ELA Blog Post Week of 4/17

This week, I read chapters 5 and 6 of The Great Gatsby. During Chapter 5, Gatsby finally meets again the girl of his dreams, Daisy. During this whole section, Fitzgerald repeatedly describes the weather. It seems to me as if this weather reflects Gatsby's current feelings. At the beginning, when he's super anxious about meeting Daisy, it rains, reflecting that. Then, as he talks more to her, the sky starts to lighten up, suggesting things are getting better for him. Interestingly, thought, he seems as oblivious to this as to where his own conversation with Daisy has gone until Nick snaps him out of his daze. All in all, it seems like the weather is definitely connected to how he feels.