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Prove Gatsby’s inability to hurt him
- Realizing he has bested Gatsby, Tom sends Daisy back to Long Island with Gatsby to prove Gatsby’s inability to hurt him.
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Quick answer: Tom insists that Daisy go home with Gatsby because it shows he has won the battle for her and has no fear that Daisy will leave him. It is a way of...
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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...
Daisy looked at Tom frowning and an indefinable expression, at once definitely unfamiliar and vaguely recognizable, as if I had only heard it described in words, passed over Gatsby's face. "Come on, Daisy," said Tom, pressing her with his hand toward Gatsby's car.
In the climactic Chapter 7 after Gatsby "plays his cards," thinking that he can get Daisy to deny having loved Tom and go with him, the argument in the New York hotel room takes another turn as Tom...
Gatsby seems nervous and agitated, and tells Tom awkwardly that he knows Daisy. Gatsby invites Tom and the Sloanes to stay for dinner, but they refuse. To be polite, they invite Gatsby to dine with them, and he accepts, not realizing the insincerity of the invitation.
Tom's last power play is to tell Gatsby to take Daisy home instead, knowing that leaving them alone together now does not pose any threat to him or his marriage. Gatsby and Daisy drive home in Gatsby’s car.
Tom, realizing he's won, tells her to go back with Gatsby, who won't "annoy" her anymore. Gatsby corrupted himself and his dream to win Daisy's heart. Now that corruption scares her away.
