The Great Gatsby: Chapters 4 and 5

1)"...the world and its mistress returned to Gatsby’s house and twinkled hilariously on his lawn."
       - What the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, is trying to persuade the reader in this quote is that as soon as the church bells rang to start the day  everyone in the East Egg and the West Egg had descended to be on Mr. Gatsby's doorstep ready to party. When the author says "twinkled hilariously on his lawn" he means that they were most certainly not sober and were falling over, happily giggling like hyennas. When he says that "the world and its mistress" was at Gatsby's mansion, he means everyone worthwhile that lived in West Egg and th East Egg were at Gatsby's mansion.(103)

2)"But I can still read the gray names, and they will give you a better impression than my generalities of those who accepted Gatsby’s hospitality and paid him the subtle tribute of knowing nothing whatever about him."

       - What the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, is trying to persuade the reader in this quote is that he could not generalize all these people that were at Gatsby's mansion and their characteristics so he thought that if he listed their names the reader could get a better idea of what these characters were like through . Each name that was on was at least included with a little tidbit of something about and this list helps the reader creates an image in their minds of the person that they each name belonged to. He says all of these people that were on this list probably wouldn't know Mr. Gatsby if he was right in front of their faces having a conversation with them. (123)

3)"He was balancing himself on the dashboard of his car with that resourcefulness of movement that is so peculiarly American"

       -What the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, is trying to persuade the reader in this quote is that(17) in this time period that the social class that Mr. Gatsby and the narrator was in didn't have to do any really hard work or have any worries. He also says that Gatsby isn't use to heavy lifting and plays sporadic games that shows in his his movement as a restlessness. He doesn't have to strain his back with responsibilities or have any strict rules to follow. (84)

4)"...I felt that there were guests concealed behind every couch and table, under orders to be breathlessly silent until we had passed through."

       - What the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, is trying to persuade the reader in this quote that the narrator is so use to Mr. Gatsby's mansion being fulled to the maximum with people crushed in every room that it is very unexpected to see the mansion so empty and so he keeps expecting to see people hidden behind the furniture. The narrator, Nick, hasn't ever been to Mr. Gatsby's house when there is no one around so he is unnerved by the silence that fills Gatsby's house upon his tour with Daisy. He seem to keep hearing the laughing of this drunk man that is always at all of Gatsby's parties.(110)

5)"No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart."
    
        -What the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, is trying to persuade the reader in this quote is that Mr. Gatsby has built up this fantasy as to how when he showed his mansion to Daisy it was going to go. He had built up this huge illusion and when it didn't go exactly as he had pictured he became bewildered. He had thrown himself into creating this illusion with all these little mundane things and Daisy fell short of some of his illusion. (82)

Total: 502 words