Chapter 7 Guiding Questions

1. Why does Gatsby have parties?

The parties were only so Gatsby could get closer to daisy

2. Why does Gatsby fire his staff, and who replaces them? How are these people different, and how do their personalities reflect what we know about Wolfsheim?

Gatsby fired his servants because he wanted to protect himself and Daisy from gossip. So he ends up hiring henchmen from Wolfsheim to act like his staff.

3. Describe the difference in Daisy's and Gatsby's reactions to Daisy's daughter?

Gatsby was shocked and broken because he always dreamed of getting married with Daisy and  being with Daisy together alone.

4.Describe the 'outing' to New York and the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby. Who wins?

Daisy decides that they all should get together at the Biltmore Hotel in New York City. While there, Tom gets so mad when Gatsby calls him “old sport” that Tom explodes by yelling at Gatsby and revealing all of the information about Gatsby’s illegal life that Tom had been researching.
5. What happens on the way back to the island?
They get in a car crashed while Daisy was driving and someone ended up getting killed.
6. What are Tom and Daisy doing at the end of the chapter? What does this say to you about Daisy's character?
Tom was checking up on Daisy to make sure she was doing good after the accident