Summary Of Chapter 7 Of The Great Gatsby

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In chapter 7, the scene in which Tom and Gatsby have a quarrel about Daisy’s love, pushes the plot into its climax. In the movie, however, there is an additional comment made by Tom that is not mentioned in the book - Gatsby is unlike everyone else in the room because he does not come from a rich family. “Nothing that [he] do, or say, or steal, or dream up can ever change that.” This comment makes Gatsby extremely angry - his face is red like fire, and he even breaks glasses on the table. When he can no longer bear Tom’s cynical saying, he pulls Tom’s collar and raises his fist to stop his despised words and shouts “shut up” for five times. This scene in the movie reinforces one phrase in the book – Gatsby acts “as if he had killed a man.”