Gatsby maintained the lie, which allowed their relationship to progress. Gatsby fell in love with Daisy and the wealth she represents, and she with him (though apparently not to the same excessive extent), but he had to leave for the war and by the time he returned to the US in 1919, Daisy has married Tom Buchanan.

Nick spends most of chapter three at another elaborately presented party at Gatsby’s mansion. He “had actually been invited” to the party, a somewhat unusual event, since most of the guests were not formally invited but “came for the party with a simplicity of heart thata was its own ticket of admission.”

Summary. Nick lists all of the people who attended Gatsby’s parties that summer, a roll call of the nation’s most wealthy and powerful people. He then describes a trip that he took to New York with Gatsby to eat lunch. As they drive to the city, Gatsby tells Nick about his past, but his story seems highly improbable.

The Great Gatsby: Chapter 6 Summary. A reporter shows up to interview Gatsby. He is becoming well known enough (and there are enough rumors swirling around him) to become newsworthy. The rumors are now even crazier: that he is involved with a liquor pipeline to Canada, that his mansion is actually a boat.

Chapter 7 marks the climax of The Great Gatsby. Twice as long as every other chapter, it first ratchets up the tension of the Gatsby-Daisy-Tom triangle to a breaking point in a claustrophobic scene at the Plaza Hotel, and then ends with the grizzly gut punch of Myrtle’s death.

Tom and Daisy did not come because they had left town to avoid any investigation into Myrtle Wilson’s death and Gatsby’s death. (Remember, it was Daisy who drove the car that killed Myrtle.)

Daisy finds herself in the middle of a fight between her husband, Tom and Gatsby. Daisy is driving Jay Gatsby’s car (according to Gatsby) when she hits Myrtle Wilson, Tom’s mistress, killing her instantly. The accident occurs in front of George Wilson’s gas station and the home he shares with his wife Myrtle.

After having been married to Tom for awhile, Daisy comes to understand the consequences of her marriage. She loves having access to Tom’s money and the lifestyle it makes possible, but she is not happy in the marriage and sees no way out of her situation.

She wants her daughter to be a trophy wife rather than to be strong and possibly a threat to weathly men. Nick feels uncivilized. Nick observes that these people love themselves more than anything else. He feels that they may be condescending towards him and from where he came form.

She tells Nick: “Well, I’ve had a very bad time, Nick, and I’m pretty cynical about everything.” She tells Nick that when her daughter was born, she told the nurse: “I’m glad it’s a girl.

A pink suit immediately marks Gatsby out as a parvenu, an arriviste, a social climber who’s trying to buy his way into the established upper classes. A pink suit is considered a sign of irredeemable vulgarity, something that immediately marks you out as new money.

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Nick tells him he should go to sleep, but Gatsby says he will watch over Daisy until she is in bed. Nick leaves him, feeling he is intruding on a “sacred” ritual. Nick notes Gatsby is watching over nothing because Nick fully understands the futility of Gatsby’s hope that Daisy will choose him at this point.

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Yes, he killed many. There is an irony in Gatsby’s story, since his bravado, willingness to risk his life and to take many others is rewarded.

No, Tom didn’t know who was driving the “death car.” Because the yellow car belonged to Gatsby, he assumed Gatsby was the driver. Earlier that afternoon, Gatsby and Tom had a confrontation regarding Daisy’s future and with whom she would be spending it.

Why does Myrtle run out in front of Gatsby’s car? At the end of the Chapter 7, Myrtle runs out in front of Gatsby’s car because she mistakes it for Tom’s car. When Myrtle sees the yellow car coming down the road, she assumes it’s Tom, breaks out of her room, and runs out to seek his help.