Other Interesting Points to Note in This Chapter:
- Daisy seems anxious and concerned with time and the idea of growing older.
- "What will we do with ourselves this afternoon?, cried Daisy, and the day after that, and the next thirty years?" (118).
- "We're getting old, if we were young we'd rise and dance" (128).
- Fitzgerald deliberately draws comparisons between the way Tom and Gatsby deal with their dislike for one another. Tom's is described as being "well concealed" (116), while Gatsby is described as showing "visible tension" (118). This highlights the class difference between the two men despite their similar financial status.
- The facades of both Daisy and Gatsby crumble together throughout the chapter. Gatsby is revealed to be a crook, and Daisy is revealed to lack any sense of conscience or responsibility.