This last section actually seemed to flow faster than the first, especially towards the end.
First off, I thought the section about Mrs. Wilson was crazy. It was one of those sections where slowly everything starts to piece together in my head. I can't help but wonder if Daisy intentionally killed her, knowing that she was Tom's mistress. But at the same time, I don't see any way she could know. Throughout the book they are somewhat speculating that Tom has a mistress but Daisy and Jordan never seem to decide for sure. Or if they do know that he has a mistress, they definitely don't know who it is. So, to me it just seems some odd coincidence that looks like it was intentional to the reader. Also, Daisy and Gatsby seem pretty unaffected about having just killed someone! I mean, that's murder! Gatsby is more concerned about how Daisy's holding up than the person they just killed. Honestly, he's probably just too consumed in the fact that he finally won Daisy to even consider thinking about anything or anyone else.
At the end of this book, it seems to me that Wilson and Tom are both going a bit crazy. When Tom finds out about Gatsby and Daisy he is so mad he is shaking! I'm not sure how I feel about his anger. On one hand, it's acceptable because Daisy is his wife and he loves her. But on the other hand, he's doing the same thing! He cheats on Daisy with Mrs. Wilson. He finds no problem with what he's doing but freaks out when Daisy does the exact same thing. And Wilson is crazy on another level. His genius plan is to lock up his wife in the attic and then in a few days force her to move with him to the West. I know he just wants to keep his wife to himself and away from Tom, but he's gone a little mad at this point.
On a side note, I find it a little creepy that "the eyes" are always watching in a way. Every time Tom's at Mrs. Wilson's, the eyes are just watching him as they slowly drove Wilson into madness.
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