Daisy and Gatsby...Amour

Finally Gatsby and Daisy meet for a second “first” time! This whole time Gatsby had been following Daisy; bought a grandeur house, and extravagant stuff to impress her. He was just hoping that Daisy would wander over to one of his shindigs and they would magically meet up and sparks would fly. Well, that’s not exactly how it happened but they did meet again, and sparks did eventually fly, it just took longer than he was expecting. When Nick invited Daisy over for tea she was thrilled. Meanwhile Gatsby had arranged for someone to tend to Nick’s lawn and bring over his own tea and tea set, even some flowers. That day was very rainy; when Daisy came over and Gatsby appeared out of nowhere she was shocked. They were both very nervous; I believe this was the author’s way of reflecting mood and weather. Once they warmed up to each other the weather lightened up and it was a sunny and beautiful day. Later in the chapter, “The rain was still falling, but the darkness had parted in the west, and there was a pink and golden billow of foamy clouds above the sea. ‘Look at that’ she whispered, and then after a moment: ‘I’d like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around’” (94). The weather was really showing their love, seeing as pink is one of the colors of love reflects the emotional tie between the two. I really liked how the two paralleled each other, it was very effective. Now I will be paying closer attention to the weather and the upcoming events. Something that really surprised me was Daisy’s materialistic views; she was so enthralled with all of the items his money bought. It’s like she wasn’t really interested in Gatsby at all. But further digging I realized that it was more of a symbol of love, not material love but her love for Gatsby instead of her husband, Tom. Seeing Gatsby’s house made her realize that she made a mistake when she married Tom, and that Gatsby is her one, true love. It got to a point, in Gatsby’s house, that Nick decided that it was best to leave the two lost lovers alone for a while, so he left for home on the sunny day.