"The Great Gatsby" Reading Log - Chapter 7

Chapter 7 is an interesting chapter. We get clear indications of what Tom, Daisy and Gatsby are about. We finally get to the heart of the love triangle between Tom, Daisy and Gatsby. Its very apparent now that everyone is aware of the love that Gatsby and Daisy share. Tom made his move on Gatsby to make him look like the bad guy in front of Daisy, to make him seem like hes not all hes cracked up to be. A lot was said during the big confrontation between Tom and Gatsby. After Tom exposing Gatsby, Gatsby explains to Tom and everyone that Daisy is leaving Tom to be with him, he even tried to explain that she never even loved Tom, I felt almost bad for Daisy, being right in the middle of it. She seemed to be leaning more towards Tom near the end of the confrontation, but Daisy seemed to be agreeing with Gatsby at every comment he made, out of fear and distress. Maybe hoping it would help stop before it got worse. Even though Daisy admitted to never loving Tom i find that hard to believe. You don't just marry someone you don't love and Daisy doesn't QUITE seem like the kind of person to just marry someone for their money like Tom. As the chapter continues the real Daisy starts to emerge, she refuses to come to Gatsby's party thus in a way betraying and abandoning him, leaving him to deal with Tom and their dispute. Near the end of the chapter Daisy's innocence is no more. Her recklessness has caused Myrtles death, once could even believe that Daisy deliberately tried to kill Myrtle for obvious reasons. In all the shock they sped off, enough time for Wilson to see the colour of the car. Out of love to protect Daisy Gatsby took the blame for the hit and run of Myrtle.