2. In chapter seven Nick decides to go to Gatsby's house because he had not heard from him in a while. But they butler says he has been turning away guests for a while and that Daisy has been coming over a lot and he lets her in. Nick notices that Gatsby has hired all new staff and not allowing them out so they cannot be bribed by people for information on him. Gatsby later calls Nick to invite him to Daisy's house and then Daisy calls with the same request. At Daisy's house, when Tom leaves the room, she walks up to Gatsby and kisses him full on the lips and tells him that she loves him in front of Jordan and Nick. We see Daisy's daughter and not really told her name but the nanny calls her Pammy. Tom saw Daisy tell Gatsby she loves him and is so shocked and he gets mad and keeps standing between her and Gatsby. Tom blows up at Gatsby and Daisy says he needs to calm down but Tom yells that he cannot calm down while some man makes love to his wife. Gatsby says that Daisy never loved Tom and Daisy even says she didn't and Tom does not believe her. He says that he has always loved Daisy even though he has strayed a few times he has always come back to Daisy. Daisy then says she did love Tom and one point but now she loves Gatsby and is going to leave Tom. Then Tom starts yelling about Gatsby being fake and that his drug store line was all false and that he is in something so big that Walter's is to afriad to say. Gatsby begs and pleads with Daisy saying it is not true. Then we learn that it is Nick's 30th birthday. Then from Michaelis point of view we find out that Mr. Wilson has locked his wife in her room and that they were moving the next day. She screams and yells and runs out of the garage and is hit by a car and dies. Tom cries about Myrtle's death, that the guy did not even stop, calling him a coward. Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy killed Myrtle but that he will tell the police that he was driving.
3. a. Tom Buchanan
b. She [Daisy] had told him [Gatsby] that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw. He was astounded. His mouth opened a little, and he looked at Gatsby, and then back at Daist as if he just recognized her as someone he knew a long time ago. (Fitzgerald 119)
c. Tom's best quality is his money, his ability to provide for Daisy and his mistress Myrtle. He does not really care about them and he is a huge hypocrite. He gets mad at Daisy for cheating when he has cheated on her with thousands of women.
d. Tom's role in this book is Daisy's husband, Myrtle's boyfriend, and Gatsby's competition. His purpose is to make Daisy so unhappy that she has to flirt with everyone to get attention and why she is so willing to leave him for Gatsby.
4. "Was Daisy driving?" "Yes," he said after a moment, "but of course I'll say I was." (Fitzgerald 143)
I found this quote to be significant because it shows how much Gatsby loves Daisy and the fact that he will do anything for her, even go to jail. Throughout the book we have seen some prety big things that Gatsby has done just to get Daisy. Buying the big house, importing silk shirts, spending money on random people just to show how much money he has, and having parties every weekend, he does this all for Daisy and now he is willing to go to jail. Daisy was driving the car. Daisy hit and killed Myrtle Wilson. But that does not matter to Gatsby, he will take the blame because he loves Daisy so much and he does not want anything bad to happen to her or for her to be unhappy.
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