Discussion

Thesis/Claim This chapter is the transition between antecedent and rising action because the story after this, life for all the characters becomes uncertain and after the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby, coupled with the death of Myrtle, the story takes a downward turn. The characters after this either withdraw into their money or go back home. The rising action is the confrontation between Gatsby and Tom, the climax is when Myrtle is killed by Daisy.

**1. Consider ways in which Gatsby might be a counterpart to Don Quixote.**
1. Don Quixote is insane, he believes he is a knight questing for his love who is made up, and is betrayed by a close friend near the end of the book. Gatsby is betrayed by Daisy because she doesn’t assist him or think about him, and is betrayed by Tom fore Tom told Wilson Gatsby killed Myrtle. In the end, both have their imaginery worlds torn down and die somewhat unhappily. .

===**2. Consider ways in which Tom Buchanan and George Wilson are alike, in that the wives of both men are capable of being lured away by another man. Therefore, both men, different as they are, are cuckolds (a Middle Ages term, defining men whose wives are unfaithful. In the legendary account, such husbands were said to grow horns, thus becoming monsters).**===

2. Wilson and Tom are alike because their wives are stolen away, but the key difference is Tom attracted Myrtle with his money and charms while Gatsby attracted Daisy because of love and sincerity, not to mention both provided an understanding person for the weaker wives.

**3. The reunion of Daisy and Gatsby, a rather sordid relationship, signals simultaneously the beginning and the end of Gatsby’s dream and of his success. Justify this statement**
3. Gatsby’s whole life after their seperation was to win Daisy back. All his drive, focus, money, success, and dreams were forgotten when he saw Daisy again with the thought that all his hard work was worth it and he could have Daisy.

"Daisy put her arm through his abruptly, but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said. Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one."

With only Daisy on his mind, he took the blame for Myrtle’s death and inevitably died.