Mr. Copeland
English 11 CP
27 January 2010
A Deathly Truth
1. I think that a good title for Chapter 7 would be "A Deathly Truth." Simply because this chapter is all about revealing the truth, and a consequence of revealing these truths is a death. Also the truths that are discovered in chapter seven turn a suposed to be happy lunchin into a fighting, emotional, jumbled up mess.
2. Nick has not seen Gatsby for awhile and begins to worry about him until meeting him one day to go to the Buchanan's. It is a pleasant meeting with the Buchanans and Jordan at first, but Nick sees that Tom is aware of Daisy ad Gatsby's admiration to eachother and he begins to watch them carefully. Upon leaving to go to town in two seperate cars, Tom driving Gatsby's, they stop to get gas at the Wilsons, where Nick notices Myrtle looking out a top window green with envy over Jordan who she assumes is Tom's wife. The group continues to their destination at the Plaza, where Tom arrises the concern that Gatsby is sleeping with his wife, which upsets Gatsby causing him to tell Tom that Daisy never loved him which causes the whole party to leave and Daisy inadvertently hits Myrtle with Gatsby's car on the way home and kills her.
3. I think a good quote from this chapter is " His wife and his mistress, until an hour ago secure and isolate, were slipping precipitately from his control." (page 125) This quote describes what has happened to Tom in chapter 7. He basically looses everything he has ever charished. He is told by Gatsby that Daisy has never loved him and that she is leaving him, and his mistress Myrtle is killed by Daisy. The quote describes how things can change in a matter of minutes. In this chapter, the whole book turns around. I guess the only accurate and exceptable word for chapter 7 is crazy! It is a downhill fall.
A. I really see Daisy develop as a character in chapter 7. From what I have read, Daisy seems to be a very soft, kind person. But she has all of this frustration inside of her. She loves Gatsby. There is a quote that says "Her voice is full of money." This quote talks about how she isn't satisfied wth what she has because she is seeking something else. That other thing is GAtsby. After the meeting in Plaza when she has a melt down because she is being forced to say stuff she drives away with Gatsby. But on the way home she hits Myrtle! I think that Daisy has gone a little mad because it wasn't an accident. The text says, "Well first Daisy turned away from the woman toward the other car, and then she lost her nerve and turned back." This proves that she did it on purpose. Daisy knew all along who his mistress was and she was getting even. I see her as a sort of vingful character after chapter 7.
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