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Good night, old sport." He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house, as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil. So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight—watching over nothing. Read the full text of The Great Gatsby: Chapter 7.
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Preoccupied by his love for Daisy, Gatsby calls off his parties, which were primarily a means to lure Daisy. He also fires his servants to prevent gossip and replaces them with shady individuals connected to Meyer Wolfshiem.
On the hottest day of the summer, Nick takes the train to East Egg for lunch at the house of Tom and Daisy. He finds Gatsby and Jordan Baker there as well. When the nurse brings in Daisys baby girl, Gatsby is stunned and can hardly believe that the child is real. For her part, Daisy seems almost uninterested in her child. During the awkward afterno...
Itching for a confrontation, Tom seizes upon Daisys suggestion that they should all go to New York together. Nick rides with Jordan and Tom in Gatsbys car, and Gatsby and Daisy ride together in Toms car. Stopping for gas at Wilsons garage, Nick, Tom, and Jordan learn that Wilson has discovered his wifes infidelitythough not the identity of her love...
Chapter 5. Previous Next. When I came home to West Egg that night I was afraid for a moment that my house was on fire. Two o'clock and the whole corner of the peninsula was blazing with light which fell unreal on the shrubbery and made thin elongating glints upon the roadside wires. Turning a corner I saw that it was Gatsby's house, lit from ...
It’s searingly hot when he arrives at the Buchanans’ house, and Jordan, Tom, and Daisy have been drinking, waiting for him and Gatsby to arrive. When they enter the salon, both Jordan and ...
Tom has a private hunch that Gatsby was responsible for hitting her. Tom, Jordan, and Nick head to the Buchanan residence. Tom summons a taxi for Nick. As Nick waits outside, he spots Gatsby in the shrubbery. Gatsby tells him that Daisy was the one driving the car and that he tried and failed to stop the collision.
At one point, while Tom is out of the room, Daisy kisses Gatsby on the lips and says she loves him. But the next instant the nurse leads in her young daughter, Pammy. Daisy basically ignores the child, but Gatsby keeps glancing at the little girl in surprise. When Daisy kisses Gatsby it seems that he's won.
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Gatsby, tellingly, does not say that Daisy is leaving Tom, but that Tom is "not going to take care of her anymore"; both men regard her as being incapable of independent action. Daisy's carelessness and stupidity eventually lead to the death of Myrtle Wilson, and Gatsby is forced to leave the scene of the accident and to hide the fatal car simply to protect Daisy's fragile nerves.
