The Great Gatsby - Chapter Seven

• Chapter seven is the longest chapter in the book, and stands out not only due to it's length but due to the dramatic events that this chapter holds.
• Also in the chapter, the weather gives us clues as to how the characters are feeling, meaning we can empathize with them more.  'The weather was broiling' shows how uncomfortable the characters are due to the heat. This also gives us a clue about what is yet to happen in the chapter, as if we are expecting something.
• Chapter 7 shows Tom's character more as well, when Tom first sees that a car crash has taken place, he says his speech 'excitedly', as if he is looking forward to the sight of someone being hurt, this shows how arrogant he is, and once again makes the reader form a strong opinion of him.
• Unlike the other chapters, time is not a key factor here, as time doesn't jump around.  All of the events seem to take place chronologically.  Where Nick has before been an unreliable narrator because of his sometimes vague memory of things, here he seems to remember ever last detail, showing how important the events were to the characters.
• When Myrtle is hit by the car, there is very little description of the event (similar to when Tom hits Myrtle, and the last car crash outside the party), except for Nick describing the car itself as 'the death car'.  This is unusual, as descriptive passages are normally a key feature of Fitzgerald's writing style.