What happens at the Plaza Hotel confrontation?

The Plaza Hotel confrontation is the novel’s dramatic climax: Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby openly quarrel over Daisy in a heated argument in a New York hotel. Gatsby demands that Daisy declare she never loved Tom and be with him, but Daisy cannot fully renounce her marriage — she won’t make the clear break Gatsby needs. That failure effectively destroys Gatsby’s hope of recreating the past. Later that day Myrtle is killed by Gatsby’s car (with Daisy driving), and George Wilson, misled about who was responsible, eventually kills Gatsby; Nick is left disillusioned by the callousness of the wealthy.