Week 5- 11/28/07

Something weird is going on, Gatsby fired his servants and hasn't talked to Nick in awhile. Gatsby said he fired his servants because he didn't want any gossip. Daisy then wondered if Nick would go to lunch at her place the next day. Gatsby and Nick went over there the next day, in the scorching heat. Daisy had Tom go get drinks so she could kiss Gatsby. Isn't she afraid he'll catch her and Gatsby? Then Gatsby and Nick saw Daisy's child for the first time. Tom realized Daisy loved Gatsby. Why did Tom want to drive Gatsby's car and Gatsby drive his when they decided to go to town? Tom, Jordan, and Nick took Gatsby's car and Daisy and Gatsby took Tom's car. Why does Daisy make it so obvious that she loves Gatsby? Tom had to stop and get gas and it just happened to be at Wilson's. He finds out Myrtle and Wilson are going west because Wilson "wised up to something funny"- obviously he found out she was cheating on him and not realizing it was with Tom. you can tell Tom got a little antsy and wanted to leave before Wilson could realize it was him who Myrtle was with. Tom Told him he'd give Wilson the car tomorrow afternoon. Myrtle was watching all this and she thought Jordan was Daisy, so she watched with a jealous glare of terror. The truth is starting to unravel piece by piece. Tom was starting to panic, both his wife and mistress were "leaving or drifting from" him. When they talked of Biloxi, it reminded me of Wedding Crashers. Tom kept asking Gatsby rude, insulting, nosey questions. Tom came out and asked Gatsby pretty much why he was fooling around with his wife. You can tell Tom is jealous and mad at Gatsby, but he's not realizing he did the same thing to Daisy. Gatsby told Tom that Daisy didn't love Tom, she loved him. They keep arguing, why not just ask her who she loves? Daisy finally admitted she never loved Tom, but then says she did love Tom, I'm a little confused right now. Then she said she was leaving Tom. We find out Gatsby is a bootlegger. Daisy was getting confused because I don't think she knew Gatsby was a bootlegger. Why did Tom send Gatsby and Daisy back home together? It was Nick's birthday on this day. I think this resembles a new life for someone, not just like a baby receiving a life, but a new road to travel their life. Nick says "so we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight"-I'm not sure exactly what this means yet.
Wilson told how he locked his wife upstairs until when they left. Myrtle ran away, but was hit by a car, and died. On their way home, Tom, Nick, and Jordan stopped at the accident. They said it was a yellow car. It's ironic because Tom told Wilson that the yellow car he was driving was his earlier that day, but in reality it was Gatsby's. Tom was sad that his mistress died and cried, and was enraged at Gatsby for not even stopping. We find out that Daisy was actually driving the car. Myrtle thought it was Daisy and Tom in the car I think, when she was running toward it. Gatsby stayed outside Daisy's house to make sure she was okay.