Who does Daisy really love in Chapter 7?

Gatsby says Daisy never loved Tom and has only ever loved him. Tom protests, but Daisy says it's true. Gatsby's sacrifice appears to have been worth it. Yet when Tom asks her to think about their history together, Daisy admits that she did love Tom in the past, she just loved Gatsby too.

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Who does Daisy say she loves in chapter 7?

On the hottest day of summer, Daisy asks Nick and Gatsby to lunch with her, Tom, and Jordan. When Tom leaves the room, Daisy kisses Gatsby on the lips and declares her love for him, although the moment is quickly interrupted when the nurse brings in Daisy's daughter, Pammy.

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Does Daisy love Tom in chapter 7?

Tom calls Gatsby crazy and says that of course Daisy loves him—and that he loves her too even if he does cheat on her all the time. Gatsby demands that Daisy tell Tom that she has never loved him. Daisy can't bring herself to do this, and instead said that she has loved them both.

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Who does Daisy choose in chapter 7?

Daisy proves her real nature when she chooses Tom over Gatsby in Chapter 7, then allows Gatsby to take the blame for killing Myrtle Wilson even though she herself was driving the car. Finally, rather than attend Gatsby's funeral, Daisy and Tom move away, leaving no forwarding address.

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Who does Daisy actually love?

Here we finally get a glimpse at Daisy's real feelings—she loved Gatsby, but also Tom, and to her those were equal loves. She hasn't put that initial love with Gatsby on a pedestal the way Gatsby has.

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The Great Gatsby | Chapter 7 Summary & Analysis | F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Does Daisy love Tom or Gatsby?

Though Gatsby insisted that Daisy never loved Tom, Daisy admitted that she loved both Tom and Gatsby. The confrontation ended with Daisy leaving with Gatsby in his yellow car, while Tom departed with Nick and Jordan.

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Did Daisy get pregnant?

In the season 8 episode The Tiger in the Tale, they broke up. In the Season 10 premiere, it is learned that Sweets and Daisy got back together. Daisy became pregnant with a baby boy and she announces that Booth is the godfather.

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What does Daisy confess in Chapter 7?

Gatsby returns Tom's vitriol, telling him that Daisy never loved him and that she has always loved Gatsby. He asks Daisy to tell Tom she never loved him. Daisy does, reluctantly, but soon recants her statement and breaks down. She confesses that she loved him, at times, but that she no longer does.

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What does Daisy realize in Chapter 7?

In chapter seven, Daisy was overwhelmed with Tom and Gatsby fighting over her. She confessed to loving Gatsby but also confessed that she loves Tom. Daisy is careless because she did not take responsibility in her actions when she ran over Myrtle; which killed her instantly.

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What happened to Daisy in Chapter 7?

Daisy, in love with Gatsby earlier in the afternoon, feels herself moving closer and closer to Tom as she observes the quarrel. Realizing he has bested Gatsby, Tom sends Daisy back to Long Island with Gatsby to prove Gatsby's inability to hurt him.

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Does Daisy truly love Gatsby chapter 7?

Gatsby says Daisy never loved Tom and has only ever loved him. Tom protests, but Daisy says it's true. Gatsby's sacrifice appears to have been worth it. Yet when Tom asks her to think about their history together, Daisy admits that she did love Tom in the past, she just loved Gatsby too.

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What does Daisy reveal about Tom in chapter 7?

Daisy tells Tom he's "revolting" and asks how she could possibly love him now. She has a really hard time saying she never loved him, but she does eventually, after much internal deliberation.

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Did Tom know Daisy killed Myrtle?

The narrative switches back to Nick. Tom realises that it was Gatsby's car that struck and killed Myrtle. Back at Daisy and Tom's home, Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy was driving the car that killed Myrtle but he will take the blame.

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Why did Daisy marry Tom Chapter 7?

Why did Daisy marry Tom? Even though she was still in love with Gatsby, Daisy most likely married Tom because she knew he could provide her with more material comforts.

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How is Daisy selfish in Chapter 7?

She is selfish and self centered, caring so much for the wealth that she believes will make her happy that in Chapter 7 her voice is said to be “full of money” (pg #). All the worse, when she kills Myrtle, she feels no remorse whatsoever, as she is incapable of caring for anyone but herself.

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Did Daisy tell Tom she never loved him?

Daisy says she never loved Tom, but admits to having loved him once. “I never loved him,” she said, with perceptible reluctance” (Gatsby 139), and then Daisy says “Even alone I can't say I never loved Tom,” she admitted in a pitiful voice. “It wouldn't be true” (Gatsby 140).

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Why does Daisy become frightened in chapter 7?

With calculated brutality, he proceeds to discredit Gatsby, accusing him of 'bootlegging and other criminal activities'. With each accusation, Daisy becomes more frightened and remote, until it is evident that 'whatever intentions, whatever courage she had, were definitely gone' (pg 128).

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How does Daisy and Gatsby's relationship change in chapter 7?

She loved Gatsby once before and now she loves him again. However, when she learns the truth of how he acquired his wealth, she no longer has feelings for him and chooses Tom over him. She also shows no reaction to Gatsby's murder and never even came to his funeral.

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What chapter does Daisy cry?

Answer: In chapter 5 of The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald shines light onto Daisy's superficial character as she has a sudden emotional outbreak only because of the “beautiful shirts,” a representation of merely material goods.

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Does Daisy know she is being cheated on?

Daisy Buchanan is married to Tom Buchanan, and Tom continuously cheats on her with other women. Daisy is aware of what is happening and she has to sit there and listen to Tom tell people about it.

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What does Nick realize in chapter 7?

Nick realizes that Myrtle must have been hit by Gatsby and Daisy, driving back from the city in Gatsby's big yellow automobile. Tom thinks that Wilson will remember the yellow car from that afternoon. He also assumes that Gatsby was the driver.

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How does Daisy feel after killing Myrtle?

After escaping the crime scene, Daisy did not feel anything about killing Myrtle, known by what Gatsby tells Nick. “'I thought so; I told Daisy I thought so. It's better that the shock should all come at once. She stood it pretty well.

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Who did Daisy sleep with?

In the closing moments of Episode 10, Daisy told the engineer that her relationship with First Mate Gary King was "very complicated" for one previously-secret reason. "We have slept together," Daisy told Colin while the two were laying in Daisy's bed together.

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Was Daisy pregnant when Sweets died?

In the Season 10 premiere, it is revealed that he and Daisy reconnected over the past year. The reconciliation of their relationship resulted in her pregnancy. She's seen approximately 5 months pregnant with their son; whom she calls "Little Lance" affectionately. Sweets is killed later in the episode.

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Did Daisy give birth?

In the first episode of season 10, Sweets was murdered by Kenneth Emory. This unfortunate event left Seeley without a father and Daisy to raise him on her own. Daisy gives birth to him in the episode "The Puzzler in the Pit" as she is surrounded by her friends and family in the hospital room.

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