Great Gatsby Ch. 7

1.       Chapter 7

Pages 113-145

2.       The chapter begins with Nick being worried about Gatsby, explaining that he hasn’t thrown any parties recently and that he has hired a whole new staff of servants.  The new staff was hired because Gatsby did not want any gossip going around about him and Daisy.  The next day it is very hot and Nick goes to Daisy and Tom’s house for lunch and upon arriving sees that Gatsby and Jordan are already there trying to escape the heat as well.  Daisy little girl is brought out and introduced to everybody including Gatsby, who is stunned because he never really thought that Daisy had a child because she never speaks of her.  Daisy suggests that she and Gatsby go into the city together but Tom intervenes and Goes as well with Nick and Jordan.  They stop at Wilson’s for gas and he tells them that he has found out that his wife is having an affair.  Once they arrive in the city, they get a suite at the Plaza Hotel and Tom starts to call out Gatsby calling him a fraud because he knows what is going on between him and Daisy and he doesn’t like it. Tom sends them both back to Long Island and short after they are followed by Nick, Jordan and Tom. Passing Wilson’s garage they stop noticing that someone has been hit by a car and they think it may have been Gatsby and Daisy. When they get back to Tom’s house, Nick finds Gatsby hiding in the bushes claiming that Daisy hit Myrtle but he will take the blame for it.  Nick goes inside to check on Daisy and Tom to find them eating together peacefully.

3.       A) Jordan Baker

B)  “Those big movie on Fiftieth Street are so cool, I love New York on summer afternoons when every one’s away. There’s something very sensuous about it-overripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits were going to fall into your hands.” (125)

C) Jordan is very self-sufficient and she can provide for herself, being a professional golfer, without a boyfriend.  Nick is the closest thing she has to a boyfriend but he does not have to really do anything for her except treat her like a lady and a girlfriend at times.   Jordan is also very beautiful according to Nick and Gatsby thinks she is a very good looking lady as well.

D) Her role so far in the novel is important because Gatsby is able to go through her or Nick to get to Daisy because she is Daisy’s best friend. Jordan has become good friends with Gatsby as she was the first person we know to speak to Gatsby at the beginning of the novel. She and Nick are very fond of each other as well.

4.       “Was Daisy driving?”  “Yes, but of course I’ll say I was.”

This quote was significant to me because it shows how much Gatsby cares for Daisy and that he is willing to take the blame for her wrongdoing to protect her from Tom.  Gatsby is willing to risk the wrath of Tom to keep Daisy safe and protected like she always has been.  We have been questioning whether Gatsby really loves Daisy or if he is just looking for another possession, but I feel this shows that he really does love her and care for her.