"The Great Gatsby" Reading Log - Chapter 5

Chapter 5 is a very significant chapter in which the whole novel pivots in a whole new direction. Daisy and Gatsby have been reunited and because of this the novels orientation has changed and is now beginning to focus on  the romance between Gatsby and Daisy. I cant help to think of the certain conflicts that this will bring to the novel. All because of Nick Daisy and Gatsby are now back together, after the awkward meeting between Gatsby and Daisy at first they quickly loosen up and begin to bond once again. Not long after meeting again Gatsby invited both Daisy and Nick over to his house, Daisy is overwhelmed with Gatsby's riches, she once new him as a poor war veteran, but now she has a new image of him. One part that stood out to me is why Daisy burst into tears when she saw all of Gatsby's English shirts. It may have been because it was a reminder of the love that they had. They were memories she had tucked away in fear of remembering him after she had married Tom and when she found them those feelings flooded back to her so suddenly it rendered overwhelming. Or it could have been something simple such as her just being overjoyed by seeing how successful he was. During that same time frame Gatsby had one of his friends start to play the piano, he played "Ain't We Got Fun?". One of the themes that were encountered in this chapter would have to be "love". What else? This chapter is chalk full of it, seeing already how strong the love between Daisy and Gatsby is it fits the part for this chapter.

The song that Klipspringer plays on the pianno

I wasn't sure which one it was so heres a Peggy Lee version.

Just one last final version of "ain't we got fun" just to be sure