On a very hot day, Nick travels to Tom and Daisy's house for lunch. He is somewhat surprised to find Gatsby and Jordan there as well. While they are talking over lunch, their nurse brings Daisy's baby girl. Gatsby is shocked to find out that she has a child. This also surprised me because I actually forgot that Daisy and Tom even have a child, so I couldn't imagine how much it stunned him to find this out.
Later that afternoon, Gatsby's and Daisy's love for one another becomes obvious for Tom when Daisy asked Gatsby if he wanted to go to the city with her. After Tom figures this out, he says that maybe they should all go to the city together. I found it weird that Nick, Jordan, and Tom ride in Gatsby's car, and Daisy and Gatsby ride in Tom's car. Why didn't they just take their own vehicles? I also don't think that this helped with the fact that Gatsby and Daisy are trying to hide their "relationship" because this only makes it more apparent to Tom that they are in love. They all stopped at Wilson's for gas. At this time, they find out that Wilson knows about Myrtle's affair, but he does not know who her secret lover is. Nick realizes that Wilson and Tom are in the same situation because both of them know that their wives are having an affair. Also, Tom and Gatsby are in the same situation because they are the secret lovers that Myrtle and Daisy are attempting to hide. So I don't think that Tom has the right to do anything about Daisy and Gatsby even though he knows about it because he is doing the same thing.
They go to a suite at the Plaza Hotel, and it is there that Gatsby reveals Daisy and his relations. He says to Tom that Daisy loves him, not Tom. Also Nick realizes that it is his 30th birthday. On their way back to East Egg, Nick, Tom, and Jordan come upon a car accident. The Greek guy who runs the all-night restaurant beside Wilson's tells them that Myrtle was in it. It was a hit-and-run. Nick thinks that she was probably hit by Gatsby and Daisy coming back from the city in Gatsby's car. Tom assumes that Wilson will remember the yellow car and that Gatsby was the one driving.
At Tom's house, Gatsby is hiding in the bushes, and he tells Nick that Daisy was driving and hit Myrtle. I think that Daisy hit Myrtle on purpose because she knew about her affair.
i actually don't think daisy hit myrtle on purpose. because myrtle was cawling and running into the street so it couldve been her fault. and the guy who saw the accident said the yellow car was going really fast. i dont think daisy wouldve done it on purpose anyway because she didnt have any idea about tom and myrtle's affair.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that Daisy meant to hit Myrtle. She had never made any fuss about the affair prior to this incident and she just revealed to Tom that she, herself, was having an affair. I think Daisy had too much to drink that day (especially since she doesn't drink regularly, it would affect her worse) and she was feeling so much stress about what to do next that she didn't have very good reaction time.
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