Sunday, March 9, 2008

Chapter 5

1. Picture:




2: Picture Explaination:
Nick and Gatsby plan a secret reunion of Daisy and Gatsby. On the day of the reunion, it is cloudy and raining. But once Daisy shows up and the reunion between her and Gatsby starts going really well, the sun comes out. The sun stays out the entire time of the happy reunion. Once Daisy leaves the clouds come back and it begins to rain again. This symbolizes Gatsby's love and happiness for Daisy.


3. Quotes:
" 'I talked with Miss. Baker,' I said after a moment. 'I'm going to call up Daisy tomorrow and invite her over here for tea.' "
This shows that Nick is keeping his word to help Gatsby with the reunion of him and Daisy. Nick keeps his promise and plans the reunion just as Gatsby asked him to.


" 'If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay....You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock.' "
This quote shows Gatsby telling Daisy everything he feels. Gatsby would always watch the green light across the water, knowing the green light was at Daisy's dock, so he admits it to her that he's been watching. Gatsby was very nervous about the reunion that he almost called it off right when Daisy showed up. But once Daisy and Gatsy talk about old times and the way they feel, Gatsby beomes very happy that he spills all his feelings to her.

"One thing's sure and nothing's surer. The rich get richer and the poor get - children."
This shows that rich people get richer and richer, while poor people get children. The more children the poor people, the more miserable they are because they do not have enough money to support their children. The rich people just move higher and higher up in society. This is an example of the way Gatsby is. He is a rich person, who just gets richer and richer. But he does not get happier and happier.



4. Theme and Significance:
In this chapter, one of the main themes is color. Different colors represent different things, and even for different people. The color blue represents sadness. Gray represents glommy and dullness. The colors silver and gold represent wealth and power. Green represents money and jealousy. The color red represents boldness. And the color white represents pureness. In this book, the characters symbolize different colors. For example, Gatsby symbolizes silver, gold, and multicolors for wealth, power, and mysteriousness. Daisy symbolizes lavender, blue, and pink for shy, soft, sadness, happiness, and love.

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