Gatsby Chapter Seven

Chapter seven is a very event filled chapter, which also cleared up many questions for the reader. The chapter begins with Nick noticing that ever since Daisy and Gatsby got together, his whole social life had stopped, not having hosted a single party since. Gatsby also fired his entire staff and hires brand new staff who he believes will keep his secrets safe.

          The chapter then moves into Nick traveling to East Egg to have lunch with the Buchannan’s, Jordan, Gatsby, and Tom and Daisy’s child, Pammy. Gatsby is stunned with he sees Tom and Daisy together since he hadn’t expected that they would be there until then. The lunch is filled with many obvious moments of romance between Gatsby and Daisy, which Tom begins to see more and more.

          As the day goes on and they are out in the city, Tom begins to question Gatsby more about his history and his personal life, trying to clear up the loose ends. Tom then tells Gatsby that he thinks he knows what is going on with him and Daisy, Gatsby quickly replies to him explaining how Daisy has never loved him. Throughout that scene, we see Gatsby and Tom arguing over which man Daisy truly loves, but when we thought that Gatsby and Daisy were the ones who were getting closer, we see that Daisy begins to side with Tom, within this argument. Which makes us question where Daisy is thinking at the time.

          Once Tom, Nick and Jordan drive back to East Egg, leaving Gatsby and Daisy to drive home by themselves, they discover a crowd at the Wilsons garage, and quickly discover that Myrtle had been killed by a car. The people around them were starting to talk about how the car was yellow and it did not stop. Nick finally realizes that it must have been Gatsby’s car.

          Overall, this chapter cleared up a lot of confusion for me as a reader but also the characters in the story. Tom knowledge of Daisy’s affair becomes known, Wilson knows about Myrtles affair, as well as Gatsby’s crime history. It is known consistently throughout the chapter that Gatsby is so obsessed with the idea of reliving the past with Daisy and for her to start his new life with him. However, we never know how Daisy truly feels, and the future of their relationship is left unknown.