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Chapter 7

Nick goes to East egg to have lunch at Tom and Daisy's house. Jordan Baker and Gatsby are there too. They have an lunch and Daisy and Gatsby can't keep there eyes off each other. Daisy gets bored and asks Gatsby if he wants to drive into the city and Tom can tell that there is something going on. They all go into town and they go to the plaza hotel. Gatsby and Tom get in a argument there and Tom tells him that him and Daisy have a history that nobody understands. Daisy is becoming more unsure of who she loves. On the way back home, they see that someone got in an accident. A man tells Nick that it was Myrtle that got hit by a yellow car. Nick thinks that it was most likely Gatsby and Daisy that hit her. When Nick gets back to Toms he sees Gatsby hiding in the bushes. Gatsby tells him that he wanted to make sure that Daisy was fine.

Daisy becomes more unsure about who she loves and is falling more towards Tom again. Nick thinks that Daisy and Gatsby hit Myrtle with there car.

Why would Daisy and Gatsby want to hit Myrtle and run away?

Chapter 8

Nick goes to Gatsby's mansion in the morning and Gatsby tells him that he stayed up until 4 in the morning to make sure that Daisy was fine. Nick tells Gatsby that he thinks he should leave and not come back, but Gatsby says that he is not leaving because Daisy was the first girl that he has ever fallen in love with. He also tells Nick that him and Daisy have made love. Nick goes to work that day but can't concentrate because of everything going on. He finds out that Wilson has found out that Gatsby hit Myrtle with the car and he goes and shoots him at his house where he was laying by the pool. He shot himself right after. Nick goes to the house and sees them both dead.

Wilson finds out who is responsible for Myrtles death and he goes and shoots Gatsby and after that he shoots himself. Now 3 people have died in the last couple days because of Gatsby's decision to hit Myrtle.

Why did he hit Myrtle?

Chapter 9

Nick talks about what happened with Gatsby 2 years later. He talks about how there weren't many people at the funeral besides him and a couple of servants, and his father. Nick moves away from East egg and he breaks up with Jordan Baker, who is engaged to another man anyways. Nick talks to Tom and Tom tells him that he thinks Gatsby deserved to die. Nick shakes Toms hand reluctantly because he despises him. The last thing that Nick does before he leaves is he goes over to Gatsbys mansion and thinks about Gatsbys death.

It was a crazy ending to the story how 3 of the people died and especially how Gatsby died. Nick talks to Tom and finds out that Tom told Wilson that Gatsby ran over Mrytle. Nick stays at West Egg for not very long, and then moves to Minnesota.

Why did Gatsby move?