In this chapter, the reader discovers the motives behind Jay Gatsby's lavish parties and lonely lifestyle. All of those things were for one person, and one person only: Daisy Buchanan. Jay Gatsby, one day, tells Nick to invite Daisy over to Nick's house for a "cup of tea". Nick, now fully aware of the situation at hand does the moral thing and invites her over. She accepts, unbeknownst to her that Jay Gatsby will be waiting for her at the house. Throughout this entire time, Gatsby is nervous and anxious with everything. He redoes Nick's entire yard and brings tens of bouquets of flowers to Nick's house to spice it up a little and to get Daisy's admiration. When Daisy is almost late at the set time, Gatsby tells Nick he wants to end the invitation, but at the last second Daisy Buchanan arrives. While Jay Gatsby hides in the house, Nick let's Daisy in and tells Nick how she loves what he has done to his own place. Nowhere to be found, Jay Gatsby suddenly appears a few feet in front of Daisy, and both just stop in their tracks and look at each other in reminiscence. Funnily enough, this lasts without them talking for many moments. The author probably added this in in order to show that there was a deep, rich connection between the two that the reader could not humanly comprehend. When they actually start talking, both appear to be completely awkward, adding to the weird ambivalence of the matter. Later on, Gatsby brings Daisy and Nick to his own mansion which was right next to Nick's to Daisy's surprise. Oddly enough, everything that Gatsby has done was for Daisy. He seems to have no care in the world for anyone else, and one could possibly say that he was just using Nick since Nick and Daisy were related. Could his actions be self-motivated? Well, that's for me and everyone else to opinionate on.
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AuthorJustin Lavergne Archives
May 2015
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