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Analysis. Chapter 5 is the pivotal chapter of The Great Gatsby, as Gatsby’s reunion with Daisy is the hinge on which the novel swings. Before this event, the story of their relationship exists only in prospect, as Gatsby moves toward a dream that no one else can discern. Afterward, the plot shifts its focus to the romance between Gatsby and ...
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Gatsby is nervous on the day of the meeting. Though it's raining he sends a man to cut Nick's grass, and also makes sure Nick's house is full of flowers. Gatsby disappears just as Daisy arrives. When Gatsby arrives at Nick's front door, he looks pale and deathlike, and knocks over a clock by mistake. Gatsby's blunder with the clock is symbolic.
Chapter 5 Summary and Analysis. PDF Cite. Daisy agrees to come to tea, curious as to why Nick told her not to bring Tom. Gatsby has had the grass cut and sent over a greenhouse worth of flowers ...
Nick is insulted by Gatsby's attempt to bribe him, but they keep talking about the plans for the meeting. Gatsby is anxious on the day of his reunion with Daisy. Despite the rain, he arranges for someone to cut Nick's lawn and fills his house with flowers. Just after Daisy arrives, Gatsby vanishes. Nick lets him in again by the front door.
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After Nick’s date with Jordan, he returns home to find Gatsby’s mansion lit up like a Christmas tree. Gatsby himself comes out of the bushes and is anxious about what Nick will say about his request. Gatsby offers Nick some type of side job, but before Jay Gatsby can tell him about it, Nick says that it’s not necessary and he’s really not intereste...
As Gatsby is showing Daisy his mansion, he also shows her his vast collection of shirts that he has custom-made in England in a wide range of colors. He tells Daisy that he never wears the same shirt twice. As Gatsby starts throwing the shirts around, Daisy grabs some of them and starts crying. When asked why she was crying, Daisy says that she’s n...
Chapter 5 is almost a magical chapter, so it’s not surprising to see that so many terrific quotes come from it. Some of the best and most famous quotes are: Gatsby offers Nick a side job, apparently in exchange of the favor he was asking from Nick. Nick tells Gatsby that he isn’t interested in whatever it is that he is being offered. After explaini...
One might say that Chapter 5 is the sunny day before the storm or the happiest day in Gatsby’s life for the past 5 years. Both would be true. Leaving Gatsby and Daisy alone in Gatsby’s mansion, Nick notes that the real-life woman may not be everything that Gatsby had imagined or made her out to be. Daisy is now a married woman with a small child, w...
The Great Gatsby Chapter 5 Summary. Back. More. (Click the summary infographic to download.) When Nick arrives home after his talk with Jordan, Gatsby is waiting for him, excited as a little kid on Christmas morning. But he tries to hide it and play Mr. Cool. Gatsby offers Nick the opportunity to make some money on the side…very suspicious.
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Chapter Five. One night, Gatsby waylays Nick and nervously asks him if he would like to take a swim in his pool. When Nick demurs, he offers him a trip to Coney Island. Nick, initially baffled by Gatsby's solicitousness, realizes that he is anxiously waiting for Nick to arrange his meeting with Daisy. Nick agrees to do so.
