Why do daisy and tom leave

In Tom's elitist mind, Gatsby is common and therefore his existence is meaningless: He comes from ordinary roots and can never change that. By chapter's end, Gatsby has been fully exposed.

Gone are the mysterious rumors and the self-made myth. Stripped of all his illusions, he stands outside Daisy's house, vulnerable and tragically alone. Although he begins the chapter with his customary Gatsby dignity, when he comes up against Tom's hardness, the illusion of Jay Gatsby comes tumbling down.

In all of Gatsby's years of dreaming, he never once suspected that he might not have his way as is the nature of dreaming; one never dreams of having people stand in the way, preventing fantasies from coming true.

As soon as Gatsby has to contend with people whose parts he can't script, he's at a loss. Instead, he will try, at all costs, to hold on to his dream. It is, in a sense, the only thing that is real to him. Without it sadly , he is no longer able to define himself; therefore, the dream must be maintained at all costs even when the dream has passed its prime.

The best example of Gatsby's last-chance efforts to save his dream come after he tries to get Daisy to admit she never loved Tom. When she admits to having actually loved Tom, Gatsby, unwilling to give up, pushes the situation forward, abruptly telling Tom "Daisy's leaving you. By following Tom's command, the lovers, in effect, admit defeat and Gatsby's dream disintegrates.

In addition to getting the real scoop on Gatsby, one also sees the real Daisy. She has relatively few lines, but what she utters, and later what she does, changes her persona forever. Whereas in the previous chapters she has come off as shy and sweet, a little vapid, but decidedly charming, here, there is a bit more depth to her — but what lies beneath the surface isn't necessarily good.

Daisy's reasons for having an affair with Gatsby aren't at all the same reasons he is in love with her. By boldly kissing Gatsby when Tom leaves the room early in Chapter 7, then declaring "You know I love you" loudly enough for all to hear much to Jordan and Nick's discomfiture Daisy has, in effect, shown that to her, loving Gatsby is a game whose sole purpose is to try and get back at Tom.

She's playing the game on her own terms, trying to prove something to her husband her response to Tom's rough questioning later at the hotel also supports this idea. The other early vision of Daisy is of the peacekeeper although one wonders why she would want Tom and Gatsby both at the same outing.

On the hot summer day, it is Daisy who suggests they move the party to town largely in an attempt to keep everyone happy. Strange things, however, always happen in the city — in the land of infinite possibilities. By changing the location, the action also shifts. As the chapter continues and the party moves to the neutral, yet magical, land of the city, the real Daisy begins to emerge, culminating in her fateful refusal to be part of Gatsby's vision.

In a sense, she betrays him, leaving him to flounder helplessly against Tom's spite and anger. Finally, by the end of the chapter, the mask of innocence has come off and Daisy is exposed. Her recklessness has resulted in Myrtle's brutal death. To make matters worse, one even senses that Daisy, in fact, tried to kill Myrtle.

Gatsby has a hard time admitting that the object of his love has, in fact, not merely hit and killed another person, but has fled the scene as well. Myrtle's death by Gatsby's great car is certainly no accident. The details are sketchy, but in having Myrtle run down by Gatsby's roadster, Fitzgerald is sending a clear message. Gatsby's car, the "death car," assumes a symbolic significance as a clear and obvious manifestation of American materialism.

What more obvious way to put one's wealth and means on display than through the biggest, fanciest car around. Yes, it is tragic that Myrtle dies so brutally, but her death takes on greater meaning when one realizes that it is materialism that brought about her end.

Looking back to Chapter 2, it is clear that Myrtle aspires to wealth and privilege. She wants all the material comforts money can provide — and isn't at all above lording her wealth over others such as her sister, or Nick, or the McKees.

Her desire for money which allows access to all things material led her to have an affair with Tom she got involved with him initially because of the fashionable way he was dressed. Myrtle's death is sadly poetic; a woman who spent her life acquiring material possessions by whatever means possible has been, in effect, killed by her own desires. Dwelling too much on material things, Fitzgerald says, can not bring a positive resolution.

Materialism can only bring misery, as seen through Myrtle. Wilson, too, becomes more dimensional in the chapter, which is necessary in order to prepare adequately for the chapter to follow. While Wilson isn't necessarily good, he is pure. Scott Fitzgerald. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Error rating book.

Refresh and try again. Ask and answer questions about books! Welcome back. Nick envisions their struggles to create that future as boats moving in a body of water against a current that inevitably carries them back into the past. I see now that this has been a story of the West, after all—Tom and Gatsby, Daisy and Jordan and I, were all Westerners, and perhaps we possessed some deficiency in common which made us subtly unadaptable to Eastern life.

Nick thinks of America not just as a nation but as a geographical entity, land with distinct regions embodying contrasting sets of values. The Midwest, he thinks, seems dreary and pedestrian compared to the excitement of the East, but the East is merely a glittering surface—it lacks the moral center of the Midwest. This fundamental moral depravity dooms the characters of The Great Gatsby —all Westerners, as Nick observes—to failure. There is another significance to the fact that all of the major characters are Westerners, however.

Throughout American history, the West has been seen as a land of promise and possibility—the very emblem of American ideals. The problem of American dreams is closely related to the problem of how to deal with the past. America was founded through a dramatic declaration of independence from its own past—its European roots—and it promises its citizens the potential for unlimited advancement, regardless of where they come from or how poor their backgrounds are. There seems to be an impossible divide separating Gatsby and Daisy, which is certainly part of her allure for him.

This divide clearly comes from their different backgrounds and social contexts. Ace your assignments with our guide to The Great Gatsby! SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. How does Nick Carraway first meet Jay Gatsby? Why did Daisy marry Tom?