Chapter 5 (p. 81- 96)

Summary:
In this chapter, Nick comes home late at night and Gatsby is waiting out on his lawn to talk to him. Nick says that he'll ask Daisy to come over in a few days and Gatsby offers him a business deal, which Nick declines. Daisy agrees to come over without knowing that Gatsby will also be there and he spends the day before her arrival cleaning up Nick's house and making everything look perfect. For the first part of Daisy's visit, it is painfully awkward and Gatsby worries that this whole thing was a mistake, but Nick goes outside for a bit and he and Daisy are able to rekindle their relationship. He then shows Nick and Daisy his house, which seems like an attempt to impress her, and after a little while, Nick feels like a third wheel and he leaves them alone in Gatsby's house.

Character:
Nick Carraway
"Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known." (FITZGERALD 59)
- Nick is completely honest and does not lie.
- He doesn't judge people.
- He tries to help people when he can, but it seems as though he often considers their problems as petty and over-thought.

-Nick is the narrator of the story. We know that we can trust what he says because he tells us that he does not judge people and that he always tells the truth. During this chapter, we can see that he is annoyed by Gatsby because he feels that he is being used. When he and Daisy are having tea, he feels completely awkward and even leaves because he can't stand to be there. It seems to me that Nick seems to know something about life that everyone else doesn't. He's not concerned with fitting in or being part of the "upper class" and it seems that he thinks people who do don't really have anything more important to focus their lives on. He is obviously an important character in the book because he's the narrator but he also plays an important role in all of the other characters lives.

Meaningful Quote:
"They were sitting at either end of the couch, looking at each other as if some question had been asked, or was in the air, and every vestige of embarrassment was gone. Daisy's face was smeared with tears, and when I came in she jumped up and began wiping at it with her handkerchief before a mirror. But there was a change in Gatsby that was simply confounding. He literally glowed; without a word or gesture of exultation a new well-being radiated from him and filled the little room." (FITZGERALD 89)
- I chose this quote because it showed how special Gatsby and Daisy's relationship really was. They both care about each other very much and they haven't forgotten each other even though it's been 5 years since they last saw each other. Gatsby "glowed" just being around her and that showed that he was truly in love with her and had been since the first time he saw her.