I think that this was the most exciting, and also the most important chapter in the book. It definitely was the longest chapter, and the chapter with the most incidents. A lot of things happened in this chapter; like Tom finding out about Gatsby and Daisy, or Daisy killing Myrtle on the road.
At the beginning of the chapter, when Daisy invited Gatsby and Nick over; I immediately thought that it was a stupid idea. Having Gatsby over, with Tom, was a real sign of courage, and a sign that showed she didn’t want to hide anymore. The fact that Gatsby also replaced his staff, just because Daisy disapproved, and now was dropping by more often; shows that he cares so much about Daisy, and they are getting serious. There wasn’t a party that Saturday as well, which also surprised and worried me, like it worried Nick. Jus like Nick, I thought that ‘’Something was up.’’
When Nick and Gatsby arrived to Daisy’s house, they hear Tom’s ‘’gruffed, muffled, husky’’ voice on the telephone. They all think that he is on the phone with Myrtle, and so did I for a second; but he was on the phone with Wilson this time.
When Tom comes back, Daisy orders him to make a drink to get him out of the room again, and then she goes over to Gatsby, kisses him passionately and says ‘’You know I love you.’’ I must say that I admired Daisy’s courage in this scene, the fact that she could do something like this while her husband was meters away was brave; but also very, very stupid. They say that the most stupid person is the one in love, and I guess they are right; for Daisy clearly doesn’t see the dangers of her actions.
I thought the most important point of the chapter was at the bottom of page 75: She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw. He was astounded. His mouth opened a little, and he looked at Gatsby, and then back at Daisy as if he had just recognized her as someone he knew a long time ago.’’ From this point on, the chapter got more tense. For the first time in the novel, we saw Tom’s emotions, and how he changed and shifted moods in a second. That somewhat happy man goes, and an angry and furious one comes.
When tom goes inside the house to get whiskey, Gatsby says that Daisy voice is ‘’full of money.’’ At first I didn’t understand this powerful metaphor, but then it suddenly hit me. I don’t know whether I got it wrong or not; but Daisy had changed with all the money she married into.
Tom is furious, and starts to make personal remarks at Gatsby; saying things like ‘’You can buy everything at a drugstore nowadays.’’ Tom also realizes that Myrtle is going to move away, and has a life on her own besides the one she lives with Tom. All of the things that happen in an hour are enough to make Tom physically sick, and he can’t hold on much longer so he explodes to Gatsby in the hotel room.
I thought that Myrtle’s death was tragic, and I suddenly felt sorry for Tom who lost so much in a short period of time. I didn’t expect it to be Daisy though, the one who killed Myrtle. Tom bent over her wrapped body in the middle of the road. When they said it was a big yellow car, I immediately knew that it was Gatsby’s car, but I didn’t think that it was Daisy that was driving it. When Gatsby said that Myrtle came at the car like she wanted to talk, she obviously thought Tom was in the car, and she was going to leave Wilson and go with Tom. Tom would still have Myrtle, if he didn’t let Daisy go with Gatsby. Poor Tom.
The thing that surprised me about Myrtle’s death was: ‘’Well, first Daisy turned away from the woman towards the other car, and then she lost her nerve and turned back.’’ Did Daisy know that she was Tom’s mistress, why else would she steer the wheel towards her. She must have figured it out since Tom stopped at the garage when they were going to New York, and since the woman came at them like she knew them, Daisy must have figured out that she was Tom’s mistress. And that is why she steered the wheel towards her, she wanted her to disappear, and thought that this was the only way to make their troubles go away.
The end of the chapter was so sad, for both Tom and Gatsby. Gatsby stood there, watching the house in case there was any trouble, but there was no trouble at all. Tom and Daisy were eating in the kitchen, Tom’s hand was on top of hers; they weren’t happy, but they weren’t unhappy either. And Gatsby stood there watching over nothing.
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