Chapter 5 Blog Bachelart

When Nick says in this Chapter that Gatsby’s count of enchanted objects has diminished by one he is referring to the flashing green light that he usually looks at across the lake each night. To Gatsby this green light represents Daisy and each night when he observed it, it reminded him of her. Gatsby has lost this enchanted object because he doesn’t have the obligation to look at it anymore. He is now in much better terms with Daisy after having seen her again and the green light simply doesn’t matter to him as much. After not seeing each other for many years it seemed as if Gatbsy and Daisy were quite happy together again.