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Gatsby Chapter Five

Gatsby Chapter Five . By: Betsy Guerra-Flores, Holly Crossin , Mike McCloskey . Plot Elements. Characters involved: Daisy, Nick, Gatsby The beginning of the chapter takes place in Nick’s house and in Gatsby’s by the end.

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Gatsby Chapter Five

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  1. Gatsby Chapter Five By: Betsy Guerra-Flores, Holly Crossin, Mike McCloskey

  2. Plot Elements • Characters involved: Daisy, Nick, Gatsby • The beginning of the chapter takes place in Nick’s house and in Gatsby’s by the end. • The tension is raised in chapter five due to the rekindling of the love between Gatsby and Daisy, which creates turbulence among her marriage with Tom. • What- Daisy and Gatsby reunite thanks to Nick setting up a meeting between them. Conflicts in Chapter 5 • Internal conflict within Gatsby • External is created between Daisy and Tom • The conflict between Daisy, Tom, and Gatsby. • The plot shifts when Nick decides to set up a meeting between Gatsby and Daisy.

  3. Summary

  4. Vocabualry • Vocab list • 1. Rout (pg. 81 ,Noun) - an overwhelming defeat • 2. Innumerable ( pg. 84,Adj.)- Incapable of being counted • 3. Obstinate (pg. 88 , Adj.)- Stubborn, devoted to their opinion and purpose • 4. Hulking ( pg 92 , Adj.) - Heavy and clumsy • 5. Abortive (pg. 86,adj.)- Failing to succeed • 6. Bleared (pg. 84, adj.)- Dim, indistinct • 7. Defunct (pg. 86, adj.)- No longer in effect or use

  5. Vocabulary (cont.) • 8. Tonic (pg. 85, noun)- Anything invigorating physically, mentally, or morally • 9. Elongating (pg. 81, Adj.) – To elongate – To extend; to draw out to greater length • 10. Whitewashed (pg. 84, Adj.) – When someone tries to clear their name by deliberately concealing their mistakes or faults • 11. Defunct (pg. 86, Adj.) – No longer existing or functioning • 12. Jonquils (pg. 90, Noun) – Flowering bulbs in the Amaryllis family • 13. Pompadour (pg. 93, Noun) – A hairstyle named after Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of King Louis XV. • 14. Incredulously (pg. 87, Adj.) – skeptical • 15. Vestige (pg. 89, Noun) – Visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence

  6. Important quotes • Quotes • “Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes.”The Great Gatsby • “Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry”.The Great Gatsby “It makes me sad because I've never seen such - such beautiful shirts before”. The beautiful shirts represent Gatsby’s wealth.Chapter 5. If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay....You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock. : The Green light symbolism dies off in chapter 5 because Gatsby is starting to realize his American Dream of being with Daisy falls short, it is not possible because things have changed since they were last together. The Great Gatsby • Chapter 5. “One thing's sure and nothing's surerThe rich get richer and the poor get - children.”

  7. Important Quotes cont. • Chapter 5. “There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams - not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion”. : Daisy does not meet up to his standards. His dream to have her is an allusion. • PG. 83 Gatsby offers Nick a job as recompense to letting Gatsby and Daisy meet together again. • Pg. 85 “ The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain” Her voice is a wild Tonic which can be intoxication causing wild actions. And it also means a cure for Gatsby’s longing to have Daisy be with him and not Tom. • Pg. 86 “His head leaned back so far that it rested against the face of a defunct mantle piece clock and from this position his distraught eyes stared down at daisy…luckily the clock took this moment to tilt dangerously at the pressure of is head whereupon he turn and caught it with trembling fingers and set it back in place. Clock scene where Gatsby knocks down the clock symbolism. • Pg. 93 “The light had vanished forever”: The green light symbolism is gone. The green light symbolized Gatsby’s hope to achieve the American dream of being with Daisy.  • Pg. 93 “ It seemed very near to her almost touching her. It seemed as close as a star to the moon” The allusion of being able to achieve the American dream but its really light-years away.

  8. Rhetorical strategies "The Great Gatsby" MOTIFS -- "The Great Gatsby" ... from 60second Recap® - YouTube Clock symbolism The green light symbolism ends The American dream turns into the American Nightmare after realism hits.

  9. Pop Quiz • Throughout chapter 5, in whose house does the setting NOT take place? • The _______________ no longer continues after the end of the chapter. • Gatsby’s many shirts resemble Gatsby’s ________________.

  10. Bonus Question 4. If Q were a character in The Great Gatsby,he would be ____________... • Gatsby • Nick • …Daisy? Thank you Google

  11. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!! You’ve won this fantastic stick of Extra® gum in Mike’s pocket!

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