Flashcards About The Great Gatsby Chapter 7
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To avoid them gossiping about him and Daisy. They were replaced with Wolfheim's "brothers and sisters", who were probably not servants, but people doing illegal acts.
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Why does Gatsby fire all his servants and stop giving parties?
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He sees Pammy, Daisy and Tom's daughter. Now it will be hard to erase the last 5 years. He sees Pammy as an emotional connection between Tom and Daisy. Gatsy's conscience will bother him if he takes Daisy away from her family, even though Daisy is cool and distant with Pammy.
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Gatsby sees something at Daisy's that bothers him very much. Explain.
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She is living recklessly...maybe trying to get caught to get back Tom at since he has a mistress. (Jordan says Daisy is a "low, vulgar" person for doing this".)
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Why does Daisy kiss Gatsy while Tom is on the phone in the other room?
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He hears "money"...it has a attitude of the upper class. He wants to be part of her world.
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What does Gatsby hear in Daisy's voice?
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When they are in the hot room and Daisy with intense passion in her voice, tells Gatsby he "always looks cool."
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When does Tome realize that Daisy loves Gatsby?
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He realizes that Myrtle is cheating on him, he's feeling sick, and he and Myrtle are heading *out West*. Wilson's dream is dead and wants to escape to New York with his wife.
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Why does George Wilson need money from Tom?
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It is very hot and stifling. Tensions are mounting and something is about to explode. Heat is like passion, jealousy, and hate.
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What does the weather symbolize in this chapter?
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She thinks Jordan is Tom's wife; Tom ignoring Myrtle; Myrtle becomes jealous
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Why is Myrtle upset when she sees Tom and Jordan?
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She loves Tom...he was expecting her to say she would leave him to marry Gatsby.
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Gatsby did not want to hear what Daisy told him. Explain.
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It's the end of risk-taking era - the 1920's.
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What is significant about Nick forgetting, then remembering, his 30th birthday?
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Thinks Gatsby killed her, but it was actually Daisy -- she was driving.
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Who does Tom think killed Myrtle? What really happened?
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God
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What does the "watching eyes" of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg symbolize?
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Nick is on the the couch with Jordan; Tom is talking on the phone with his mistress; life will be the same for Daisy
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How have things not changed as they are all gathered at the Buchanan house?
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Tom is very class conscience, considers the lower class a lower "race." (Ironic because Myrtle is of a lower class...a double standard for Tom.)
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Why does Tom refer to Gatsby and Daisy's little affair as an "intermarriage"?
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He doesn't like what they represent and no longer wants to be around them.
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How does Nick feel about Jordan and the Buchanans' at the end of the day?
