The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The commotion drastically settled from the last part when they left and Nick brought up his 30th birthday. The focus then jumps on over to Wilson and his neighbor Michaelis. They were having a chat about Wilson's soon-to-be departure to The West. Throughout the conversation, Wilson states that he suspects his wife is having an affair and slowly puts the pieces together assuming it was Michaelis as his wife's lover. For no obvious reason, Myrtle runs out of the house into the street where she was hit by a car, and the pandemonium re-ensues. Tom's car was one of the early cars to witness the aftermath, and he tried to help Wilson through the chaos. The cops show up, get the information, and all witnesses say that a yellow car hit her. A yellow car that was driving just ahead of Tom...that's Gatsby's. Tom realizes this and tells Wilson that the "'yellow car I was driving this afternoon wasn't mine--do you hear?'" (Fitzgerald 140). Though Tom didn't snitch on Gatsby, he did all in his power to prove he was at no fault. Nick gets back to his home and Gatsby knows of the events. Daisy was driving, but Gatsby was willing to fall on his sword to protect her. Gatsby is also confident that Tom and Daisy will never be together, which is what he always wanted. This book finally got interesting.
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