Ch 7 the climax
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- “She got up and went over to Gatsby and pulled his face down, kissing him on the mouth. ‘You know I love you,’ she murmured” (Fitzgerald 116).
- “But it’s so hot,’ insisted Daisy, on the verge of tears, ‘and everything’s so confused. Let’s all go to town!” (Fitzgerald 118).
- “He paused. The immediate contingency overtook him, pulled him back from the edge of the theoretical abyss” (Fitzgerald 121).
- Nick, Gatsby, and Jordan were invited to Daisy’s house for lunch. Upon arrival, Tom is presumably on the phone with Wilson in another room. Nick and Jordan are both in the room with Daisy and Gatsby. Tom briefly walks into the room and greets Gatsby, but leaves to make drinks shortly after. Once Tom has left the room, Daisy kisses Gatsby and reassures her love for him.
- “I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife” (Fitzgerald 130).
- Daisy suggests the group should go into town, as she’s full of boredom because of the clear tension within the room. Daisy and Gatsby give each other a glance, and Tom notices it. Upon realizing that his wife and Gatsby have something going on, he agrees that they should get away and go into town. Daisy goes upstairs to get ready, leaving Tom and Gatsby alone. Though it is a little awkward, Tom doesn’t say anything because he is not positive about the relationship between Daisy and Gatsby.
- “The other car, the one going toward New York, came to rest a hundred yards beyond, and its driver hurried back to where Myrtle Wilson, her life violently extinguished, knelt in the road and mingled her thick dark blood with the dust” (Fitzgerlad 137).
- As Tom had suspected, Gatsby and Daisy are in love. This quote shows the very moment that Tom put the pieces together, and he was furious. Gatsby then tells Tom that he and Daisy are truly in love, and that she never loved Tom. She agrees, but Tom brings up all of the memories they had together, and she confesses that she had loved Tom. Daisy then tells Tom that she’s leaving him for Gatsby, and Tom freaks out, starting more of an argument with Gatsby.
- “‘Well, I tried to swing the wheel--’ He broke off, and suddenly I guessed at the truth. ‘Was Daisy driving?’ ‘Yes’” (Fitzgerald 143).
- Prior to this comment being made, tension between Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom filled the room. Tom had been asking Gatsby questions about his life, presumably to disprove his credibility. Daisy defended Gatsby and attempted to avoid confrontation, but Tom chose to go against this. He asked Gatsby what kind of trouble he was causing in the Buchanans’ household, and Gatsby appeared to be content at the confrontation. The affair was now acknowledged by all in the room, leading Tom to say this quote.
- It was decided that Gatsby and Daisy would take one car home, and the rest would take a separate car. While on the way home, Myrtle is on the road, and a car accidentally hits her, killing her instantly. Witnesses say that the car was a light yellow, and that it didn’t even hesitate to stop. Myrtle’s body was knelt in the road, her clothes were torn apart, and the corners of her mouth were ripped open. Once the body was hit, a man named Michaelis tries to find out details to tell the police, and many others add information.
- The conversation between Gatsby and Nick is being held shortly after Nick arrives at the Buchanans’ house. Gatsby worriedly asks Nick about the status of the road that Myrtle had been killed on, but upon hearing confirmation of her death, seemed only to worry about Daisy’s reaction. Because of Nick’s intense dislike for Gatsby at the moment, he doesn’t tell Gatsby that he had been seen leaving the scene with Daisy. Nick asks Gatsby how the murder happened, to which Gatsby responds with the following quote.
- Was Daisy driving?
- Well, I tried to swing the wheel...
- Yes.
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