Thursday, January 14, 2016

In The Great Gatsby, how does Gatsby's gardener help prepare for Daisy's visit?

One of the many preparations that Gatsby arranges to
beautify Nick's house, which could be rather insulting for Nick if you think about it,
is to organise for his gardener to come over and mow the lawn. In addition, with the
flowers that arrive and other little additions organised by Gatsby, we see how
determined Gatsby is to create the right impression of extravagant wealth and perfection
that he wishes to project to Daisy. Let us remember, before we judge him too harshly,
that this is their first meeting since before he left to go to war and before Daisy
married Tom, so he wants to make sure that the first impressions that Daisy have of him
now that he has transformed into Jay Gatsby count. Note how the gardener is introduced
in chapter five:


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The day agreed upon was pouring rain. At eleven
o'clock a man in a raincoat, dragging a lawn-mower, tapped at my front door and said
that Mr. Gatsby had sent him over to cut my
grass.



So it is that Gatsby
readies the stage for his much-longed for meeting with his, as he belives, true
love.

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