The Small Gatsby Pg 3

In Chapters 4, 5 and 6 in The Great Gatsby you learn a lot about Gatsby and his background as well as his relationship with Daisy. The events that had happened during these chapters directly relate to the quote from the title page of the book. According to Thomas Parke D'Invilliers “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!” 

Throughout chapter 4, we learned that Gatsby has had a history with Daisy before he went to war. Jordan had told Nick this at the end of the chapter. Nick then realizes that the green light that he had seen Gatsby looking at was the end of Daisy's dock. The light represents many different things to different people and I believe the light represents not only Gatsby’s dream, but also the dream of everyone in America during this time period. This is because everyone wanted to get the dream of becoming extremely wealthy and living happily with their husband or wife. This relates back to the quote at the beginning of the book because this is what Gatsby had wanted. According to Thomas Parke D'Invilliers, “Till she cry, ‘Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover, I must have you!” This is showing how Gatsby feels towards Daisy as he has a lot of very impressive items but only wants her.

During chapter 5, we learn that Gatsby had wanted Nick to set up a meeting between Daisy and him. Nick does this reluctantly and he invites Daisy over to have some Coffee with him. Daisy was unaware that Gatsby was going to attend, and when he shows up it seems very awkward. Nick leaves for about half an hour then comes back and sees them both incredibly happy talking. Gatsby then invites Nick and Daisy over to his house and shows them a lot of his valuable possessions. This is related to the quote at the beginning of the book as according to Thomas Parke D'Invilliers, “Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her; If you can bounce high, bounce for her too.” This is showing that Gatsby is trying to impress her with all of his valuable stuff, like the quote had mentioned. Gatsby is doing this in an effort to try and impress Daisy and possibly win her over.

During Chapter 6, we get to see how Tom is feeling about Daisy’s strange disappearances to Gatsby’s mansion. Nick went over to Gatsby’s mansion and was surprised to find out that Tom had gone there with the Sloanes and Gatsby tells them that he knew Daisy. Gatsby invites them to stay for dinner and they refuse and invite Gatsby to dinner. Later on in the chapter Tom and Daisy go to one of Gatsby’s parties. During this party Tom mentions to Daisy that Gatsby had gotten rich off of bootlegging goods and Daisy refuses to believe it. Daisy has a horrible time at the party. Gatsby is really sad that Daisy did not have a good time and believes that if Tom were to leave then they would be able to live out his dream. This relates to the quote at the beginning of the book as according to Thomas Parke D'Invilliers “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!” This whole quote shows how Gatsby believes that because of his valuables that he can win over Daisy, but it is not possible because of Tom. Gatsby’s dream is stopped and he believes that getting rid of Tom would help him achieve his dream.