Chapter 6

This chapter starts by with a reporter coming to interview Gatsby. This shows us the even though we know much more about Gatsby now, he still has a shroud of mystery surrounding him. Gatsby grew up poor with the name James Gatz. The name Jay Gatsby was created as he was become close friends with Dan Cody. When Cody died, he left all of his money to Gatsby, but his wife took it for herself. Tom stops by Gatsby house. Gatsby and Tom immediately build a dislike for each other. Gatsby feels secure in Daisy, so he says to Tom “I know your wife”. Gatsby tries to make a night of it so he can see more of Tom. They all invite him to go eat with them, yet as Gatsby gets dressed, they leave without him. At the next party, both Daisy and Tom come. Gatsby and Daisy sneak over to Nick’s house for some couple time. At this party, the atmosphere was very different then his other parties.  Everyone is rude, or drunk. Tom wants to find out the truth about Gatsby, like where he gets all of his money and such. Gatsby end wanting things that he cannot have. Nick says that he wants Daisy to go up to Nick and tell him he never loved him. 

Chapter 5

Chapter 5 is the important chapter when Gatsby and Daisy finally meet after many years. We can infer that Gatsby was in love with daisy and still remains in love with her to this vary day. Everything that Gatsby does in his life is for daisy. All the money that Gatsby has acquired over the last few years has been to impress daisy. When Nick meet Gatsby’s friend, Mr. Wolfsheim, who tells of how he rigged the 1919 World Series, we infer that Gatsby used many questionable means to gain his money also.  His parties were designed to attract her to his house. That explains why he never went to his own parties, he just watched over them to see who was there.  To prepare for daisy’s arrival to Nick’s house, Gatsby gets his men to cut the grass and bring in flowers and other extravagancies to make Nick’s house fancier. When Daisy finally gets there, Gatsby sneaks around the back to act as if he just happened to stop by. The awkwardness is intense. When nick comes back though, he finds Daisy crying and the awkward tension seemed diminished. Gatsby invites them over to his house and she is overcome with joy. When he shows her his closet of shirts, Daisy begins to cry because the money was, the only thing that Gatsby did not used to have. Daisy was in love with him, but she did not marry him because he was poor. They begin to dance and fall in love with each other again. They became immersed in themselves. “They had forgotten me, […]; Gatsby didn’t know me at all” 

Chapter 1 Analysis

The Great Gatsby begins with an introduction to the narrator's past. The narrator, Nick as we will later find out, says that his father once told him that “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had”. Therefore, right at the start of the book we realize that many of the characters of this book are privileged and wealthy. Because of the narrator’s nonjudgmental attitude, many people go to him with their stories and problems. The narrator tells of his journey to the East Egg. He tells of how he dislikes most of the people who are from there. The one person that he has some respect for and appreciation of is Jay Gatsby. During our narrator, who we now know as Nick’s journey to the East Egg, he stays with his second cousin daisy and her husband. As the night goes on, more secrets of their household are reviled. Nick finds out that Daisy’s husband has been cheating on her. It becomes evident that everyone knows about this affair. Probably because his girlfriend blatantly call the house when they want him. The lack of tact involved his affair leads to a tensioned marriage and an embarrassing reputation in the community. The people with the “new money” have a distraught life. Right in the first chapter, we see the major difference between “New money” and “Old Money”, East Egg and West Egg. Nick, from the West Egg, was taught that he should not judge anyone and be appreciative of his advantages, whereas Daisy and her family in the East Egg are selfish and constantly wanting more and are not happy with what they have.