This chapter unfolds to become one of the most climactic chapters in the book.Gatsby begins to cancel all of his big parties, which had turned out to simply be a lure for Daisy. Now that he was in her attention, he didn't feel the need any more to throw parties to catch her eye. One day, Nick goes over to Tom and Daisy's house for lunch, with Gatsby and Jordan Baker.When the nurse brings out Daisy's child, Daisy appears quite uninterested. On the other hand, Gatsby is so breath taken by the beauty of the child. I believe that Daisy is upset she had a child with Tom, because it only ties her down to him more when all she really wants is to be with Gatsby. It was during that lunch when Gatsby and Daisy's feelings began to pour out. When Daisy asked the group if they wanted to go into the city, Gatsby looked at her with such passionate love, and then Daisy proceeded to tell Gatsby that she loved him. Tom was dumbfounded. They made their way to the city, and things began to heat up between Gatsby and Tom.Tom accused Gatsby of not attending Oxford, He makes fun of Gatsby and tries everything he can to make Gatsby look like a fool. On page 130, Tom says, "I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife." He then proceeds to escalate things by saying, "and next they'll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between black and white. Here, he takes everything he's said and compares it to something completely different. Gatsby fires back by telling Tom that "Your wife doesn't love you. She's never loved you. She loves me." Gatsby tells him that Daisy and himself never got married because he was poor and Daisy never wanted to wait.
Near the end of the chapter, when the group is headed back, it is announced that there was a "fatal accident" by the valley of ashes, and that Myrtle was the victim. It was then determined that she had been hit by Gatsby and Daisy's car. I believe that this was a ploy to destroy Myrtle and that way, Tom would not be able to have his affair anymore, and that he would realize how much he really did love Myrtle. As they say, "You don't know what you've got until it's gone." Maybe if Tom realized how much he secretly cared for Myrtle, he'll also come to realize how he didn't care as much as he thought for Daisy.
Near the end of the chapter, when the group is headed back, it is announced that there was a "fatal accident" by the valley of ashes, and that Myrtle was the victim. It was then determined that she had been hit by Gatsby and Daisy's car. I believe that this was a ploy to destroy Myrtle and that way, Tom would not be able to have his affair anymore, and that he would realize how much he really did love Myrtle. As they say, "You don't know what you've got until it's gone." Maybe if Tom realized how much he secretly cared for Myrtle, he'll also come to realize how he didn't care as much as he thought for Daisy.