In this chapter, Gatsby tells Nick about his past with Daisy, and goes for a swim. Tom tells Wilson that Gatsby ran over his wife, and Wilson kills Gatsby and himself.
Two major themes of Fitzgerald's writing, mutability and loss are explored deeply in this chapter. Gatsby turns his entire life around, in order to win Daisy back, but he looses interest in everything else. He never takes time to enjoy his fortune since he is so focused on recreating his past with Daisy. Wilson looses his wife, first to another man, then forever when she dies, and Daisy shows us how quickly she can adjust to a situation, and act like she's happy, like wanting to be with Gatsby, then deciding to marry Tom, then deciding that she like Gatsby just before her marriage, the marrying Tom, then cheating on him with Gatsby, then finally going back to Tom.
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