Daisy
could not believe what she had just witnessed; Jay Gatsby, the
amiable and dainty millionaire,
had struck Tom, causing him to plummet
to the floor saturated with agony. Gatsby was breathing heavily and as
the seconds passed, Jay calmed down and realized what his actions had
resulted in. He stumbled backwards gasping for air from the
overwhelming emotions that plagued him at the time; he was still
admiring in wry disbelief what he had just done to Tom:
punching him
square in the face. Gatsby glanced back down at Tom, who was still
writhing in pain, crying and cursing Gatsby name, while Daisy was
hysterically crying and fell to her knees shrieking for help. He
apprehensively took a few steps backward, and was shocked how much
Daisy truly cared for Tom; or maybe it was the fact that in general,
Daisy was an incessantly dramatic individual. Gatsby then turned and
proceeded to walk out of the house. Once again Gatsby became enraged
over the fact that Daisy may not have truly loved him. He got into his
cream colored Model-T and started to drive away from the chaos.
