"trying to forget something very sad" (64).....
Now we understand the tragic event in Gatsby's past. Unable to consumate his desire for Daisy, Gatsby went off to war in a state of misery and despair. Upon his return to the States, he "read a Chicago paper for years just on the chance of catching a glimpse of Daisy's name" (77), with a desperate hope of rekindling lost love. Does this explain the parties? Does this explain Gatsby's house? What about the green light?
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Analysis of Key Lines:
1. “His name was Jay Gatsby…” (73)
2. “He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths- so that he could “come over” some afternoon to a stranger’s garden” (76)
3. “I’ve got my hands full” (80)
4. ”my house looks well, doesn’t it? … See how the whole front of it catches the light.” (87)
5. “he opened for us two hulking patent cabinets which held his massed suits and dressing gowns and ties, and his shirts, piled like bricks in stacks a dozen high” (89)
Thematic Evaluation
6. Explain how pathetic fallacy plays a role in this section of the novel.
7. Examine the two sources below. How has the author utilized juxtaposition to help us understand the character’s feelings at this point? What does this teach us about their characters?
The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain. I had to follow the sound of it for a moment, up and down, with my ear alone, before any words came through. 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. (83)
I went out and opened it. Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes. (83)
8. Find two quotations from this section that could be utilized to demonstrate a stark contrast to the sources above. Explain how these quotations are suitable.
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1) This line explains how Daisy used to date Jay Gatsby, and helps us understand why Gatsby done everything up to this point in his life.
2) Gatsby waited 5 years so he could get money to buy a mansion so have parties, so possibly Daisy or one of her friends would come over, and he could meet her once again, and start a life with her.
3) Nick declines an offer for a job from Gatsby which would probably involve Wolfshiem and be a shady job. Nick does not want to be infamous.
4) Gatsby is trying to find reassurance that his house is perfect so he can impress Daisy by showing her how nice his house is, and how wealthy he is.
5) Gatsby brags at how good and wealthy he is by showing them very nice clothes in his dresser. He has never opened the clothes before, but he spent large amounts of money on them. This also shows Gatsby’s fake image he hides.
Theme
1) The novel shows pathetic fallacy by raining when Gatsby and Daisy meet. The outcome of this event will probably be sorrowful, displayed by the quote “Gatsby…standing in a puddle glaring tragically into my eyes”. The rain sets a dark and dreary mood for Gatsby, whereas it sets a happy mood for Daisy who has a voice which has an “exhilarating ripple”. Later on, it becomes very sunny outside, which makes Gatsby happy, displayed by the quote “he literally glowed”. However, Daisy has become very lackluster, shown by her face being “smeared with tears”.
2) These two quotes juxtapose the feelings of the characters with the worlds “Exhilarating” and “glaring tragically”. Daisy is exciting Tom didn’t come because maybe someone can saver her from Tom, and Gatsby is nervous and anxious that he might fail and lose Daisy from his life forever.
3) Daisy in source in source a is happy and excited because she might finally get rid of Tom, shown by “the exhilarating ripple of her voice”. Now, however, she has proceeded to ‘bend her head into the shirts and cry stormily”. Daisy thinks Gatsby would never want someone like her in his life. Gatsby has changed from “glaring tragically” to “sitting down and shading his eyes, laughing”. Gatsby believes his plan he waited so long for is finally coming true.
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Gatsby: 73-89
1) This line was said by Jordan Baker when she was explaining to Nick what Gatsby had told her. Apparently, Gatsby and Daisy used to be together. Nick can finally understand Gatsby better.
2) Nick is explaining how he thinks that Gatsby has done a lot of work and has put a lot of effort in just to have Daisy come over an d see it one afternoon. He does not even know if she will come back to him or not.
3) Gatsby offered to include Nick in a new business deal with him. Nick responds by saying his hands are full. He is trying to show that he does not really want to have anything to do with whatever Gatsby is up to.
4) Gatsby is reassuring himself by saying this. He boasts about his house towards Nick, hoping that Nick will respond with approval.
5) When Gatsby takes Daisy and Nick over to his house he shows them his collection of clothing. He has so many items of clothing that he does not even wear half of it. This shows to us the amount of money that he has wasted just in order to impress Daisy.
Thematic Evaluation
1) In this section of the novel it is raining outside of their houses. This could represent that the mood is sort of sad and this could be related to Gatsby’s attitude. He may be sad because he is afraid that he might not get Daisy back.
2) In these two different sources juxtaposes the two characters of Daisy and Gatsby. In the first source it is explaining how Daisy was wet and dreary but she still carried herself with confidence. In the second source, Gatsby is explained as wet and dreary as well but her is feeling sad and nervous with himself. This is an opposite character trait of Daisy.
3) “he opened for us two hulking patent cabinets which held his massed suits and dressing gowns and ties, and his shirts, piled like bricks in stacks a dozen high” (89)
At this point Gatsby is feeling more proud of himself. He is showing how he has money and how he has so much that he can buy so many pieces of clothing. This is different than he was acting before because now he is full of confidence and before he was sort of depressed.
“Daisy bent her head into the shirts and began to cry stormingly.”
At this point Daisy looks like she has less power than Gatsby because of the way that she is acting. This is different than how she acted before, because she was showing her pride and confidence when she was out in the rain.
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1. In this quotation, Jordan Baker reveals that Daisy was having a love affair with “Jay Gatsby” before her foul marriage with Tom.
2. This quotation shows that Gatsby has been waiting “five years” to approach his lost love, Daisy, by inviting her “over for tea” at Nick’s to “see his house”
3. Here Nick declines Gatsby’s job offer for what seems to be a shady job.
4. Gatsby is expecting to show off his house to Daisy and prove his worth in it’s expense.
5. Gatsby is showing off his “bricks” of expensive clothing, trying to impress Daisy.
Thematic Evaluation
1. The pathetic fallacy is the weather. The rain outside represents the turmoil within Gatsby as he cannot bring himself to talk to Daisy. When finally he gets the courage, the rain subsides and the sun shines once again.
2. Daisy and Gatsby are different in body movement and appearance. They are juxtaposed here as Daisy “her hand was wet with glistening drops”. As opposed to Gatsby who “was standing in a puddle of water, glaring tragically”. It seems Daisy -who has being raised rich- is always classy and calm, contradicted to Gatsby -who was raised in lower class- he expresses his feelings loud and proud as he shakes with trepidations of meeting Daisy once again.
3. Quotes
a. “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such beautiful shirts before” (89)
Here grace in movement is mirrored in her grace of words, as she hides her sadness in an excuse of taste. She is “sad” about something concerning Gatsby, but she hides it in a “wealthy woman’s façade”
b. “This is a terrible mistake” (85)
Gatsby is very open with his feelings of meeting Daisy after 5 years of separation. He not only shows it in his character, but trembles at every word. He is different from Daisy, because as a man not born into wealth he does not belong to the “secret society”
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1. This quote is significant because Jordan has realized that she has known Mr. Gatsby for a very long time. After this she soon realizes that Mr. Gatsby is using her to get to Daisy.
2. Mr. Gatsby is obsessed with the fact that he can now get Daisy because he has inherited money. Jay is in a way stoking Daisy.
3. Nick is rejecting the favor that Mr. Gatsby has asked him for, because Nick is not an evil person but an honest man. He also does not want to get involved in setting up his cousin.
4. He is making sure that his house is going to catch Daisy’s attention and he wanted it to be like in a dream. He is trying to dazzle Daisy and make her want to love him again because of his money and expensive possessions.
5. He wants to seem like he has got class because he has imported clothes from distant countries, they were all purchased by other people and he did it all just so that he could impress Daisy.
Theme
1. When they meet at Nick’s house it is raining and miserable, this was the mood when Gatsby and Daisy met. “Well that’s funny”. This shows that they find it kind of awkward when they met and they felt kind off weird.
2. They are both arriving in opposite ways, Gatsby is arriving like a poor stray dog looking for some food, and Daisy arrived with class in her nice car and was helped out of the car by Nick with an umbrella.
3. “…old sport”( pg.82) This can be juxtaposed to the way that Gatsby acts when he arrives at Nicks house because he normally acts very professionally, calm and cool however when he arrives at Nicks house he acts like a lost, cold and hungry puppy with no home.
“They’re such beautiful shirts” (pg.89) this can also be juxtaposed to the way that he acts when he arrives at Nicks because the clothes that he wears are those that a man of class and high society would wear. A man of class would never go out in the rain; he would reach his destination in style and with his head in the clouds and not sulking in the cold rain.
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Analysis
1) Jordon is talking about how she met Gatsby before and the situation between Daisy and Jay. This shows why Jay has worked so hard to obtain all the money; it is to impress Daisy when he finally meets her again.
2) This explains Gatsby’s situation in trying to see Daisy, as he has done all of these things but still ends up no getting Daisy’s attention. All of what he has done has worked up towards being too scared to have Daisy over to his place, but to slowly introduce her to the new him.
3) Here, Nick responds to Gatsby’s invitation to join his business, he realizes that what he is involved with is an unstable situation and doesn’t want to get involved with that.
4) Gatsby is gloating to Nick about his mansion and defining the perfection of it. He’s almost trying to make Nick jealous and reassure himself that Daisy will be impressed.
5) In this quote Gatsby is showing off all of his possessions like they are nothing. They are all still tied and in these boxes, they also show a character that is not true. He has someone else do his shopping for him therefore not representing the true him but some wealthy man.
Thematic
1) Pathetic fallacy plays a role in this section of the novel through the rain, and then later the sunshine. The rain comes down as Gatsby and Nick are getting prepared for the lunch date where Daisy is going to arrive. The nervousness and tension are represented through the down pore, but it later shows the cleansing of all that has been held in the past. When Nick walks in and sees Daisy crying, it shows that renewal of their friendship and that the tension has been broken between Gatsby and Daisy. The rain in this section represents rebirth, and a new purity, because after a good rain storm everything seems better, the air is cleaner and the sky is clear. Later when the sun comes out Gatsby, Daisy and Nick come outside to see Gatsby’s house, this also shows rebirth in Daisy’s eyes because she has never seen Gatsby in this light, but only as the soldier that she feel in love with so long ago.
2) The juxtaposition that is represented by these two quotes is the image of Gatsby and Daisy. Source A explains Daisy as a pure beauty and the rain affects her in a positive way by accentuating her features. The line, “her hand was wet with glistening drops as I took it to help her from the car,” which explains her beauty even further as everything effects her is a good way. Source B represents how the rain affects Gatsby. The line, “pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights,” which explains that this weather is affecting him in a negative way by drowning him out. Therefore the juxtaposition of “glistening” which shows beauty and purity, and “pale” which comes off as dreary.
3) The quote that contrasts the character of Daisy in the quote above is “Daisy bent her head into the shirts and began to cry stormily.” This is different because instead of portraying Daisy as “glistening” she is seen in the words of “stormily.” The word is more of a strong and forceful word unlike the line from above which is more delicate. The line that contrasts the character of Gatsby is “he literally glowed; without a word or gesture.” This is different from the quote above, because here Gatsby comes off in a more pure and beautiful manner, instead of being “pale as death” he is “glowing.” Both of these quotes contrast with their characters by using opposite words to describe their features in each situation.
1: “ His name was Jay Gatsby…”
This was said by Jordan, who is describing the relationship between Daisy and Gatsby before he went to the war. This is significant because it shows us the past between Daisy and Gatsby, where they were in love and tied together with memories.
2: “He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths- so that he could “ Come over” some afternoon to a stranger’s garden”
In this quotation Nick is talking about Gatsby. Nick is describing how after five years Jay Gatsby has “Bought a mansion” and worked his entire life to please Daisy. Only for daisy to “come over some afternoon.” This is significant because it reveals to us what Gatsby plan is to meet with Daisy.
3. This quote is said by Nick. When Nick states this quote he is is rejecting a job offer from Gatsby. This quote is significant because it shows us that Nick knows that Gatsby is into a shady job, and Nick doesn’t want to be a part of it.
4. This quote is said by Gatsby. In this quote Gatsby is talking about how nice his house looks when him and Nick are waiting for daisy. This quote is significant because he is trying to get reassurance from Nick that is house looks good enough for daisy. This quote shows us that Gatsby is really worried about whether Daisy will like his house or not.
5. Nick is describing Jay Gatsby’s closet. He is revealing the huge “hulking patent cabinets” which he kept his clothes in. When Gatsby opens his closet he has hundreds of clothes that are foreign to him and the community. This is significant for the reason that is reveals to us that Gatsby puts on a different persona, in order avoid sharing his true identity.
Theme:
Pathetic fallacy is displayed in this section of the novel. Pathetic fallacy is seen when Gatsby show up at Nicks house. When Gatsby shows up it is rainy and dreary out and that reflects the mood of Gatsby at this point. Gatsby is nervous and scared to meet daisy and the weather in this scene reflects that. Later on in the theme when eh goes to show daisy his house the sun comes out and is reflecting off his house. This is also reflecting the mood in this situation because Gatsby is happy and excited to show Daisy his house.
2: In source A it describes Daisy as being an elegant vibrant colorful person with “Glistening wet drops of rain on her hand”. This juxtaposes that of source B for the reason that in source it describes Jay Gatsby as being “Pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pickets”. This is opposite from source A for the reason that in source a it describes daisy as being like summer with glistening drops of water delicately placed on her hand. This of which is different from source B where it describes Gatsby as being cold, blue, “pale as death”.
3: “ I went out and opened it. Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes”
“He opened for us two, hulking patent cabinets which held his massed suits and dressing gowns and ties, and his shirts, piled like bricks in stacks a dozen high”
This quotation juxtaposes the actions of Jay Gatsby when he is in his house and when he is meeting daisy. When Gatsby is in his own mansion he feels like a king with a “Hulking patent cabinets” with thousands of dollars of clothes in there fit for a king. When he is revealing his clothe stash to his guest he acts in a pompous manner where he says all his thousand dollar clothes are worth nothing and are old rags. This juxtaposes his action when meeting daisy for the reason that when he meets daisy he become extremely uncomfortable and insecure where he is “pale as death” and has his “hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets.” This shows that when he is with someone he genuinely feels connected to he is uncomfortable.
LOGAN AND MIKAELA
1) This shows how Daisy dated Gatsby a long time ago, and it ties a lot of loose ends together. This quotation just shows how Gatsby has spent his whole life trying to get to this point.
2) This shows Gatsby’s plan for everything and how he has not gotten over Daisy in the slightest. Even though she is married and they haven’t seen each other for years he still has the faintest trace of hope that she will choose him.
3) This shows how Nick is not the honest man he says he is and it also makes you wonder what Gatsby’s “confidential” business is.
4) Gatsby is showing off his beautiful house to an awestruck Daisy. This Gatsby believes will make up for the poorness he had before, and hopes this time to be accepted.
5) This shows the materialistic side of Gatsby which is actually pretty similar to Tom. Gatsby is showing off his assets instead of his true personality. Furthermore, Gatsby is showing all these clothes that he has never even worn before and that someone he hardly knows picked them out for him.
Theme:
1) During this section of the novel pathetic fallacy plays its part but having rain happen at the tea party. This rain nearly ruins Gatsby’s plan to show Daisy his beautiful house in gorgeous weather. Also, when Gatsby enters the house not only does he look incredibly nervous but he is also dropping wet adding a negative twist upon his image. This is shown in the quotation, “Standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes” (83). This just goes to show the affect the rain had upon this gathering.
2) The author has juxtaposed the characters throughout this whole section. In the beginning Daisy is confident and “exhilarated” while Gatsby is a nervous boy wreck. In the beginning of the tea party Daisy acts like the perfect lady, while Gatsby acts like a “boy” in Nicks words. This shows us that Daisy is a true lady. Even in the most awkward of situations she still manages to maintain a good appearance. This severely contrasts with Gatsby’s character. He has worked his whole life trying to get to this moment and he can hardly keep straight. He looses his dignity and manners the second she is around him. This part of the story really juxtaposes the two characters.
3) Later on the characters switch roles. Once the rain clears up and you can see Gatsby’s house he becomes a whole new man. He brings them over with overwhelming confidence, flashing his money before there eyes. This is shown in the quotation, “and his unreasoning joy he was consumed with wonder”(89) This just goes to show that all his confidence is in his money, and his personality drastically changes the second he can boast and show off what he has achieved. While on the other hand Daisy looses her cool, “lady like” cover. This is shown in the quote, “It makes me so sad because I’ve never seen such – such beautiful shirt before” (89) This shows how Daisy’s fake exterior for the first time breaks down, and she cries over something as silly as shirts.
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