Chapters 7-8
At the beginning of the chapter, Nick notices that Gatsby has ceased having his iconic parties, and soon learns that it is because Gatsby no longer needs them to attract Daisy's attention. Tom, Daisy, Gatsby, Jordan and Nick all have lunch together and throughout the afternoon, Tom’s suspicions are amplified when he realizes that Daisy and Gatsby are having an affair and sets out to win her back. As Daisy has requested, they decide to go to New York for the day, and Nick rides with Jordan and Tom in Gatsby’s car, while Gatsby and Daisy ride together in Tom’s car. While stopping for gas, Tom and Nick learn that Mr. Wilson doesn’t know of his wife’s adultery however, he does not know who the man is. Upon arriving to New York, the group takes a suite at the Plaza Hotel, where Tom confronts Gatsby about his love for Daisy, which sparks a very intense fight between the two men. At the novel’s peak, Tom accuses Gatsby of bootlegging. This causes Daisy, who was in love with Gatsby hours earlier, to falter in her decision to leave Tom. Afterward the fight, Gatsby and Daisy drive home together in his yellow car, while the rest take Tom’s BLUE coupe home. However, on the way home Nick, Tom and Jordan come across a car accident in front of the Wilson’s gas station, in which Myrtle has been killed. It was Daisy driving Jay’s car that killed her, but Gatsby is willing to take the blame. At the beginning of chapter 8, Nick visits Gatsby for breakfast the next morning. Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy never came outside the previous night, but rejects Nick's advice to forget Daisy and leave Long Island. He tells Nick about the early days of his relationship with Daisy. He remembers how amazed he was by her wealth, her house, and even by the fact that men besides himself, had loved her. After the night he slept with her, he felt so in love as if he had married here, then he left for World War I. Daisy waited for a while and then drifted away from him and fell into marriage with Tom Buchanan. After this conversation, Wilson arrives seeking revenge from losing Myrtle. He accomplices this by shooting Gatsby, he then commits suicide. Nick shows up only to find the gruesome sight of the two dead bodies and tries to imagine and put into words what Gatsby's last thoughts may have been about.
At the beginning of the chapter, Nick notices that Gatsby has ceased having his iconic parties, and soon learns that it is because Gatsby no longer needs them to attract Daisy's attention. Tom, Daisy, Gatsby, Jordan and Nick all have lunch together and throughout the afternoon, Tom’s suspicions are amplified when he realizes that Daisy and Gatsby are having an affair and sets out to win her back. As Daisy has requested, they decide to go to New York for the day, and Nick rides with Jordan and Tom in Gatsby’s car, while Gatsby and Daisy ride together in Tom’s car. While stopping for gas, Tom and Nick learn that Mr. Wilson doesn’t know of his wife’s adultery however, he does not know who the man is. Upon arriving to New York, the group takes a suite at the Plaza Hotel, where Tom confronts Gatsby about his love for Daisy, which sparks a very intense fight between the two men. At the novel’s peak, Tom accuses Gatsby of bootlegging. This causes Daisy, who was in love with Gatsby hours earlier, to falter in her decision to leave Tom. Afterward the fight, Gatsby and Daisy drive home together in his yellow car, while the rest take Tom’s BLUE coupe home. However, on the way home Nick, Tom and Jordan come across a car accident in front of the Wilson’s gas station, in which Myrtle has been killed. It was Daisy driving Jay’s car that killed her, but Gatsby is willing to take the blame. At the beginning of chapter 8, Nick visits Gatsby for breakfast the next morning. Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy never came outside the previous night, but rejects Nick's advice to forget Daisy and leave Long Island. He tells Nick about the early days of his relationship with Daisy. He remembers how amazed he was by her wealth, her house, and even by the fact that men besides himself, had loved her. After the night he slept with her, he felt so in love as if he had married here, then he left for World War I. Daisy waited for a while and then drifted away from him and fell into marriage with Tom Buchanan. After this conversation, Wilson arrives seeking revenge from losing Myrtle. He accomplices this by shooting Gatsby, he then commits suicide. Nick shows up only to find the gruesome sight of the two dead bodies and tries to imagine and put into words what Gatsby's last thoughts may have been about.