During the fall, the leaves on the trees change and plant life begin to wither away as winter approaches. The cold indicates the end of Daisy and Gatsby’s relationship. Towards the end of the novel, temperatures start to fall. The heat shows the inescapable conflict that is going to occur between Gatsby and Tom, and Daisy realizes at last what she was doing.
Throughout the chapter, Daisy is scrambling to cool down by sitting in the breeze of the fans and asking Jordan to open a window. Daisy tries to cool off and no matter what she does, she can’t. Daisy can be seen in an uncomfortable state due to the heat in this quote: “But it’s so hot, insisted Daisy, on the verge of tears”. Everything starts to get heated between the three. Tom knows about Daisy and Gatsby which indicates a climax in the relationship. This chapter is a crucial point in the story in which everyone seems so antsy and uncomfortable. In chapter 7 of the novel, the heat provides the reader with a sense of increased tension between Daisy and Gatsby’s relationship. This whole meeting changed Gatsby because he finally achieved his dream of having Daisy in his life again. The clearing of the rain also shows the clearing of tension and sadness from Daisy and Gatsby’s past. This quote was said by Nick talking about the dramatic change in Gatsby and serves as a turning point in the novel because Gatsby experiences a change in character from being on edge and unhappy, to being very joyous and lighthearted. He literally glowed without a word or a gesture of exultation a new well-being radiated from him and filled the little room’. ‘But there was a change in Gatsby that was simply confounding. The settling of the rain also represents Gatsby’s rise in confidence. Once Daisy finally arrives, Nick leaves them both to talk. Gatsby arrives at Nick’s place, tense and worried.
In Chapter 5 of The Great Gatsby, the rain first symbolizes the tension between Gatsby and Daisy when they are reunited. The downpour of rain present when Daisy is on her way to see Gatsby represents their faded relationship.