Chapter 4 Page # 61-80
Chapter Summary
At the beginning of this chapter Nick describes and lists all the people that go to Gatsby’s weekend parties in the summer, showing the extent of the wealth, family, and lifestyle, which was interesting to see the people who went and how they act. After Nick goes out to lunch with Gatsby and they talk about Gatsby’s past. At first Nick does not fully believe him because Gatsby said he is from a dead family from the Midwest in San Francisco, that he won multiple medals in WWI from many different countries, and he still challenges if that Gatsby went to Oxford like Jordan said he didn’t. After lunch Gatsby takes him to go see Wolfshiem, the person who supposedly rigged the 1919 World Series with the White Sox. Then Nick goes to see Jordan for lunch and she tells him that Gatsby loves Daisy and they devise a plan to help them see each other again.
Character Analysis: Daisy
Quote: “her low, thrilling voice. It was kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again. Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who cared for her difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered “Listen,” a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a while since and that there were gay, exciting things hovering in the next hour.“ (Nick 9)
Best Qualities: Daisy’s best qualities are that she is a beautiful, kind, and faithful woman. She has a lovely voice and bright face that mad you gay. Also even though Daisy knows Tom is cheating on her, she stays faithful and respectful to her vows and marriage even though she may not like what Tom is doing. She seems like the nicest person when Nick goes over to lunch with her in the first chapter always asking if he needs something. She behaves this way to hide her true feelings inside. Even though how happy Daisy may seem on the outside, she is very sad being with Tom as a married couple on the inside. She dislikes Tom having a repeated affair with Myrtle and it seems she doesn’t love Tom. We learn in this chapter that Gatsby and Daisy loved each other when Jay was in the army, but when he went to war Daisy married Tom unhappily. Daisy is a good person in a bad situation.
Character Role in Novel: Daisy’s role in the novel is the main plot of Daisy and Gatsby hidden and long lost love. She is the character that you can feel sorry for and some readers may relate to her situation. Daisy is also a character that is very misunderstood, which all readers can relate to in real life. The climax of the story will be probably whether she decides to go and love with Gatsby or stay faithful with Tom. Daisy and Gatsby are the main problem in the book and it makes the reader feel sorry for them and builds up the plot to the climax.
Meaningful Quote: This city seen from Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and beauty in the world. (Nick 68)
Significance: Thins quote reminds me a lot of the American Dream and it represents the heart of NY, the place to start for many immigrants for their American Dream. I like the way he didn’t describe the Statue of Liberty or a melting pot for this idea of the American Dream, but instead he uses the Queensboro Bridge. Fitzgerald describes it as leading to a mystery of promise, which really captured me; I thought that was an interesting way to describe it. This quote doesn’t even have to be about the American Dream, but it can just be your dreams in general and you don’t know what lies ahead, which is the great mystery and beauty of it in the world.
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