Chapter Seven

This is a picture of a vehicle speeding that is bound to hit something. In chapter seven Daisy and Gatsby struck Myrtle on the way home from the great city of New York. They fled from the scene of the accident. When Nick, Tom and Jordan are driving back to Long Island they discover this terrifying scene. Myrtle was the victim of this hit and run. A Greek man ran and told Wilson is the one that was hit. They find that a big yellow car hit Myrtle stopped and then sped away. This picture is of a person speeding that is going to hit someone just like how Daisy and Gatsby hit Myrtle on the way home from New York.

Quotes: Chapter Seven

"Daisy and Tom were sitting opposite each other at the kitchen table They weren't happy...yet they weren't unhappy either. There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture, and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together" (146). This quote is about the tension that is between Tom and Gatsby it shows that they do not hate each other but they are very weary about each other. They arnt very fond of each other.

"[Daisy had] a hint of bedrooms upstairs more beautiful and cool than other bedrooms...of romances that were not musty and laid away already in lavender....It excited him, too, that many men had already loved Daisy - it increased her value in his eyes" (148) This quote is said by our narrator Nick. This quote describes how Tom sees Daisy's room and he admires it. He then realizes how many other guys have already loved her. This increased her value in the eyes of Tom.

"...there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well. Wilson was so sick that he looked guilty" (124) This quote is about Nick. Nick is talking about how Wilson looks very guilty of something. He is judging Wilson even though he claims he doesn't.

"Daisy and Jordan lay upon an enormous couch like silver idols weighing down their own white dresses against the singing breeze of the fans"(115) This is what Nick observes at Gatsby's house. He is describing the elegance that he sees when he comes into the room. The elegance of Daisy and Jordan.

Analysis

In this chapter we began to see the tension between Tom and Gatsby really show. Tom is getting very aggravated with Gatsby because all the wants to do is rekindle his love for Daisy. Tom forces Daisy to say to Gatsby that she has never loved him. Tom reminds her that Daisy loves him and not Gatsby. When Gatsby and Daisy are coming home from the trip from New York Daisy strikes Myrtle with the car killing her. Gatsby takes the blame for this. This shows that he really loves her and cares a bout her. Tom is being a barrier from letting this happen he wants Daisy and will do anything to keep her with him. Gatsby has made some progress in hopes to get Daisy back in his life but not enough. At the end of the chapter Gatsby realizes that his dream is forever gone.