The Great Gatsby [Chapter five]

Notes from chapter five...

• The first sentence 'When i went home to West Egg that night i was afraid for a moment that my house was on fire' builds tension for the first half of the chapter.
• Gatsby's house description also relates to Daisy.
• The song isn't suited to the scene - everything is romantic and a political song just drops in.
• When she cries stormily -is she thinking of what she could of had?
• Daisy isn't shallow and threats all the money as a bonus.
• Could the shirts represent something from the past?
• The shirts are close and personal to him, does he want to be close like the shirts are.
• Are the shirts just a trigger to whatever she has been holding in?

SUMMARY:

• Pathetic fallacy - The weather linking the two halves.
• Use of emotive language.
• Time - The clock - Past of scene.
• The materials the Gatsby owns.
• The colors used.