important because Daisy and Gatsby are leaving each other so it is starting to rain. It is just another example of the weather following Gatsby's emotions.

Analysis of the Chapter:

Throughout this chapter Fitzgerald uses the weather to highlight Gatsby's emotions. For example, the day that Daisy is suppose to see Gatsby it is pouring rain. This is because Gatsby is really nervous to see Daisy. When Gastby begins to get embarrassed when Daisy is there it begins to pour rain outside once again. After Gastby and Daisy talk alone , she begins to cry, but not tears of sadness, he,however, is practically glowing. The rain then stops and there are " twinkle-bells of sunshine in the room"(94). Later the rain is falling again but there are a bunch of pink and golden fluffy clouds in the sky. It is very apparent that the weather is changing a lot and so are Gatsby's moods. At the end of the chapter when Daisy and Gatsby are parting ways Nick steps out on to the marble steps and into the rain. It is once again raining because Daisy is leaving Gatsby's side, which is the last thing he wants , so he is sad. Whenever Gatsby is sad it starts to rain and when he is happy the sun shines bright.



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