Chapter+7

Chapter... 7!

Summaryy! one night, Nick realizes that Gatsby has stopped throwing parties and his mansion is no longer constantly filled with people. He goes over to visit Gatsby and to investigate. When Nick knocks on the door and asks to see Gatsby, he is greeted and blown off by a strange new butler. After talking to Gatsby, Nick finds out that he fired all of his staff and servants because he feared that they would gossip about him. He replaces them with an entire new staff, all said to be related. So, the next day is the absolute hottest day of summer, and Gatsy and Nick are going to meet Jordan, Tom, and Daisy at Tom and Daisy's house. They all sit around in the heat for a while and have drinks and talk. Tom and Daisy's daughter is brought in by the nanny, and is shown off like a little doll. Daisy really doesn't even act like her mother or anything. Gatsby is very fascinated by her and keeps staring at her while she is in the room. Eventually, the nanny takes her away again and they continue talking. Gatsy and Daisy are starting to get close and show that they like eachother. Daisy decides that she wants to go into the city with everyone. At first, Tom is totally against it and starts yelling and whatnot, but then he suddenly changes his mind and is the one pushing everyone to get ready and go to the city. When they leave, Nick, Tom, and Jordan go together in Gatsby's yellow car, while Daisy and Gatsby go in Tom's car. On the way there, everyone in Gatsby's car stops at Mr Wilson's garage to get some gas. Wilson comments on the yellow car, and then tells Tom that he and his wife are going to move out West. He has realized that his wife was cheating on him with someone, but he doesnt know who. Tom gets mad when he hears about this and snaps at Wilson and then drives away. As he is leaving, Wilson's wife sees Jordan and thinks the she is Tom's wife. The two cars meet and both argue about what they sould do with their day. Finally, they meet at the Plaza Hotel and get a suite. They all sit around for a while and order drinks and complain about how hot it is. Suddenly, Gatsby and Tom start fighting. As they keep fighting, Daisy is becoming more and more torn between them.Gatsby admits that Daisy loves him, and that she loved him first. But Daisy admits that she did love Tom, too. Gatsby is very upset by this news and Tom seems to see it as good news. Everyone freaks out and there is crying and yelling and the whole time Jordan and Nick are akwardly stuck there. Finally, they all decide that they need to leave and go home. Right as they are leaving, Nick remembers that that day was his birthday and he just turned thirty. When they drive back, they go with the same people, but Gatsby and Daisy are in Gatsby's car and Tom, Nick, and Jordan are in Tom's. As Tom's car is driving back, they come to what looks like a wreck. As they drive by, they realize that someone has been hit by a car. Tom gets out and see that it is his mistress, Wilson's wife. When Tom sees this, he breaks down and goes inside with everyone and Wilson. According to a witness, she was hit by a fancy yellow car. The car was going extremly fast and didnt even stop when it hit her. Tom freaks out and is really really upset about everything and is even trying to console Wilson. He drives home and begins crying. When they get home, they see that Daisy is already home. Tom calls for a taxi to come and take Nick home. After everyone goes inside, Gatsby comes out of a bush and begins talking to Nick. Nick realizes that it was Gatsby's car that hit Wilson's wife, and Gatsby admits that it is the truth. But that Daisy was driving. She swerved so that she could hit Myrtle. Daisy then went a bit crazy and sped away and Gatsby finally got her to slow down and stop. When they go look inside to see what is happening in Tom and Daisy's house, they find them to be eating together and talking and they seem neither happy nor unhappy. At the end, Nick leaves and goes home.

Vocabularyy! __rickey__ - a drink made with lime juice, carbonated water, and gin or other liquor. __indiscreet__ - not discreet; lacking prudence, good judgment, or circumspection __contingency__ - something incidental to a thing __contemptuously__ - showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful __ashheaps__ - __libertine__ - a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, especially a dissolute man; a profligate; rake

Reflection! The main way that this particular chapter relates to the time period of the 20's is that the 1920's were a very risque time period in American history. Compared to now, it really doesnt seem like it, but for the time, people were crazy and partying more than they ever had in the past. People are changing and so are their moral values. Also, at one point, Tom accuses Gatsby of being a bootlegger and saything that that was how he got all of his money. Bootlegging meant illegally selling alcohol. The prohibition was during the time period that this book was written, and that mean that alcohol was illegal to buy, make or sell.

Some Common Themes! In this chapter, some common themes include: **revenge** when Daisy kills Myrtle **competition** between the two men fighting for Daisy **confrontation** when the two men finally decide to face eachother honestly **Irony** when both Tom and Wilson discover that their wives are disloyal at the same time

Marxist and Feminist Views! Marxist is when there is a struggle between the upper class of socailites and the lower class of workers. Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, and Jordan represent this upper class. The chapter shows how corrupt people of the upper class can often be instead of the perfect people that society sees them as. This is because both Tom and Daisy cheat on eachother. Through a Feminist viewpoint, one could determine that the women in this book have much more power and independence than women in previous time periods had had. Daisy is able to easily go behind her husband's back, as is Myrtle.

Colorss! Im not so sure about colors in the chapter, but the idea of how extremly hot and humid the day is helps to represent the idea of how tense it is between all of the characters. Yellow is the color of the car that hits Mrytle. Yellow is generally a cheerful, calming color. It can also mean caution and be attention getting. it is quite ironic that the author chose to use this for the color of the car.