The Great Gatsby Chapter Summaries

As Fitzgerald’s novel climaxes and ultimately closes, there are numerous actions and events that take place: Tom’s discovery of Daisy and Gatsby’s affair as well as Gatsby’s business dealings, George’s discovery that his wife, Myrtle has a life outside of their marriage, the intense argument during the party at the Plaza, the death of Myrtle at the hands of Daisy who is behind the wheel of Gatsby’s car, and the death of Gatsby at the hands of George, who then kills himself. While these events are essential to the story itself, it is important to take note of Nick’s narration during the last third of the novel. During Chapter VII, the Buchanans, Gatsby, Nick, and Jordan have a party at the Plaza hotel, which quickly becomes as heated as the …show more content…
Gatsby and Daisy had a passionate love that Gatsby couldn’t shake. He was somewhat obsessed with the future that included his beloved Daisy. Nick shifts in this chapter from the past to reality. He does this to give us background of what Gatsby’s life was really like back then. It also shows how his obsession of Daisy isn’t really an obsession, he just has never stopped loving her and is trying every possible way to win her back. In class, we discussed that these shifts create a better understanding of everything that Gatsby has done. It goes to show that he isn’t a bad or crazy person and really does everything for good intentions. “What was the use of doing great things if I could have a better time telling her what I was going to do?” (150). Everything that Gatsby accomplished throughout his life was for Daisy and he thought that these accomplishments were good enough to win back Daisy’s heart. These shifts helped the love story flow better and created emotional attachments to the …show more content…
We concluded the class discussion with the dramatic event of Gatsby’s murder. As a group, we agreed that in the end of this book we become so emotionally invested in Gatsby as a result of his romantic ways. Naturally, as females, we are drawn to to the idea that there are men out there who put forth this much effort to “win over” the woman of his dreams. Because of this attraction, we found it almost devastating when he was suddenly killed. The class agreed that we weren’t given much warning, per se, of what was going to happen. Not only this, but we also concurred that the description of the event was extremely underwhelming. Throughout the book we learn so much about this man and how great he is, however, his death was less than desolate by