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”