Ch 7 part 2: the roof, the roof, the roof is on Fi-ya!

The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald

The heat is a constant reminder that the chaos is filling the atmosphere. Even as a someone who is just watching the events occur, Nick feels the heat/pressure as his "underwear kept climbing like a damp snake around my legs and intermittent beads of sweat raced cool across [his] back" (Fitzgerald 126). I simply had to include that quote, but he makes a good point. The pure disgusting feel of what Nick describes would be miserable to go through, and as a reader I was cringing through most of the section. Tom starts the craziness by revealing Gatsby didn't finish college, which Gatsby explains and frankly dodges a bullet. But Gatsby claims that Daisy loves him and always had, and never truly loved Tom. This is the driving force of the section, the absolute turmoil which ensues after this statement. Daisy was initially hesitant to admit her marriage was a lie, but she eventually gave in. Tom then reveals Gatsby's shady drug store business, and how he shouldn't be trusted, where I have to agree with Tommy boy again. Everyone is a mess and they decide to make their way back home.