Chapter+7

= Chapter 7 =

Summary Mr. Gatsby has stopped his Saturday parties. He has fired all of his old staff, and hired all new people because he doesn’t want a staff that will gossip, because Daisy frequently visits his house. Nick and Gatsby were invited to dinner at Daisy’s. When they were there, Tom starts to realize something is going on with Daisy and Gatsby, and he is getting mad. They all decide to go to town and Daisy and Gatsby take a Tom’s car, while Tom, Nick, and Jordan take Gatsby’s. On the way to town Tom stops to get gas at Wilson’s garage. He finds out that Wilson plans on moving west soon because he figured out his wife is having an affair. Tom starts getting even more upset because both his wife and his mistress are slipping away. In the city, they get a room at the Plaza Hotel. While they were in their Tom starts accusing Gatsby of trying to steal his wife. Gatsby tells Tom then daisy never loved him, and they are both yelling at each other. Daisy told Gatsby that she does actually love Tom and Gatsby is shocked. They decided to all go home. On the way home, Tom, Nick and Jordan pull up to a big scene in front of Wilsons Garage. Mrs. Wilson – Tom’s mistress- was killed by a speeding car. Mr. Wilson is completely devastated. Nick finds out that it was Daisy who hit Mrs. Wilson while speeding, in Gatsby’s car. When they return to Tom’s house, Nick somewhat blows off Jordan, and returns home.

Reflect F. Scott Fitzgerald's life is reflected in chapter seven. In his life, Fitzgerald kept chasing after the woman of his dreams, Zelda. However, she said that poor boys don't marry rich girls. On page 120 of //The Great Gatsby,// Gatsby and Tom are talking about Daisy. "Her voice is full of money." In //The Great Gatsby,// Daisy is the fictional character that portrays the Zelda in Fitzgerald's life.

Common themes Love: Love is a common theme in this chapter. We see Daisy really start to feel for Gatsby once again. After all the hard work, it is finally paying of for Gatsby. He worked and worked until he had his Daisy back. Gatsby did it all simply for love.

Jealousy/Greed: Jealousy and greed become a main theme in chapter 7. We are able to see the jealousy and greed mostly in Tom Buchanan. While Tom was already being greedy, by being unsatisfied with his Daisy, he cheated on her with a mistress. Tom soon realizes that his mistresses husband had discovered that she was cheating on him and made plans to move away. Tom also begins to recognize that Gatsby and Daisy are becoming extra close. Tom sees that Daisy and his mistress are slipping away slowly and Tom doesn't like that.

Marxist/Feminist Lens Any feminist that has read chapter 7 has probably felt the strong urge to hurt Tom. He is angry that his wife has fallen in love with another man when he himself is unfaithful. Also, the feminists might feel like hurting Daisy too because Gatsby loves her so much that he is willing to take the blame for murder but she still feels torn between the two men.

After this chapter the reader can conclude that for years Jay has been trying to impress Daisy with his wealth and social status and use it to get her back. Once he finally found her and got some kind of relationship with her he stopped having parties.

How does color function as a symbol? In this chapter, color functions as a symbol to describe the color of the car that hit Mrytle Wilson. The color yellow is used to emphasize the color of the car and who it belongs to.

 Fitzgerald, F. Scott. //The Great Gatsby//. New York: Scribner, 2004. Print.