Chapter 5

• Chapter opens with description of Gatsby's house lit up and in top shape whilst Gatsby is desperately trying to please Nick
• "Who is Tom" She asked innocently. Daisy is playing into Gatsby's master plan willingly.
• "The exhilarating ripple of her wild voice was a wild tonic in the rain. I had to follow the sound of it for a moment, up and down" - Daisy is so captivating to the point of intimidation.
• "Gatsby, pale as death" - The reality of his dream has caused disillusionment. The delay that time has brought upon his dreams makes this moment so surreal. Out of body experience.
• "Luckily the clock took this moment to tilt dangerously at the pressure of his head, whereupon he turned and caught it with trembling fingers" - Symbolic. Gatsby is trying to control and manipulate time by aiming to repeat the past, it's uncontrollability is evident here, as he only holds a "trembling" grasp, much like the "trembling" grasp he reaches out for in chapter 1 when he aims to captivate the green light on the dock. Even with Daisy, he has not quite yet fulfilled his desires. Time is against him.
• "He literally glowed" - in his element
• "I could have sworn i heard the owl-eyed man break into laughter" - Embodiment of Eckleburg,a. recurring symbol of judgment and fate. Owl Eyes could have been laughing at their joyous arrangement here, for tragedy is soon to unfold.
• "He revalued everything in his house" - Gatsby's materialism all stems from Daisy.
• "He was running down like an overwound clock" - Gatsby's manipulation of time to fulfill his desires has finally caught up to him.
• "The colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever" - The dream has been fulfilled.
• "Daisy tumbled short of his dreams" - Gatsby is now in a state of reflection over the events.
• "The colossal vitality of his illusion" The facade was so extravagant that Gatsby almost made it impossible to fulfill.
• "That voice was a deathless song" - "Deathless" meaning immortal. Irony from Fitzgerald as Gatsby dies and she doesn't visit his house or funeral. Perhaps hints at the futility of this affair and mass disillusionment of the facade.