Reading Journal Gatsby Chapter 7

• This chapter is the longest chapter in the book but I think this is because it is arguably the most important chapter. Because of the events that take place it deserves more time and coverage.
• There are a lot of dramatic moments in the chapter, obviously because Tom finds out about Gatsby and Daisy and Myrtle is run over. 
• In the first part of the chapter, Nick says that Gatsby's 'career as Trimalchio was over.' Trimalchio was known for throwing lavish dinner parties and having power and wealth - this shows his affection for Daisy as after she attended one of his parties Gatsby is sure she didn't like it, and gets new servants because he doesn't want any gossip going about - Nick writes, 'so the whole caravansary had fallen at the disapproval in her eyes.'
• Pathetic fallacy is used to show how uncomfortable the characters are, as Nick writes, 'the next day was broiling', and how the train driver says 'Some weather...Hot!' he also says how when they are all in the hotel and the window is opened that it is 'hot shrubbery', and also writes, 'compressed heat exploded-' here Nick is using the heat of the weather to build up the tension to what is about to happen
• Tone is used a lot to express how the characters feel, for example, 'open another window', commanded Daisy,' and 'the thing to do is forget about the heat,' said Tom impatiently,' showing the frustration between the couple surrounding their rocky relationship
• I think that there is a change in genre when we get to chapter seven as it goes from being a sort of romantic novel to a tragedy, however the elements of love are still present. This is because of the sudden explosion in the characters emotions, as Nick puts it, 'they were out in the open and at last Gatsby was content,' to suggest he had been waiting for this for such a long time and he was relieved to have everything laid out on the table at last.
• In this chapter there is actually a lack of colour and sound, which is something Nick uses a lot in the previous chapters, but that may be because he doesn't want the reader to concentrate on the trivial details but wants to express the scene just how he recalled it.
• We also notice in this chapter that it is in linear chronology which differs from the other chapters as they usually skip from one event to another in time. This may be because the other chapters do not focus solely on one solid event, but describe several things and maybe because of other reasons such as in chapter 2 when he's drunk and cannot remember things strictly as they happened.