Thursday, April 15, 2010

In The Great Gatsby, what preparations does Gatsby make for his reunion with Daisy?

's preparations begin
with buying his house
where he did.  He knew thatlived across the bay. He held the extravagant

parties at his house hoping Daisy would come to one of them, but she didn't.  Next,
he
befriendedand then asked him to invite Daisy to tea so he, Jay, could
"drop in".  Once
Nick had the date set up, Jay inspected his own house,
turning on the lights in every room to
light up the house with light which
"...fell unreal on the shrubbery...".  The day of
the date, Jay sent a man to
Nick's house to mow Nick's lawn.  Jay sent a "greenhouse"
of flowers to
Nick's house with "...numerous receptacles to contain it."  Jay,
himself,
dressed for the occasion in what was probably a carefully chosen ensemble of a
white
wool flannel suit, a silver shirt, and a gold tie.  Clearly, Jay wanted
everything to be
perfect.  He put a great deal of planning into this occasion
so that he could impress Daisy.  He
lost her five years prior because of his
poverty, now he hopes to return to that time five years
ago and change the
course of events by being rich this time.

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