List four details from the text that Fitzgerald uses to establish the tense and nervous atmosphere in Nick’s house as Gatsby first reunites with Daisy.

The four details that show a tense and nervous atmosphere in Nick's house a Gatsby first reunites with Daisy were that Gatsby and Daisy seemed uncomfortable at each other's presence, yet try not to show it. Gatsby also almost knocked down the clock from nervousness, his appearance when he first arrived, and the awkward silence that ensued his entrance.

Explanation:

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby tells the story of Jay Gatsby and his attempts at trying to reclaim his lost love Daisy. the lost American dream and the theme of wealth and belonging plays a huge role in this story.

In chapter 5, just like Gatsby had requested Nick to do, Daisy had come over to her cousin's place. There, she met Gatsby, who she was in a relationship some 5 years back. This is the first time they have seen each other after Gatsby left for the war. And the four details that show the tense and nervous atmosphere of this scene in Nick's house are-

faulty parallelism is a construction in which two or more parts of a sentence are equivalent in meaning but not grammatically similar in form.

the correct version of this faulty parallelism in the sentence is:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

the problem is the last sentence, the first two have a basic subject+verb+object structure.

so, to give a proper balance to the structure, or better said, to give a parallel structure, we must write a basic s+v+o structure in all three sentences:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.