The Great Gatsby

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The Great Gatsby
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Summary

• Chapter 7 Tom, Daisy, Jordan and Nick all go
  out for lunch, stopping at Wilsons on the way
  there for fuel. They have a drink in the hotel,
  but then Gatsby tells Tom that Daisy never loved
  him and only married him because Gatsby had no
  money at the time. Nick remembered after the
  argument that it was his thirtieth birthday.
  Daisy and Gatsby go back home in Gatsbys car.
  Meanwhile, Myrtle and Wilson are having an
  argument and Myrtle runs out of the door and
  right in front of a car. When Tom drives round by
  the garage, he finds that there are lots of cars
  there and stops to see what has happened. He is
  shocked to find Myrtles body wrapped in a
  blanket on the table. At the end of the chapter
  Gatsby waits outside Daisy's house to make sure
  she gets to bed alright

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Characterisation
Wilson

• Wilson is protective over Myrtle
• Ive got my wife locked up in there.
• This shows him to be protective of her as he has
  her locked up in there as he wants nobody to get
  to her and he wants to keep her locked away from
  the world.

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Characterisation
Gatsby

• He is secretive
• an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face
  squinted at me suspiciously from the door.
• This shows him to be secretive as he gets all new
  staff so they do not gossip about him and talk
  about his private life.

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Characterisation
Daisy

• She is hysterical
• Whatll we do with ourselves this afternoon?
  cried Daisy, and the day after that, and the
  next thirty years.
• This shows her to be hysterical as she gets upset
  about the slightest little thing.

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Characterisation
Tom Buchannan

• He is a show off
• You two start on home, Daisy, said Tom. In
  Mr Gatsby's car.
• This shows him to be a show off as he knows he
  has won Daisy and that Gatsby will never get her.
  So in a way this is like the final insult for
  Gatsby.

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Characterisation
Nick

• Nick is selfless
• No I just remembered that today's my birthday.
• This shows Nick to be selfless as he is not
  making a big deal about his birthday as he
  doesnt bring it up till later in the afternoon.

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Themes

• Secrecy Gatsby replaces all of his servants
  and maids in his house to stop rumours and gossip
  spreading
• Love Gatsby starts telling Tom that Daisy
  doesnt love him and that she never loved him and
  that she only married Tom because he himself was
  poor.

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Key Incidents

• Argument about Daisy Tom and Gatsbys argument
  about Daisy is a key incident because this is
  when the truth about Gatsbys feelings for her
  all comes out.
• Crash in Which Myrtle Dies When Daisy runs
  over its the start of everyone turning against
  Gatsby because everyone thinks its him and not
  Daisy, even Gatsby protects Daisy by saying that
  it was him driving the car not her.
• Waiting for Daisy to Go to Bed After the crash
  and when everyone is at going home, when Nick
  asks Gatsby if he was going home yet he says no
  and that he is waiting on Daisy to go to bed.
  This shows that Gatsby still cares about Daisy
  even with Tom knowing about him and her.

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Turning Point

• The argument between Tom and Daisy
• She never loved you, do you hear ? he cried.
  She only married you because I was poor and she
  was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible
  mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone
  except me.
• This quote is the key turning point as from this
  point on Tom turns against Gatsby and Daisy
  chooses Gatsby over Tom. This argument also
  results in them heading back and on the way the
  run over Myrtle which is the climax in the
  chapter.

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Climax

• When they run over Myrtle
• Myrtle Wilson's body, wrapped in a blanket.
• The death of Myrtle is a turning point as from
  this point on everyone starts to turn against
  Gatsby and this is when Mr Wilson sets out for
  revenge.

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Symbolism

• Crash The crash symbolises everyone turning
  against Gatsby and how everyone believes that he
  was the one who killed Myrtle
• Gatsby Standing Outside House Gatsby standing
  outside Daisys house at night tells the reader
  that he still cares about her even though she
  chooses Tom over him.

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Foreshadowing

• Myrtles death When Myrtle dies Wilson is
  distraught and very upset as to what as happened.
  He too thinks it was Gatsby driving the car not
  Daisy and this chapter tells us that there maybe
  is revenge on the way.

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Climax

• Crash When Myrtle gets run over by Daisy after
  the argument, Gatsby takes the blame. This is the
  climax because even though people already though
  Gatsby was odd they now all think that he killed
  Myrtle and that everyone is now turning against
  him.

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Sy\mbolism

• Myrtle The look on Myrtles face through the
  window when she is locked in her room and Nick
  and Co are going to the hotel shows of what is to
  come

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THE END !!!!!!!!!!

• BY NaTaShA aNd RoSs