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The Great Gatsby: Chapter 8

Symbolism

Discussion Questions

Connections to the Past

Character Development: Nick Carraway

  • Finally breaks Nick away from Jordan
  • Nick identifies Gatsby's main attraction for Daisy, which is her money and luxurious lifestyle
  • Gatsby loves wealth and Daisy which makes the two things synonymous
  • Nick says Gatsby is better than all of them- shows withholding judgement
  • Changes from a neutral bystander to a man on Gatsby’s side
  • Begins to feel for Gatsby, seeing he is a tormented man.
  • Loses his connection with Jordan, because of the car accident.
  • See page 84 for an example of Nick's change in opinion- he says Gatsby is “acting like a little boy.”
  • Pool: Gatsby’s want and dream of luxury, which he never obtains (“you know, old sport, I’ve never used that pool all summer” Page 133)
  • Fallen leaves: fall is a time of death and decay, and Gatsby later dies; symbolizes Gatsby never reaching his version of the American Dream.
  • Fall (the season): changing the mood of the book; the “cool” weather also represents Daisy’s decision to stay with Tom.
  • Light at Daisy’s: Gatsby’s dream. The light it off- his failure to fulfill his dream
  • The leather dog collar: proves Myrtle's infidelity because George could not afford it
  • Green- wealth and yellow represents death
  • Why did the relationship between Gatsby and Jordan change after the events in chapter 7?
  • In chapter 8, is Gatsby being selfish by claiming that Daisy never loved Tom?
  • How does Gatsby personify the 1920's?
  • Did George idolize Myrtle? How is George and Myrtle's relationship similar to that of Gatsby and Daisy?
  • What role does the weather play in this chapter?

Questions Continued

Stylistic Components

Foreshadowing

Character Development: Jay Gatsby

  • Nick tells Gatsby to go away on the first page of chapter 8, but Gatsby refused until he knew what Daisy was going to do.
  • Does not state where he will go
  • Hinting Gatsby will leave the story shortly.
  • Does society place a value on items as symbols or do symbols exist? What would have happened if Gatsby did not have an infatuation with Daisy?
  • How is Daisy a grotesque Rose?
  • How does this chapter relate to the American Dream?
  • Gatsby explains his and Daisy's relationship. Why does he feel guilty about rekindling their relationship?
  • Why is this series of shootings and suicides referred to as the holocaust by Nick?
  • Becomes distraught in a deep pit of denial
  • Worried that Daisy does not love him anymore
  • He tries to convince himself and Nick of his and Daisy’s love.
  • Begins to loose himself.
  • Firing all his servants accept for the gardener and preparing himself for death of sorts.
  • Personification: "a fog horn was groaning incessantly on the sound."
  • Metaphor: "at any moment the invisible cloak of his uniform might slip from his soulders"
  • Metaphorical language:"The shadow of a tree fell abruptly across the dew and ghostly birds began to sing among the blue leaves."
  • Multi-dimensional point of view: Point of view between Gatsby, Daisy, and Nick; can grasp a better understanding of each character's emotions
  • Vocab: incessant, ravenously, pervaded, corroborate.
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