Chapter 7, pgs. 113-145
Summary
In chapter 7, Nick becomes very curious of what Gatsby has been up to lately due to the fact that he hasn’t seen or heard from him in a while. When Nick goes to Gatsby’s house, the butler tells him that he has been turning away all visitors except for Daisy who has been showing up a lot. While Nick is at Gatsby’s, he noticed that there is all new staff working there. Nick is invited to Daisy’s house by both Gatsby and Daisy. At the Buchanan’s house, Daisy, Nick, Gatsby, Jordan and Tom are there. When Tom leaves the room to fetch some drinks on the hot summer day, Gatsby and Daisy share a kiss and say I love you right in front of Nick and Jordan. Next, Daisy and Tom’s child comes running into the room and Daisy seems to be very sweet to her child. Gatsby is shocked at the fact that this child actually exists. The group decides to make a trip to New York City which begins with a dispute over who is going in which car. Gatsby and Daisy take Tom’s car which makes Tom very worried and feel very powerless. Tom, Jordan and Nick take Gatsby’s car and have to stop for gas on the way. They stop at Wilson’s Garage and find out that the Wilsons are planning on leaving in the next couple of days. When they all arrive at NYC, they get a hotel room and all sit down for a drink. Soon enough, accusations start flying and a huge argument begins. Tom brings up Gatsby’s past with drug stores and calls him a fraud and many other names. They begin to argue about Gatsby and Daisy’s love for one another. They agree that this argument is getting anywhere and begin to go back home. Tom, Jordan and Nick are forced to stop because of an accident ahead involving a big yellow car and a woman being hit. This woman ends up being Myrtle Wilson and she is dead. George Wilson is speechless and Tom is also very upset to see what has happened. At the end of this chapter we learn that Daisy was the one who hit Myrtle and that Gatsby has promised to cover for her and say it was him by accident.
Summary
In chapter 7, Nick becomes very curious of what Gatsby has been up to lately due to the fact that he hasn’t seen or heard from him in a while. When Nick goes to Gatsby’s house, the butler tells him that he has been turning away all visitors except for Daisy who has been showing up a lot. While Nick is at Gatsby’s, he noticed that there is all new staff working there. Nick is invited to Daisy’s house by both Gatsby and Daisy. At the Buchanan’s house, Daisy, Nick, Gatsby, Jordan and Tom are there. When Tom leaves the room to fetch some drinks on the hot summer day, Gatsby and Daisy share a kiss and say I love you right in front of Nick and Jordan. Next, Daisy and Tom’s child comes running into the room and Daisy seems to be very sweet to her child. Gatsby is shocked at the fact that this child actually exists. The group decides to make a trip to New York City which begins with a dispute over who is going in which car. Gatsby and Daisy take Tom’s car which makes Tom very worried and feel very powerless. Tom, Jordan and Nick take Gatsby’s car and have to stop for gas on the way. They stop at Wilson’s Garage and find out that the Wilsons are planning on leaving in the next couple of days. When they all arrive at NYC, they get a hotel room and all sit down for a drink. Soon enough, accusations start flying and a huge argument begins. Tom brings up Gatsby’s past with drug stores and calls him a fraud and many other names. They begin to argue about Gatsby and Daisy’s love for one another. They agree that this argument is getting anywhere and begin to go back home. Tom, Jordan and Nick are forced to stop because of an accident ahead involving a big yellow car and a woman being hit. This woman ends up being Myrtle Wilson and she is dead. George Wilson is speechless and Tom is also very upset to see what has happened. At the end of this chapter we learn that Daisy was the one who hit Myrtle and that Gatsby has promised to cover for her and say it was him by accident.
Character- George B. Wilson
“He was a wife’s man and not his own.” (pg. 136)
- caring, respectful, hard-working, gullible, loving, dedicated, weak but strong hearted, his wife “wears the pants” in his marriage, loves his wife
- caring, respectful, hard-working, gullible, loving, dedicated, weak but strong hearted, his wife “wears the pants” in his marriage, loves his wife
George B. Wilson is Myrtle’s husband. He is so in love with her and that love is what makes him take backseat to their marriage. He trusts and respects Myrtle and gives her the upper hand on everything. Even when he knows that she has been unfaithful, he still wants to be with her. Wilson is a very caring and hard working man. When Wilson discovers that his wife has been killed, he is speechless and doesn’t know what to do. I believe that this represents how he is lost without her due to the fact that she’s been in charge of him for so long.
Quote
“‘Her voice is full of money,’ he said suddenly. That was it. I’d never understood it before. It was full of money—that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals’ song of it… High in a white palace the king’s daughter, the golden girl…” (pg. 120)
After all of the discussing we’ve done in class on the significance of Daisy’s voice, we finally have an answer to it. Her voice is inviting and it draws people in, but perhaps it draws people in for the wrong reasons, such as money. I feel as if this quote describes not only Daisy’s voice, but all that Daisy stands for. She is the “golden girl” in her father’s “white palace” and she wants to be “full of money.”
“‘Her voice is full of money,’ he said suddenly. That was it. I’d never understood it before. It was full of money—that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals’ song of it… High in a white palace the king’s daughter, the golden girl…” (pg. 120)
After all of the discussing we’ve done in class on the significance of Daisy’s voice, we finally have an answer to it. Her voice is inviting and it draws people in, but perhaps it draws people in for the wrong reasons, such as money. I feel as if this quote describes not only Daisy’s voice, but all that Daisy stands for. She is the “golden girl” in her father’s “white palace” and she wants to be “full of money.”
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