Thursday, February 10, 2011

Chapter 7 Study Questions

1) It means that Gatsby’s life is over as a famous, wealthy and luxurious man who throws parties and things.
2) At the beginning of the chapter she kisses him in her own house and she is in love with him and she is determined to leave Tom for Gatsby.
3) They both discover that their wives are cheating on them, George doesn’t know who Myrtle is cheating with but Tom knows Daisy is cheating on him with Gatsby. George gets sick and pale and Tom gets angry and he wont stand for it so he exposes Gatsby’s money secrets.
4) She loves the idea of Gatsby, he is mysterious, he makes her feel good about her self, they don’t really know each other though so they cant really be in love.
5) Tom finds out Gatsby has been seeing his wife, so he exposes the secret of where Gatsby gets his money. They both hate each other.
6) Turning thirty means responsibility, time to quit playing games, be an adult, reality starts to set in
7) I think they are deciding or talking about moving, because that is what they did before when Daisy found out Tom was cheating. Tom probably knows she was driving which is another good reason for them to leave town.
8) Because Tom is cheating on Daisy with Myrtle. However Daisy has no idea who she is and Myrtle thought it was Tom in the car because she saw him in the car because he was driving it to New York.
9) He is a ghost, kind of like Gatsby’s past. He shows up out of nowhere, and no one knows anything about him.
10) Because Tom and Daisy’s marrige was supposed to be ending, and the plaza hotel in New York is Ironic because New York is a place where dreams meet reality.
11) Being full of money. And is like the American dream, it also really attracts people just like he voice does.
12) Jordan invites Nick in and he says no he is going to head home because he is dealing with all that is going on. Jordan doesn’t really seem to be affected by what is going on and that kind of worries Nick.
13) With Daisy and Tom leaving town. Gatsby keeps tabs on them and secretly follows them.