I saw in this chapter how hopelessly in love Gatsby is. He knows that what he is asking of Nick is not totally okay, but he still wants him and so Gatsby offers Nick a trimming of his grass. We can tell by the author's writing that he is very nervous. Gatsby is seriously in love with Daisy and he wants to meet her as soon as he can. He even offers Nick a job with Meyer Wolfshiem to make him invite Daisy over for tea.
The end of the chapter was very interesting for me. The fact that Nick realizes right away that this is all a dream that Gatsby wants to recreate was very interesting for me. I hope to learn more about what happens to this dream later on in the book. But considering the themes, this dream is not going to end well for Gatsby. This is obvious to me because Nick also thinks about how Daisy could live up to Gatsby's dream. As he tells Daisy about why he bought this house I was very surprised that it was because he would be across the sea from Daisy.
In this chapter, Fitzgerald explicitly tells us about the symbol that is the green light that Gatsby reaches towards. He tells us this through Gatsby's talk with Daisy. Gatsby tells Daisy that he sees this as his hopes to be with her one day in the future and to see her again.
The climate changes in the chapter were also significant since they were directly related to what happened throughout the chapter. It is raining when they first meet and later on gets sunnier, just like their relationship, getting better with time. I am very eager to see how Gatsby's dream is going to develop.
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