Sean O'Donnell Chapter 6 Pages 97-111

Sean O'Donnell Chapter 6 Pages 97-111


Chapter 6 opens with a reporter asking for a statement because Gatsby's parties have become a big deal. A detailed story of James Gatz is given, who recreated himself to make Jay Gatsby. James Gatz was unhappy with his life and his parents, so when he met the very wealthy Dan Cody on Lake Superior he went with him. He traveled the world with Cody until he died, and although he was supposed to get all of Cody's money, he doesn't. Tom and the Sloanes come over for a drink at Gatsby's and Gatsby tells Tom he knows Daisy. Tom is suspicious of Gatsby. Tom and Daisy go to one of Gatsby's parties that Nick describes as 'oppressive.' Daisy is unhappy at the party except for the 30 minutes that she is alone with Gatsby. Gatsby is unhappy that she did not have fun at the party, then he remembers their first kiss.


Daisy Buchanan


"... some authentically radiant young girl who with one fresh glance at Gatsby, one moment of magical encounter, would blot out those five years of unwavering devotion" (Fitzgerald, 109).


Daisy is a loyal and docile girl. Until she met Gatsby, she did not once think of cheating on Tom even though he made it clear that he was cheating on her. Chapter 6 marks a change in her character. Like the majority of the characters in the book, she is dishonest and is beginning to lose her 'pure and angelic' reputation in our eyes. She lives in a fairy-tale and believes that everything is okay. She is very pure.


Daisy is Gatsby's dream. Everything Gatsby does is for her. He is madly in love with her in a rather creepy way. She provides the majority of the drama in the novel. In the beginning, she is the depiction of how women were supposed to live. Seen and not heard. When she meets Gatsby for the first time in five years, she begins to change and considers cheating on Tom. She shows the change to the new type of woman, one who is not under complete control of her husband.


"Then he kissed her. At his lips' touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete" (Fitzgerald, 111). I believe this is when Gatsby's obsession for Daisy really kicked in. He never moved on from her, and everything he did after they were separated was to win her back. I believe that this shows how great their relationship was in the past, and how Gatsby doesn't want to move on from those days.