The Great Gatsby chapter 5 notes

KEY CONCEPTS

• Time
• the past
• love 
• wealth

PAGES 53-54 KEY QUOTES

• "a man in a raincoat, dragging a lawnmower...Mr Gatsby had sent him over to cut my grass"- wealth
• "I had forgotten to tell my Finn to come back"- the past?
• "soggy whitewashed alleys"- the past?
• "to buy some cups and lemons and flowers"- syndetic list- wealth
• "a greenhouse arrived fro Gatsby's, with innumerable receptacles to contain it"- wealth
• "Gatsby in a white flannel suit, silver shirt and gold-coloured tie hurried in- wealth
• "He was pale, and there were dark signs of sleeplessness beneath his eyes"- love
• "is everything alright?" he asked immediately", "what grass" he enquired blankly"- time? the past?
• "he looked out the window at it, but, judging from his expression, I don't believe he saw a thing"- time?
• "looks very good," he remarked vaugely"- time?

DAISY

• "the exhilherating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain. I had to follow the sound of it for a moment, up and down, with my ear alone before any words came through. A damp streak of hair lay like a dash of blue paint across her cheek and her hand was wet with glistening drops as I took it to help her from the car"- pages 54-55
• "exhilerating"- page 8 "thrilling voice"
• "ripple"- out of her control- skipping stones- water like- not quite sincere- fading- triggering?
• "wild tonic"- energetic- strong- alchoholic- as if Nick is getting drunk by listening
• "I had to follow the sound of it for a moment, up and down, with my ear alone"- chapter 1, page 8- "it was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down"
• "like a dash of blue paint"- similie- like artwork
• "glistening"- "bright"

TIME REFERENCES

• "two o'clock"
• "would you rather put it off for a few days"
• "that night"
• "at eleven o'clock"
• "as of a series of alarming happenings were taking place outside"
• "it's too late"
• "at two o'clock"
• "I haven't made use of it all summer"
• "I'm going to call up Daisy tomorrow"
• "what day would suit you?"
• "how about the day after tomorrow"
• "it wouldn't take up much of your time"
• "or for how many hours he "glanced into rooms"
• "I called up Daisy from the office the next morning"
• "the day agreed upon was pouring with rain"
• "the rain cooled about half-past three"
• "peering towards the bleared windows from time to time"
• "it's too late!"
• "he looked at his watch as if there was some pressing demand on his time elsewhere"
• "I can't wait all day"
• "it's just two minuites to four"
• "spend an hour"- "come back in an hour"
• "for half a minuite"
• "rested against the face of a defunct mantle piece clock"
• "his eyes glanced momentarily at me"
• "the clock took this momebt to tilt dangerously at the pressure of his head"
• "I'm sorry about the clock"
• "it's an old clock"
• "we all believed for a moment that it had smashed into peices on the floor"
• "five years next november"
• "we…