Chapter 7: "The Immorality" and the "American Dream."
(Chapter 7 basically summarizes the ongoing conflict that Gatsby has to win Daisy's heart. This is also where Myrtle is killed.)
Immorality... DAISY AND GATSBY! MYRTLE AND TOM! GATSBY'S DIRTY BUSINESS!
The fact that Gatsby is Daisy's mistress and Myrtle is Tom's, shows the downfall in the definition of "love" and "marriage."
Tom can still have his love affair with Myrtle but when he catches wind of Gatsby's love for Daisy, he calls him out on his past, which I believe terminated the "American Dream." There is no "American Dream," nothing but corruption and foul play. This is the Chapter where his dream officially dies.
Once again inch by inch, Gatsby's past was revealed... leads us to the question, what EXACTLY did he do. (Tom's quotes see pages 140-141) With that said, Daisy will never have Gatsby. Tom has the better "brand."
Tom and Myrtle are very sneaky scandalous creatures. Unlike Gatsby and Daisy, their relationship was solely based on "sex," and Tom becomes a total hypocrite when confronting Daisy. IMMORAL!
Besides the scandals that define "immorality," this Chapter openly reveals the immorality,associated with the death of Myrtle. Daisy should have stopped the car! But does this also mean Gatsby has "morals" for taking the blame for Daisy? Or is it the opposite?
2 comments:
Even though, Tom has a mistress too, he is jealous of Gatsby and Daisy because they actually have feelings for each other. Like you said Tom's relationsip was soley based on sex but the thought of Daisy and Gatsby actually caring for each other drove him crazy. He had to resort to revealing Gatsby's past.
I think Daisy's readiness to use Gatsby for her own fun and carelessness in murdering Myrtle make her immoral. Gatsby is immoral as well, but in a different way. His corruption comes from the ways he got his wealth; his immorality is associated with material goods. Daisy is corrupt to the core - hence the name, "Daisy," yellow at the center. I think she is immoral with regards to other people.
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