Chapter 7 Journal

Summary: At the beginning of this chapter, Nick observes that Gatsby wasn't having a party on Saturday. He went over to see if Mr. Gatsby was alright because he hadn't seen him in a while, and he realized that Gatsby had got all new servants. The next day, Gatsby called him on the phone and Nick asked why he replaced all his servants and he told him it was because he wanted somebody who wouldn't gossip because Daisy was coming over quite often. He called to ask Nick if he would go to lunch tomorrow at Daisy's house in Daisy's request. They arrived at Daisy's and Jordan and Daisy were laying on the couch because it was so hot outside. Tom came in, and Daisy sent him away for cold drinks, and she jumped up and went over to Gatsby and kissed him on the mouth and told him she loves him. Then Daisy's daughter, Pammy, came into the room. We see that Daisy treats her like a doll, and that Gatsby didn't ever really believe in her existence, and that she was his first obstacle of his dream. She left the room with the maid as Tom entered with drinks for everyone. Nick, Tom, and Gatsby go outside and Gatsby shows Tom where he lives, and they go back inside. They discuss what they should do, and Daisy suggests they go into town. She tells Gatsby that he looks cool, which means she loves him, and Tom picks up on it and is angry. Tom, Nick, and Jordan ride into town in Gatsby's car, and Gatsby and Daisy ride in Tom's car. Gatsby's car didn't have enough gas, so Tom stopped at Wilson's to fill up. Wilson says his wife and him want to go West because he found out that she had a life apart from him. Tom saw Gatsby go by so he hurried after them, and as the passed the garage, Nick saw Myrtle staring out of the window, her eyes filled with jealous terror thinking that Jordan was Daisy. They met up with Gatsby and the decided to go to the Plaza hotel. They got settled into the room and drank the ice cold mint juleps. They heard the wedding downstairs and Daisy mentions that they got married in the middle of June. Tom blurts out that Gatsby has been making love to his wife. Then Gatsby said, "She's never loved you. She loves me." Tom and Gatsby argue about who Daisy loved/loves. Tom kept trying to ask Daisy questions, but Gatsby answered for her. Gatsby was trying to put words into Daisy's mouth by saying that she never loved Tom, but then Daisy said that even alone she couldn't admit that she never loved him. Daisy was going to leave Tom, but then he told her about Gatsby's business and she didn't want to leave with him anymore. With that, Daisy and Gatsby left in Gatsby's car, and Nick just remembered that it was his 30th birthday. Nick, Tom, and Jordan stopped back at Wilson's on the way back home, and learned that he locked his wife up in the garage. Myrtle escaped, and got hit by a car and died. An officer arrived and started asking everybody what happened and they told him everything that they knew. One of them says that it was a big new yellow car (like Gatsby's). Tom carried Wilson into his office and had people stay with him until the doctor arrived, and in the meantime, they left. On their way home, Tom figured it was Gatsby that had hit her. When they arrived home, they saw that Daisy was in, so Tom and Jordan went inside with her, and Tom called a taxi for Nick. Nick and Gatsby talk about what happened, and Nick learns that Daisy was the one driving when it happened, but Gatsby is going to take the blame for her. Nick's taxi arrives, and Gatsby waits there until Daisy goes to sleep.

Ironies: Tom and Wilson figure out about the same time that they are being cheated on. The wedding is ironic because Gatsby is ready to make his move, and there is a wedding going on beneath them. When Myrtle looks out from the window, she thinks that Jordan is Daisy.

Symbols: Biloxi is a symbol in the sense that he comes from nowhere and there are a lot of rumors about him, yet no one knows exactly who he is.

Characters: Jordan, Nick, Tom, Daisy, Gatsby, Myrtle, Wilson, Officer, Biloxi, Michaelis who was a Greek who ran the coffee joint beside the ashheaps and was at Wilson's when the accident happened, and a negro