Chapter 5

Vocabulary Elongating: to make something longer Ecstatic: feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement. Reproach: to express disapproval or disappointment. Enchanted: to exert a magical influence, as if under a spell Colossal: extremely large.

Questions 1 Why does Gatsby deliver so many goods and services to Nick's house? 2 Why does Gatsby offer Nick work? How does Nick feel about this? 3 How does the weather act as a symbol throughout this chapter? 4 What happens with the mantelpiece clock on pages 91-92. Connect it symbolically to what is occurring between Gatsby and Daisy at that moment. 5 Explain how the significance of the green light has changed. 6 Why does Gatsby get so many phone calls? What does this say about him? 7 How does this chapter continue the motif of people projecting an artificial outward appearance for the sake of others? Identify at least two concrete examples. (p. 93).

Ch 6 vocabulary Ambitious “an ambitious young reporter from New York arrived one morning at Gatsby’s door and asked him if he had anything to say.” Guess: Meretricious “he must be about His Father’s business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty.” Savory “The none too savory ramifications … were common knowledge to the turgid sub-journalism of 1902.” Oppressiveness “Perhaps his presence gave the evening its peculiar quality of oppressiveness” Unprecedented “She was appalled by West Egg, this unprecedented “place” that Broadway had begotten upon a Long Island fishing village” Exalted “I lingered in the garden until the inevitable swimming party had run up, chilled and exalted, from the black beach” Incarnation “At his lips’ touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.”

Ch 6 vocabulary Ambitious Meretricious Savory Oppressiveness Having great determination to succeed Meretricious Seemingly attractive but really has no value Savory Morally correct Oppressiveness Difficult to cope with; causing hardship or depressed spirit Unprecedented Never happened before Exalted State of extreme happiness Incarnation Someone who embodies an abstract concept or vision

Consider after chapter 5: What elements are required to produce a play (or movie/tv show)? How has Gatsby set up his reunion with Daisy like he’s producing a play? “The books … they’re real. He’s a regular Bellasco!”

Ch 6 Questions How truthful was Gatsby when he relayed the story of his life to Nick? Why does Fitzgerald tell the story of Jay Gatz now? Describe the meeting of Tom and Gatsby. What does this meeting reveal about them? Why did Daisy and Tom find Gatsby's party loathsome? How did Gatsby measure the success of his party? When Nick told Gatsby that "you can't repeat the past", Gatsby replied, "Why of course you can!" Do you agree with Nick or Gatsby? How does this chapter continue the motif of people projecting an artificial outward appearance for the sake of others? Identify at least two concrete examples.