Chapter 7 Pages 113-145

Chapter 7 Pages 113-145

Chapter 7 begins and Nick curious about Gatsby's whereabouts and so he goes to Gatsby's house, where he meets a new butler staff that Gatsby has hired as a favor to Wolfsheim.  The next day, Nick and and Gatsby ride the train to have lunch at the Buchanan's, where their child Pammy, is introduced for the first time.  After lunch they decide to go to town and the car arrangements are Daisy and Gatsby and Tom, Jordan and Nick.  On the way, Tom stops at Wilson's garage to get some gas and Wilson says that he and Myrtle are going West.  In NYC, they meet up with Gatsby and Daisy and they decide to rent a hotel room at the Plaza Hotel, where Tom questions Gatsby about his education and if Gatsby loves Daisy.  Gatsby says that Daisy never loved Tom and is planning to leave him.  Though Daisy says she plans to leave Tom, she does also say that she did love Tom and that she did not love Gatsby five years ago at Kapioloni, but loves Gatsby now.  Tom sends Gatsby and Daisy home in the car together and on their way back Tom, Nick and Jordan drive by a wreck on the road.  They find out that Myrtle was hit by a car, and it was Gatsby who was driving. When they get out of the car at the Buchanan's, Tom goes inside to comfort Daisy and Nick finds Gatsby hiding in the bushes. Gatsby says that Daisy was driving, but he would protect her and say it was him. Nick walks into the house to see Daisy and Tom at the kitchen table talking with an untouched cold dinner.  Nick then gets in his taxi and goes home

Nick Carraway
- "I'd be damned if I'd go in; I'd had enough of all of them for one day, and suddenly that included Jordan too." (p. 142)
-Nick is a loyal friend to Gatsby and he is very honest and he withholds judgement about anyone.
-Because the book is focused on Gatsby's quest to get Daisy Nick is in some ways a servant to Gatsby, as he helps Gatsby get closer to Daisy.  He is also the perfect narrator for the novel, because he does not judge anyone.

" Daisy and Tom were sitting opposite each other at the kitchen table, with a plate of cold fried chicken between them, and two bottles of ale.  He was talking intently across the table at her, and in his earnestness his hand had fallen upon and cover her own." (p. 145)  This is very important to the rest of the novel because it appears that Tom and Daisy have reignited their romance to the extreme disappointment of Gatsby.  Gatsby had Daisy, but now it appears that he does not.