Sunday, February 23, 2020

Gatsby Chapter 7

Gatsby wasn't seen or lighting up the house light at the moment that people started to get the curiosity of who he was
Preoccupied with his love for Daisy, Gatsby calls off his parties, which were primarily a means to lure Daisy
He fires his servants to prevent gossip
When the nurse brings in Daisy’s baby girl, Gatsby is stunned and can hardly believe that the child is real
Gatsby and Daisy cannot hide their love for one another
Tom, Jorden, and Nick all go to New York in one car and Gatsby and Dasiy in another
Stopping for gas at Wilson’s garage
  • Nick, Tom, and Jordan learn that Wilson has discovered his wife’s infidelity—though not the identity of her lover—and plans to move her to the West
Someone has been fatally hit by an automobile
  • Michaelis, a Greek man who runs the restaurant next to Wilson’s garage, tells them that Myrtle was the victim.
  • a car coming from New York City struck her, paused, then sped away.
  • Nick realizes that Myrtle must have been hit by Gatsby and Daisy, driving back from the city in Gatsby’s big yellow automobile. Tom thinks that Wilson will remember the yellow car from that afternoon. He also assumes that Gatsby was the driver.
  • Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy was driving when the car struck Myrtle, but that he himself will take the blame. 
  • Still worried about Daisy, Gatsby sends Nick to check on her. Nick finds Tom and Daisy eating cold fried chicken and talking. They have reconciled their differences, and Nick leaves Gatsby standing alone in the moonlight.

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