LITERATURE CIRCLES
QUESTIONS: (take a few minutes to review the events of the accident before answering)
(1) Why do you think Myrtle rushed out into the road?
(2) How do you think Tom was feeling or thinking after he learned about the accident?
(3) Daisy was driving when the car hit Myrtle, but Gatsby is taking the blame. Now Daisy is inside the house, sitting with Tom at the table with food and Gatsby is standing in the garden just to make sure that Daisy is safe. Is she really worthy of this kind of love? Why does Gatsby STILL seem to perceive her as being worthy? What is he holding on to?
(4) Throughout this chapter, the narrative implicitly establishes a connection between the weather and the emotional atmosphere of the story. Just as the geographical settings of the book correspond to particular characters and themes, the weather corresponds to the plot. In the previous chapter, Gatsby’s tension-filled confrontation with Tom took place on the hottest day of the summer, beneath a fiery and intense sun. What is happening with the weather since the accident? What does this represent?
(5) In the same way that he clings to the hope of making Daisy love him the way she used to, Gatsby insists on swimming in the pool as though it were still summer. What does his refusal to accept about the weather represent in Gatsby?
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