Gatsby Chapter 5

Gatsby Chapter 5

Reading comp & close reading

Poll

Rate Gatsby's chill factor in chapter 5

• Very-chill

• Chill

• Somewhat-chill

• No-chill

No

chill

Chapter 5

• Nick goes on a Date with Jordan

• Gatsby gets Nick to invite Daisy for tea

• Awkwardness ensues, then dissipates

• Gatsby successfully rekindles the flame

• Nick starts to see Gatsby differently

Fill in the Blanks

As the novel explores ideas of love, excess, and

, it becomes clearer and clearer to the reader that Gatsby’s emotional frame is out of sync with the passage of time.

Open Ended

Gatsby's nervousness about the present and about how Daisy’s attitude toward him may have changed causes him to knock over Nick’s clock, symbolizing the clumsiness of his attempt to stop time and retrieve the past.

Have you ever wanted to stop time?

In what ways have you tried to revive, retrieve, or otherwise relive the past?