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The chapter opens as Nick returns home, only to find Gatsby's house "lit from tower to cellar," with no party in sight, only Gatsby "glancing into some of the rooms." In an attempt to calm Gatsby's apparent restlessness, Nick tells him he will phone Daisy and invite her to tea. The end need not be "happily ever after." The second half of the book describes what happens when one chases, then obtains, one's dream. What happens after a dream is fulfilled? Unlike other novels in which characters work to overcome adversity only to have their dreams realized at the end of the book and live happily ever after (or so the implication goes), Gatsby has his dream fulfilled early, suggesting to astute readers that this won't be the typical rags-to-riches story. In a sense, Daisy's and Gatsby's encounter marks the book's high point - the dream is realized. Everything he has done has been, in some sense, tied to his pursuit of Daisy. Through Nick, Gatsby is brought face-to-face with the fulfillment of a dream that he has pursued relentlessly for the past five years of his life. At chapter's end, Nick departs, leaving Gatsby and Daisy alone together.Ĭhapter 5 introduces the heart of the matter: Gatsby's dream of Daisy. By the end of the afternoon, Gatsby has shown Daisy all the material stability he possesses, yet Nick hints that perhaps Daisy doesn't measure up - not because of a shortcoming on her part, but because of the magnitude of the dream that Gatsby has built over the past five years. Daisy, at seeing Gatsby's array of shirts, buries her head in them weeping at their beauty. At the house, Gatsby passes into yet a third phase: wonder at Daisy's presence in his house. Along the way they meet Klipspringer, "the boarder," who was busy doing exercises as if he hadn't a care in the world. Together they wander from room to room, each one tastefully and carefully decorated to create a particular ambiance. Daisy, just as Gatsby had intended, is delighted by the magnificence of his estate. At Gatsby's request, the three move from Nick's little house to Gatsby's mansion. Daisy, too, reflects an "unexpected joy" through her voice. He has moved from the embarrassment of his initial appearance to unbounded delight, radiating a newfound sense of well-being.
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Upon his return, Nick finds Gatsby changed entirely. Nick sends Gatsby back in to Daisy, while he himself sneaks out the back and wanders around the house for half an hour. Excusing himself, Nick tries to give Gatsby and Daisy some privacy, but Gatsby, as nervous as a young man, follows him out. The reunion is initially stilted and unnaturally polite, leaving all three people feeling somewhat awkward, but amid the tea preparations, a greater sense of ease overtakes the group. Gatsby ushers himself into the living room and joins Daisy. Nick ushers Daisy into the house to find that Gatsby has disappeared, only to reemerge at the front door, looking pale and tragic. Arriving an hour before Daisy, Gatsby is nervous and, for the first time in the novel, a little unsure of himself. The agreed upon day arrives and Gatsby, wanting everything to be perfect, sends a man to cut Nick's grass and, later, has flowers delivered. The next day, Nick phones Daisy and extends his invitation with the stipulation "Don't bring Tom." She accepts his invitation, agreeing on a day.
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Gatsby, knowing Nick doesn't make much money, offers to arrange for him to "pick up a nice bit of money." Nick, however, declines. Nick assures Gatsby that he will phone Daisy the next day and invite her to tea. When Nick returns home to West Egg that evening, he finds Gatsby's house lit top to bottom with no party in sight, and Gatsby walking over to see him.