This chapter was a very stressful chapter, with many things occurring. Nick and the gang spend an entire tension filled day together, which was especially hard for Tom. First, he is almost one hundred percent positive that his wife is having an affair, then he finds out this his mistress is moving. All the control that he so very needs is slipping out of his life at a rapid rate. Fueled by his anger and sense of helplessness, Tom confronts Gatsby and Daisy about their affair. Everyone excluding Nick and Jordan begin arguing, and although at first it did seem like Daisy was going to attempt to leave Tom, by the end she admits that she does love Tom, which obviously upsets Gatsby. This entire time they were out and about, but finally they decide to go back home, and Nick narrates. "So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight" (138). This is extremely obvious foreshadowing. The readers find out next that Daisy has accidentally hit Mrs. Wilson with her car and killed her, but Gatsby has decided to take the fall. In the closing of the chapter, Tom and Daisy are having an intimate moment, while Gatsby waits outside.
I think that overall, this chapter was really ironic. It is set on the hottest day of the summer, and almost every character gets heated up at one point. Even Nick gets a little fed up with everyone near the end. After the car accident, Tom calls Gatsby a coward for not stopping when he hit Mrs. Wilson, when it was in fact his wife who was the coward, and not just because she didn't stop. It was obvious throughout Gatsby and Daisy's entire affair that they had spoke of her leaving Tom, but when the time came, she chickened out. Not only had Gatsby built Daisy up to be a better person that she was, but she did it to herself by pretending she had the courage and strength to leave her husband. This chapter showed all the expectations and false assumptions falling out under all the characters.
I think that overall, this chapter was really ironic. It is set on the hottest day of the summer, and almost every character gets heated up at one point. Even Nick gets a little fed up with everyone near the end. After the car accident, Tom calls Gatsby a coward for not stopping when he hit Mrs. Wilson, when it was in fact his wife who was the coward, and not just because she didn't stop. It was obvious throughout Gatsby and Daisy's entire affair that they had spoke of her leaving Tom, but when the time came, she chickened out. Not only had Gatsby built Daisy up to be a better person that she was, but she did it to herself by pretending she had the courage and strength to leave her husband. This chapter showed all the expectations and false assumptions falling out under all the characters.