The Explosion

In chapter 7, things start to heat up literally because of the weather and things start to heat up between Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom. The group gets together at Tom and Daisy's house and that is when Tom really realizes what is going on between Daisy and Gatsby and he does not like what he sees. I had a feeling that things were going to take a turn for the worst as soon as Tom found out about Daisy's affair. Tom is angry and so he decides that everyone is going to go into town to have a drink. Tom starts verbally attacking Gatsby and that is when the truth really comes out. The truth about how Gatsby earned all of his money was revealed but no one really seemed to care. Gatsby lead Tom hear that Daisy no longer loves Tom and she never did, which is not entirely true and this reality shocks Gatsby. "'I did love love him once- but I love you too.'" (132). This shows that even though she did not want to admit it, deep inside she still loved Tom and they have something that Gatsby will never understand. While she still loves Tom, I feel that she loves Gatsby more and that is why she told Tom that she would be leaving him. After this whole mess blows up, Gatsby and Daisy leave shortly followed by Tom, Nick, and Jordan. We them come to a tragedy in the chapter with the death of Myrtle Wilson. We realize that it was Gatsby car that hit her. It is to automatically assume Gatsby was the one driving, but we soon realize that it was in fact Daisy. Who will take the blame for this accident? Will Gatsby let Daisy take responsibility or will he take the blame and suffer the consequence? Personally I think that he will not let Daisy take full responsibility for the death of Myrtle.