Sunday, December 21, 2008

Chapter 5 (GG)

Nick gets home after Jordan telling him all about Gatsby and Daisy, when he notices Gatsby's house is lit up, but can't tell where Gatsby would be and then Gatsby comes out of nowhere. He makes offers to do various activities with Nick trying to please him and Nick tells him he agrees to invite Daisy over in a couple of days. Gatsby is ecstatic offers to buy the food and get someone to mow his lawn. Nick declines the offer of Gatsby getting the food and goes out to get stuff the next day. When the day comes, it's raining and Gatsby sends a gardener to cut the grass anyway and sends another man with flowers. Gatsby is nervous that Daisy won't accept him being there. Daisy shows up and Nick brings her inside where Nick realizes Gatsby isn't there. Then there's a knock on the door and it's Gatsby, he walked around the house in the rain quick. Gatsby goes into the room Daisy is in, and almost breaks Nick's clock. Nick decides to leave them alone for a bit, and goes into the kitchen and outside to look at Gatsby's house. It stops raining, so Nick goes back inside to tell them. When he enters the room Nick sees them both extremely happy. They go over to Gatsby's house where he shows off all of his stuff. When they get to his closet, Daisy starts crying because it's all so nice. They all go downstairs where a man named Klipspringer plays a song on the piano. Nick notices that Daisy and Gatsby act like he isn't there anymore, so he goes back to his house.

Response- The meeting was definitely awkward and I think Nick did right by letting them be alone both times.

Question- What did Daisy and Gatsby talk about?

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