Question at position 18 What does the weather in chapter 7 symbolize?The cold weather represents that Daisy's love for Gatsby has been extinguished by Tom's superior argumentsThe rainy weather mirrors the awkward tension felt between Gatsby and DaisyThe hot weather mirrors the rising tension between Tom, Daisy, and GatsbyThe hot weather represents Nick's disgust for the rich and their selfish, careless ways

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The question asks about symbolism of the weather in Chapter 7. The options present different weather motifs and what they supposedly symbolize.
Option 1: The cold weather represents that Daisy's love for Gatsby has been extinguished by Tom's superior arguments. While some scenes use cold settings, the claim that cold weather specifically signals Daisy's love being extinguished by Tom’s arguments is not the commonly accepted interpretation of Chapter 7’s symbolism; the cold can evoke emotional distance, but the more emphasized tension is interpersonal and situational among the main characters, rather than Daisy's love simply being extinguished.
Option 2: The rainy weather mirrors the awkward tension felt between Gatsby and Daisy. Rain does appear in the narrative, but in this chapter the weather shifts to heat and humidity rather than focusing on rainy concealment of tension between Gatsby and Daisy; thus this option misattributes the primary meteorological symbol of this scene.
Option 3: The hot weather mirrors the rising tension between Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby. This interpretation aligns with the chapter’s portrayal: as the heat intensifies, conversations become more strained, signals of conflict escalate, and the impending confrontation among the trio is heightened by oppressive temperatures, making heat a fitting symbol for climaxing conflict.
Option 4: The hot weather represents Nick's disgust for the rich and their selfish, careless ways. Although Nick observes the moral failings of the wealthy, the narrative use of heat in Chapter 7 centers on the communal tension and drama among the party, not primarily Nick’s personal judgment; this option shifts focal emphasis away from the central dynamic at the moment of the climactic confrontation.
In summary, the most coherent reading connects the intensifying heat with the unraveling, escalating conflict among Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby, while the other options either misattribute the weather to different emotional states or overstate a single character’s internal reaction rather than the collective confrontation in that chapter.

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