Teacher
FSSA Elisabeth Smirniotis
Ms.Muskaj/ English 2 4/1/2014
Chapter 5
D iscuss the meeting at Nick and Gatsby’s house and its importance. This chapter starts out when Nick is approaching his house and he notices that Gatsby’s house is brightly lit but no one is in there. He is surprised because there is always someone there but then he sees Gatsby coming across the lawn and he seems nervous because he nervously asks Nick if he could have Daisy come over his house for tea. Nick agrees and Gatsby was very excited. On the day that it was arranged for Daisy to come over, Nick and Daisy went into Gatsby’s house but no one is there. Suddenly Gatsby comes in and awkwardly knocks off a clock. He is nervous about meeting Daisy and he shows her the lavishness of his house and his old English shirts.
Nick then notices that Daisy and Gatsby are getting on really well and are having great fun. So he realizes that there romance has started up again. Gatsby talks about how happy they are together and how he dreams of their happiness together. Previously in the past things had not worked out with Gatsby and Daisy but now the romance became heated up and it’s a new beginning for Gatsby and Daisy. But Gatsby seems to be nervous about this change and that is why when he came into the house to meet Daisy he clashingly knocked off a clock.
The events in this chapter are significant because America was approaching towards a change from where it was before. People, attitudes, tastes, likes, and dislike were quickly changing. Gatsby, because he was a graduate from Oxford was changing from a distinguished scholar to someone who was foolishly in love with a married woman. This was the change that the beginning of the 1920’s was bringing. It brought more liberalism for people to try new things and some things that were considered unorthodox in the past like infidelity and making money in the underground. You can see this also because in the beginning of
Ms.Muskaj/ English 2 4/1/2014
Chapter 5
D iscuss the meeting at Nick and Gatsby’s house and its importance. This chapter starts out when Nick is approaching his house and he notices that Gatsby’s house is brightly lit but no one is in there. He is surprised because there is always someone there but then he sees Gatsby coming across the lawn and he seems nervous because he nervously asks Nick if he could have Daisy come over his house for tea. Nick agrees and Gatsby was very excited. On the day that it was arranged for Daisy to come over, Nick and Daisy went into Gatsby’s house but no one is there. Suddenly Gatsby comes in and awkwardly knocks off a clock. He is nervous about meeting Daisy and he shows her the lavishness of his house and his old English shirts.
Nick then notices that Daisy and Gatsby are getting on really well and are having great fun. So he realizes that there romance has started up again. Gatsby talks about how happy they are together and how he dreams of their happiness together. Previously in the past things had not worked out with Gatsby and Daisy but now the romance became heated up and it’s a new beginning for Gatsby and Daisy. But Gatsby seems to be nervous about this change and that is why when he came into the house to meet Daisy he clashingly knocked off a clock.
The events in this chapter are significant because America was approaching towards a change from where it was before. People, attitudes, tastes, likes, and dislike were quickly changing. Gatsby, because he was a graduate from Oxford was changing from a distinguished scholar to someone who was foolishly in love with a married woman. This was the change that the beginning of the 1920’s was bringing. It brought more liberalism for people to try new things and some things that were considered unorthodox in the past like infidelity and making money in the underground. You can see this also because in the beginning of