Chapter Seven

Why did Daisy choose to stay with Tom?
Daisy chose to stay with Daisy because that is where her heart is. Even though she did love Gatsby once, she has now comminted to Tom. Although Tom has continously been involved with other women, Daisy still feels that she has a responsibility to Tom. She started talking to Gatsby again because she wanted to remember the things that had happened in the past. But, she is grown up now and realizes that she has a relationship that she needs to work on, not just go around having flings. "'I never loved him,' she said, with perceptible relucatance." (132) Even though she loved Gatsby in the past, she tells Tom that she didn't. This is because she wants to work on saving their marriage. If she did in fact want to be with Gatsby, it seems that she would have had no trouble coming out and telling Tom that.

Why does Fitzgerald end the chapter with an image of Tom and Daisy sitting in the kitchen?
The chapter is ended with this image because it gives us a sense of resolution. Up to this point, the reader is unsure about how their marriage is going to work out. Will she stay with Tom? Will she leave and go with Gatsby? There is no way for us to know. After this chapter, we can tell the decision that she has made. She is going to stay and work on her marriage with Tom. The image of them sitting in the kitchen is important because it shows that they have made up and are going to try and work things out. I think that it is significant that they are in the kitchen because normally, a kitchen is a family place, and the two of them sitting in the kitchen shows how their torn relationship has been mended.