Chapter 5

Select a passage that develops the relationship between Daisy and Gatsby.


“We haven’t met for many years,” said Daisy, her voice as matter-of-fact as it could ever be.
“Five years next November.”
"The automatic quality of Gatsby’s answer set us all back at least another minute." ( Fitzgerald 87)

This passage shows that both Daisy and Gatsby know how long they have not seen each other for. Daisy adds somewhat of a guess to her answer as she says "many years". On the other hand, Gatsby is straight forward and remembers as he says "Five years next November". This shows that Gatsby is maybe counting the years until he would meet her again. This also shows that Gatsby and Daisy have a romantic relationship. The author uses simple conversation to show us detail about the two characters.

"He had passed visibly through two states and was entering upon a third. After his embarrassment and is unreasoning joy he was consumed with wonder at her presence. He had been full of the idea so long, dreamed it right through to the end, waited with his teeth set, so to speak, at an inconceivable pitch of intensity. Now, in the reaction, he was running down like an over wound clock." ( Fitzgerald  91-92)

This passage also shows how Gatsby truly feels about Daisy. Gatsby acts as if he is a teenager  around their crush. He acts nervous and cannot collect his thoughts. This shows that he loves Daisy. He loves Daisy more than Tom does and would treat her better than him. Trouble can only occur in the future with this love triangle.