The Great Gatsby Chapters 4-6

      In class we've started by  continuing reading chapters 4-6 in The Great Gatsby in Mr. Scalia's English 3 Honors. Before the book even starts, we see it starts off with an epigraph by Thomas Parke D'invilliers. The epigraph states, "Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her; If you can bounce high, bounce for her too, Till she cry 'Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover, I must have you!'" Now that you read the epigraph, we need to imply these lines on how it can relate to Jay Gatsby.    

     This whole epigraph is his love for Daisy and how he can get her to be with him. The first line, "Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;" can apply to Gatsby because this is simply implying to the amount of money he has. He loves to show off his money and rich valuables he has to other people. On page 89 last paragraph states, "My house looks well, doesn't it?" Also the fact that on page 78 it says, "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay." He bought it for her so that will move her closer to him.

     The second line says "If you can bounce high, bound for her too,". This quote means how he still wants her. During chapter 5 on page 89 after Gatsby and Daisy stopped being embarrassed towards each other, Gatsby wanted Nick and her to come to her house. Once she saw Gatsby's house she was astonished. "I love it, but I don't see how you live there all alone." (page 90, paragraph 10) He wanted to show off his wealth so that she can think he's rich and a great man for Daisy. 

     The third line says, "Till she cry, 'Love, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover," This quote can relate to Gatsby trying to get Daisy's full attention. On page 78 it says, "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay." He wanted to be with her all the time. Another symbol of how Gatsby is trying to get her attention is by the amount of clothes. On page 92 it says, "He took out a pile of shirts and began throwing them...Daisy bent her head into the shirts and began to crying stormily." During this time period, women especially liked the attraction to wealth and the niceness men usually had to make themselves look good to attract women. "It makes me sad because I've never seen such-such beautiful shirts before." He even threw a party to make himself look better. "'She didn't like it,.. She didn't have a good time," (page 109) He wants to be with her, but she just doesn't see the obvious hints he shows.

     As we keep reading, the last line of the epigraph is "I must have you!" This line is showing the love Jay has towards Daisy. After Gatsby's "swimming party" he felt sad that he "feel away far away from her," by throwing the party. He wanted to "bounce high" by going to "fix everything the way it was before."(pg 110) The fact he also says that Daisy should tell Tom "I never loved you."(pg 109) is how much he loves her. I feel like Gatsby doesn't like Tom just because Daisy is his wife and that they're together. At the end of chapter 5, it goes on saying five years before this all happened Daisy and Gatsby kissed of how "his heart beat faster and faster as Daisy's white face came up to his own." by kissing each other.








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