It's Funny How Things Work Out

Chapter seven was a major turning point in the book.  Tom, Daisy, Nick, Gatsby, and Jordan all into town on a hot afternoon.  Along the way, Tom, Nick, and Jordan stop for gas, and Tom finds out that Myrtle is moving away with her husband.  He is obviously astonished by this, and from then on it seems like Tom does not want Daisy to leave him, too.  Tom later concludes that Daisy and Gatsby used to be in love.  Gatsby admits to everything and says that Daisy never loved Tom at all.  He tells Tom , "She never loved you, do you hear?  She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me.  It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved any one except me!"  I think at this point Tom was thinking he did not want to lose both Myrtle and Daisy so he had to start fighting for one of them that he had some control over.  That is why I think Tom started seeming like he cared about Daisy, simply because he did not want everyone to leave him.  If I were Daisy, I would be beyond torn at this point.  It would be extremely hard for me to choose between someone I loved five years ago verses someone I was married to.  I think Fitzgerald is trying to symbolize materialism; if you abuse what you have, you might not have it forever.  He is probably trying to warn readers about using other people like objects rather than as human beings.  Sometime soon, I am predicting that Daisy is going to be forced into choosing either Gatsby or Tom.  I think she will probably go with Gatsby since he is an old love who she has never forgotten, and because now he can definitely provide for her rich taste.