The Great Gatsby

Gatsby: pages 113-120

At this point in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Gatsby is of no use to his numerous guests.  After the night that Daisy had come, he had stopped the charade.  "So the whole caravansary had fallen line a card house at the disapproval in her eyes" (Fitzgerald, 114).  It's like he's gone into a state of depression, like the fact that she hadn't enjoyed herself had completely deflated him. 

I couldn't believe how much Daisy and Gatsby abandoned all attempts at propriety when they were at the Buchanan house.  Right in front of Miss Baker and Carraway, Daisy confessed her love to Gatsby, and kissed him on the lips.  This was all fine and sweet, until we're told that Tom witnessed the whole thing!  "She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw.  He was astounded" (Fitzgerald, 119).  That has to be so awkward!  Tom has no right to be angry with Daisy, considering the fact that he's been openly cheating on her for months!  It's even more awkward when, as the manners of the time went, everyone in the house tried to keep acting like nothing had happened.  Will Tom hurt Gatsby for kissing Daisy?