1. For Gatsby, Nick invited Daisy to his house so they can be reunited. Nick also allows Gatsby to have his lawn mowed so it would be presentable for her. Gatsby, as a payment for the favor, offered Nick a business deal, which seemed really fishy to him. He cuts Gatsby refuses the proposal, ‘because the offer was obviously and tactlessly for a service to be rendered, I had no choice except to cut him off there’.
2. Gatsby knocking down the clocks backs of the motif of time, and symbolizes the stopping of time that Gatsby needs with Daisy. They have met again, time has stopped.
3. Nick asked Daisy is the chauffeur’s nose was affected by gasoline which refers back to her butler (the same man) who once lived in New York that had a silver service for people. He polished silver until it began to ‘affect his nose…’
4. It had been 5 years from that November
5. Daisy cries over Gatsby’s shirts made of exquisite material that he continued to throw onto his bed. ‘They’re such beautiful shirts, it makes me sad because I’ve never seen such - beautiful shirts before. She was crying more over Gatsby, and her crying over objects suggests that she’s materialistic. It shows that Gatsby is not only real, but that he has money which provides her with more comfort.
6. Mr. Klipspringer is Mr. Gatsby’s piano man that doesn’t really know how to play piano or hasn’t had much practice. He’s always around Gatsby’s house just hanging out.
7. Gatsby told Daisy that he could see the green light of her house across the bay, that was usually lit all throughout the night. At the time, they couldn’t find it through the thick fog. ‘The colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever.”
8. The fifth chapter of Gatsby is most important part in the novel because it’s when Daisy and Gatsby finally come together and are reunited. It’s the inciting event to their own subplot, which is just the beginning.
9. Something that was funny in chapter five was Nick’s joke about the butler/chauffer’s nose being affected by gasoline.
10. The rain in chapter five was important to Gatsby because before Daisy got there it was raining, but when they were finally together again the rain stopped – symbolizing his problems are not only gone, but also his want for her has stopped because she is there.
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