Chapter 7 Page 113-145

Chapter 7 Page 113-145

Gatsby stops having parties at his house because Daisy does not like them.  He replaces the staff at his house because she comes over often and wants to avoid rumors spreading.  Daisy invites Gatsby, Nick, and Jordan to have lunch with her and Tom.  The day of the lunch, it is very hot.  At the house, Daisy shows off her daughter and the adults end up deciding to go to the city.  They rent a hotel room and Tom and Gatsby begin to argue about Daisy and she is forced to pick a side.  She picks Gatsby and they end up leaving because of increasing tensions in the room.  On the way home, Daisy hit Myrtle Wilson who had walked out onto the street.  Myrtle is instantly killed and Tom, Nick and Jordan come across the commotion when they are going home.  Gatsby and Nick meet ouside of the Buchanan's house.  Gatsby making sure Daisy is okay.

Pammy Buchanan

"The child, relinquished by the nurse, rushed across the room and rooted shyly into her mother's dress" (Fitzgerald 117).

Pammy Buuchanan is a normal young girl who is oblivious to the drama and quirks of her parents.  As shown in the quote, she is shy around strangers, and feels safe with her mother.  Because the family is so wealthy, she spends more time with the nurse than her own parents.  Pammy looks like Daisy.  Fitzgerald makes a number of references to white when describing her, which indicates purity.

Pammy bonds Daisy and Tom together.  Gatsby can never have the connection to  Pammy that Tom has.  When Gatsby sees Pammy, he is surprised and Fitzgerald says he had never really believed she existed before. Daisy treats Pammy like an object that she can show off.  This shows that Daisy is not a great mother and her connection to material things that can be shown off.

"Her eyes fell on Jordan and me with a sort of appeal, as though she realized at last what she was doing--and as though she had never, all along, intended doing anything at all.  But it was all done now.  It was too late" (Fitzgerald 132).

This marks the Daisy's allegiance shifting from Tom to Gatsby.  Gatsby's only goal so far in the entire book was achieved when she chose him.  Fitzgerald tells us that she never intended for anything to happen.  Daisy's life is her own dream and she took this dream further than she intended.