Chapter 7

Select a passage that utilizes symbolism.



"The next day was broiling, almost the last, certainly the warmest, of the summer" (Fitzgerald 114).

In this novel, weather seems to play an important part. The weather in this chapter was the warmest day and almost the last day of summer. The summer and heat is a symbol for the dislike between Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. In this chapter, Gatsby confronts Tom on the hottest day of summer. This contributes to the overall meaning of the novel because bad weather only foreshadows bad things to come.