Reading Journal- Chapter 5 - The Great Gatsby

Perspective/Voice:

• In the first person perspective narrated by Nick Carraway.
• Talks more about himself. Usually detached from the world around him but he explains "that night I was afraid".
• His personality therefore shines through much more in this chapter.

Setting:

• Nick's house which is next door to Gatsby.
• The get together moves over to Gatsby's house - more specifically Gatsby's bedroom.
• Description explains how rich Gatsby actually is.
• Music room in Gatsby's mansion.

Structure:

• Talks things out in an hourly fashion "at two o'clock" - wants to go faster - awkwardness between Gatsby and Daisy.
• Time is very important in this chapter. Gatsby knocks a clock over but "caught" it as it fell.This implies the loss of the time between Daisy and Gatsby, and then the time being found again and the hopefulness that it will be on their side again. 
• In chronological order. 

Style:

• Auto-biographical.
• Fitzgerald starts each chapter off establishing the scene so the audience know what's happening and where they are.
• Prose with a little bit of poetry when the musician begins to play at Gatsby's crib.

Language:

• Like always it is very eloquently worded.
• a lot of what is written has a double meaning.