Chapter+5

Chapter 5

Summary Nick arrives home from the city after a date with Jordan, surprised to see Gatsby's mansion lit up brightly yet appearing to be unoccupied. As Nick is walking through the lawn to go into the house, Gatsby startles him by meeting him halfway. Gatsby appears to be very antsy and sneakily planning something because he had seemed to want to do anything in order to make Nick happy which meant Gatsby was trying to bribe Nick. Nick comes to the realization that Gatsby wants nothing other than Nick to agree to inviting Daisy over for tea, therefore he agrees to help Gatsby. Nick feels as if Gatsby is trying, even after he said yes, to buy his way into Nick helping him out with Daisy, and Nick takes a bit of offense to it. Nick manages to keep the mentality of "That's what friends are for" when Gatsby doesn't understand the meaning of friendship. Nick refuses Gatsby's offers but still says he is willing to help. Later, before Daisy comes over to tea, Gatsby sends a man over to cut Nick's grass and he sends another over with flowers. Daisy arrives and Nick brings her over to meet with Gatsby. The meeting, at first, is terribly awkward and Gatsby wants it to simply end. Nick left them alone and when he came back to check on them, they were radiant. Nick stays for a while and coverless with them. Gatsby has Klipspringer, on the piano, play "Ain't We Got Fun?" Gatsby and Daisy are too into each other and have forgotten that Nick is there so he rushes out.

Reflect Chapter five shows a major difference between how people live today and back in the 20's. Jay brags about his house, clothes, and cars and no one thinks anything of it but today he would be viewed as an annoying, concieted person. Also, women had people to drive them around and today if a woman has that much money they prefer to drive themselves in fancy cars. Daisy, Jay, and Nick also get together for tea instead of an alcoholic drink like today.

Comon themes Love- This chapter's common theme is love!! Gatsby, who is bewildered by his feelings for Daisy, will od anything to see her, even if it means a little bribery. Thankfully, Nick is nice enough to see how Gatsby really feels and invites Daisy over for tea, and then has them go over to Jay's house for a visit. Even though Jay and Daisy are very uncomfortable at first, they both realize that they like each other and eventually become very comfortable with each other. This is how love is! It is awkward and strange, but once that first stage of awkwardness is over, it can be great. We as readers see how that awkward first stage of love is reflected in this chapter between Jay Gatsby and Daisy.

Marxist/ Feminist Lens

Feminist Criticism When the characterize Daisy, she is like the common sterotype of a women. She is a little ditzy, thoughts go from place to place and so on. Such as when she meets Gatsby and they start to get comfortable with each other, she starts crying her eyes out. It seems like a very sterotypical thing for a woman to do.

Marxist One point of marxism is how the characters interact with each other according to the mannerism of their social classes. Daisy and Gatsby are both in the upper class. When they start talking again after all thoes years they fall right into the idea that everything will be great for them no matter what. They are both happy and want to see each other more. On the other hand Nick is more of a middle class person. He sees the reality in the situation, and wonders if their expectation will be good enough for each other, or are just to high. Gatsby is an example of the upper class thinking they can have what ever they want, because they are rich, while Nick is an example of the more down to earth middle class.

How does color function as a symbol? [] []

//"Gatsby, in a white flannel suit, silver shirt, and gold-colored tie..."// <span style="color: #21a62a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Describing Gatsby in such attire creates a pure, classy, wealthy image for him. The color palate lets readers know that Gatsby is not just anybody! He is someone to be remembered.

<span style="color: #21a62a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">//"Daisy's face..three-cornered lavender hat.."// <span style="color: #21a62a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Lavender symbolizes femininity, elegance, and grace. Knowing that, it seems only fitting that Daisy would be wearing a lavender hat!

<span style="color: #21a62a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Fitzgerald, F. Scott. //The Great Gatsby//. New York: Scribner, 2004. Print.