Sunday, November 4, 2012
Gatsby Chapter 7
This chapter of Gatsby was very interesting. I could not put the book down! The drama kept me plastered the whole time. First Gatsby and Daisy are having their affair at Tom's house while Tom is STILL THERE. This really like made me wonder if Gatsby is as dumb as Daisy. At the very least he does not think straight when Daisy is around. Then when Daisy complemented Gatsby, I wondered two things. "What does cool mean?" and, "Why would anyone thing that meant they love each other if you thought they were friends?" Tom must be a whole lot smarter than I gave him credit for, or maybe its a lucky guess off of Daisy's new attitude.Then after Tom confronts Gatsby later on in town, Daisy runs over Myrtle! I think it was a freak accident caused by Myrtle's desperation for Tom, and her misinformed thoughts about who was driving. Maybe however it was a purposeful thought because Daisy never stopped. Maybe Daisy had seen, or maybe followed, Tom once and found them in their affair once. Daisy did know about the affair already, maybe she knew the woman he was flirting with as well. I predict that in the next chapter, Daisy will be found as the person driving somehow, but Gatsby will take the blame since it was his car.
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I agree that Daisy running over Myrtle was an accident. She was distracted from all that had just happened and was not paying attention to driving. Than Myrtle running out into the street did not help. i think that Daisy did not stop because she wanted to not get involved with any thing and continue to act innocent like she has been, so she continued to drive. Although I do not think that Daisy know who Tom was cheating with because we are never told that she know who Myrtle was.
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