Gatsby wanted to make sure the day was perfect, even down to the cut of the grass. With high expectations, Gatsby was let down as the weather disagreed with their rendezvous. “The day agreed upon was pouring rain,” displayed the irony of Gatsby and Daisy’s reconciliation. However, in classic literature, rain is used to symbolize a serious affair; a situation in which is full of cleansing, renewal, and forgiveness. For the past five years, Gatsby’s love laid at rest in his heart, as he could not do anything to win Daisy’s attention. Gatsby was forced to live with his burning passion bottled up as he watched his love go on to break their promise and seek feelings for a new man. His underlying sorrow was extinguished when he finally reconnected with Daisy. It was almost as if years did not pass. Their meeting marked for new beginnings and a step away from the past, just as rain is used to symbolize renewal. Daisy came in with the rain, which symbolized a fresh start to an ugly past, which needed to come from forgiveness; all from which the rain brings. “Renewal” and “beginning” are appropriate words to use in the title due to Daisy and Gatsby’s leap into a brighter future in which they conversate and reconnect after years of abandoning their feelings towards each
Gatsby wanted to make sure the day was perfect, even down to the cut of the grass. With high expectations, Gatsby was let down as the weather disagreed with their rendezvous. “The day agreed upon was pouring rain,” displayed the irony of Gatsby and Daisy’s reconciliation. However, in classic literature, rain is used to symbolize a serious affair; a situation in which is full of cleansing, renewal, and forgiveness. For the past five years, Gatsby’s love laid at rest in his heart, as he could not do anything to win Daisy’s attention. Gatsby was forced to live with his burning passion bottled up as he watched his love go on to break their promise and seek feelings for a new man. His underlying sorrow was extinguished when he finally reconnected with Daisy. It was almost as if years did not pass. Their meeting marked for new beginnings and a step away from the past, just as rain is used to symbolize renewal. Daisy came in with the rain, which symbolized a fresh start to an ugly past, which needed to come from forgiveness; all from which the rain brings. “Renewal” and “beginning” are appropriate words to use in the title due to Daisy and Gatsby’s leap into a brighter future in which they conversate and reconnect after years of abandoning their feelings towards each