The Great Gatsby Chapter 7 Analysis

In chapter VII there are a variety of themes that include the attitude of the Roaring Twenties, The American Dream, class old money new money, living in the past and looking to the future, although these themes come all together like if it was one dream or reality, like women and men they are living in the moment, women were also not acting as a woman is expected to act they were smoking they were drinking and they had more rights, that was part of the Roaring Twenties.

In addition to past and future, when Nick notices that the lights in Gatsby’s house failed to work on a Saturday night Nick goes to Gatsby’s to see if there was something wrong with Gatsby or if he is sick and that was a change that Gatsby had due to the visit of Daisy in

Also in chapter VII one day Nick decides to take a train to East egg for lunch at the Buchanan mansion and he finds Gatsby and Jordan as well. They sit down and talk and then the Nurse brings in Pammy and she is Tom and Daisy’s child Gatsby see her and he cannot believe it. But Daisy does not seem so interested in her little girl. In that awkward afternoon Gatsby and Daisy cannot hide their love, this is when

I don’t give big parties. I suppose you’ve got to make your house into a pigsty in order to have any friends in the modern world.” Gatsby answers with the truth hoping that his American Dream of being with Daisy will come true “Your wife doesn’t love you, she’s never loved you. She loves me.” Tom starts reminding Daisy about the beautiful moments of their marriage and asking her if she was sure that she never loved him this is when Gatsby’s American Dream is crushed when Daisy says that she did love Tom once but loved Gatsby too which made Gatsby feel bad this is when Gatsby starts telling Tom that Daisy is going to leave him but after that Tom tells everyone about Gatsby’s connection with Meyer Wolfsheim and his shady drug-stores what he was selling desperately Daisy tells everyone that she wanted to leave and so they did leave. Nick had hope for the future but at this point he is disgusted