Chapter Summary:
The chapter starts off with Gatsby getting new staff for his house. Daisy comes be more often and he wanted a group a servants whom would not gossip. The next day it is increasingly hot. Nick and Gatsby are invited by Daisy for lunch at the Buchanan residence. They all decide to go into the city, because of the heat. Tom starts to suspect that there is something going on between Daisy and Gatsby after there is confusion with which car to take. They decide rent a hotel room where they want to have some mint juleps but as an alternative Tom and Gatsby get into a heated conversation over their motives. A mess is started when Daisy, driving Gatsby’s car, kills Myrtle Wilson.
Character Choice:
I. George Wilson
II. “She’s been talking about it for years… and now she’s going whether she likes it or not. I’m going to get her away” (Fitzgerald 130).
III. Wilson is completely controlled by his love for Myrtle. When he finds out about her affair with Tom, he decided to finally take action and take her away. He owns a dusty old car garage.
IV. Although the novel has not seen Wilson very much, his impact is still noticeable. His wife controls him. On the other hand, she is controlling another man, Tom Buchanan, in their affair. He is a bit of a weak character and has a hard time standing up to his power wife. Historically, in this time women were becoming more important and Wilson has almost taken the role of a woman in his relationship with Myrtle.
Quote Selection:
“It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the poor” (Fitzgerald 131).
This quote indentifies that all men are created equal. In good times and bad, no matter what position one hold, they are always liable for failure. Tom has finally figured out that he might be losing his own game. He has lost Myrtle and he might just lose Daisy as well.
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