During chapter seven of The Great Gatsby, everything finally unfolds. All of the secrets come out. It is about time too. So much went on that I am actually a little confused. What I do think that I understand is that Daisey loved both Gatsby and Tom at certain times in her life. Gatsby was loved more than five years ago and Tom was loved when they first met and got married. What is interesting is after all of the skeletons come out, Daisey still sort of picks Tom. That is what is seems like in the end. She seems to love Gatsby, but the relationship that has grown between Tom and her seems to be where she is comfortable and wants to be. It leaves her in normalcy and a life that she has always had…
“I want to wait here till Daisey goes to bed. Good night, old sport.” He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house, as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil. So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight – watching over nothing, (145).
This quote really shows Fitzgerald at his finest. He is able to tell the reader which person Daisey picked without telling them strait out. It was beautifully done and it really makes you think, but if you are an intellectual of any sort you can see into what he means. When he says that Gatsby was looking over nothing, it meant that Daisey had made up her mind and chose to stay with Tom in her rich and normal life. Gatsby does not know it yet and he is still worried for Daisy’s safety. Tom would never hurt Daisey because he truly does love her. I refused to believe it up until now, but Tom actually does have a lot of passion towards Daisey he just has a bad way of showing it. Daisey choosing Tom shows human nature in this great book of American literature, and the way it relates is through people not understanding all people. Daisey and Gatsby may love each other, but they do not understand how each other feels and will react to things. This in real life takes time, and that is exactly what Tom and Daisey had. They had time to understand each other and learn their faults and accept them out of understanding. The fact they can sit at a table at the end of all of this confusion and craziness means that they understand each other and will forgive out of love.
