Notes on Chapter 7

In this chapter we see Gatsbys character change- he fires his staff and replaces them with shady characters related to wolfsheim.

Tom become more agitated and it is as if him and mr wilson are in the same position and this angers Tom because he feels he is superior and he looks down and Mr wilson.

It's interesting that Nick remembers that it is his birthday in the middle of an arguement. it is as though he has become so wrapped up in other peoples lives and becoming so involved with them that his has lost himself. I think this is the first time we see him actually take a step back and realise that this really is nothing to do with him.

narrative spacing on page 130

phases-
1- the lunch with Daisy, Tom, Gatsby, Nick and Jordan (the baby)
2- When the characters drive through the valley of ashes and Mr Wilson knows about Tom and Myrtle
3-The time in New York (Tom's mocking aqusations of Gatsby)
4- The sudden escape of Myrtle and then her death- Why does Nick not go into great detail about Mrytles death? it is as though it is of no consequence
5- The questioning of her murder

Gatsby bought the yellow car to get Daisy's attention when in the end it is his downfall because if it was a colour that was coomon he wouldn't have been caught. Myrtles death brings a change in pace to the story and moves it on.

When Gatsby is looking into Tom and Daisy's house it is a metaphor and brings the reader back to the first chapter when he looks at the green light.
Green light- jealousy

Narrative space on the train journey
- literal space
- space between classes

The boiling weather and the repetition of heat represents the tension between the group and the boiling up emotions which results in Tom losing control especially when he is somewhere he is not used to being in.