The great Gatsby chapter 6
The Great Gatsby - Chapter 6
In chapter 6 the rumours about Gatsby continue to circulate in New York—a reporter even travels to Gatsby’s mansion hoping to interview him. Nick, having learned the truth about Gatsby’s early life sometime before writing his account, now interrupts the story to tell us Gatsby’s real history—instead of how it was rumoured to have occurred, or as Gatsby had previous claimed that it had occurred, but as it really happened. In this chapter we also see Tom Buchanan stopover at Gatsby's house where Nick is surprised to find him. That Saturday Tom and Daisy finally attend one of Gatsby's parties. After this Gatsby finds Nick and tells him of his disappointment that Daisy didn't enjoy herself. Nick reminds Gatsby that you cannot return to the past.
In chapter 6 Fitzgerald further characterises Gatsby. In Nick’s description of Gatsby’s early life he reveals the sensitivity to social status that spurs Gatsby on. His embarrassment in having to work as a janitor contrasts to the promise that is shown when he meets Dan Cody. Cody here represents everything that Gatsby aspires to have and to be. Acutely aware of his poverty, Gatsby soon becomes obsessed with wealth, money and the power that comes with it.Gatsby’s act of rechristening himself symbolises his desire to jettison his lower-class identity and recreate himself as the wealthy man he dreams of being. As is true throughout the book, Gatsby’s power to make his dreams real is what makes him “great.” In this chapter, it becomes clear that his most powerfully realised dream is his own identity, his sense of self. It is important to realise, in addition, that Gatsby’s conception of Daisy is itself a dream. He thinks of her as the sweet girl who loved him in Louisville, blinding himself to the reality that she would never desert her own class and background to be with him. Fitzgerald makes us very aware of Gatsby's insecurities and the guard that he is willing to put up to prevent
In chapter 6 the rumours about Gatsby continue to circulate in New York—a reporter even travels to Gatsby’s mansion hoping to interview him. Nick, having learned the truth about Gatsby’s early life sometime before writing his account, now interrupts the story to tell us Gatsby’s real history—instead of how it was rumoured to have occurred, or as Gatsby had previous claimed that it had occurred, but as it really happened. In this chapter we also see Tom Buchanan stopover at Gatsby's house where Nick is surprised to find him. That Saturday Tom and Daisy finally attend one of Gatsby's parties. After this Gatsby finds Nick and tells him of his disappointment that Daisy didn't enjoy herself. Nick reminds Gatsby that you cannot return to the past.
In chapter 6 Fitzgerald further characterises Gatsby. In Nick’s description of Gatsby’s early life he reveals the sensitivity to social status that spurs Gatsby on. His embarrassment in having to work as a janitor contrasts to the promise that is shown when he meets Dan Cody. Cody here represents everything that Gatsby aspires to have and to be. Acutely aware of his poverty, Gatsby soon becomes obsessed with wealth, money and the power that comes with it.Gatsby’s act of rechristening himself symbolises his desire to jettison his lower-class identity and recreate himself as the wealthy man he dreams of being. As is true throughout the book, Gatsby’s power to make his dreams real is what makes him “great.” In this chapter, it becomes clear that his most powerfully realised dream is his own identity, his sense of self. It is important to realise, in addition, that Gatsby’s conception of Daisy is itself a dream. He thinks of her as the sweet girl who loved him in Louisville, blinding himself to the reality that she would never desert her own class and background to be with him. Fitzgerald makes us very aware of Gatsby's insecurities and the guard that he is willing to put up to prevent