Chapter+8

= __Summary __ = Nick can't sleep so he takes a walk to visit Gatsby. Nick finds Gatsby in his house deeply depressed that Daisy hasn't called him. Nick tells Gatsby he should forget about Daisy. Gatsby describes to Nick in detail how much he really is in love with Daisy. Nick in a suprising effort consoles Gatsby in his time of heartache. The reader is shown George Wilson's reaction to his wifes death. Wilson then desperately seeks out the person who killed his wife. A person whose identity is not revealed comes and reveals something to Wilson about his wifes death. Wilson then goes to Gatsby's house and shoots and kills Gatsby who is floating in his pool on a raft before turning the gun on himself. Nick goes to Gatsby's only to find him floating in his pool dead.

__ Unfamiliar vocab __
vestibule- a passage, lobby, or hallway [|vestibule definition] humidor-a container or storage room for cigars or other preparations of tobacco [|humidor definition] corrugate- to draw or bend into folds or alternate furrows and ridges [|corrugate definition]

__ Reflection to time period/author's life __
This represents Fitzgerald's life in a nut shell. That is that just as things begin to go good and he thinks his life is taking a change for the good he is shot down. Nothing ends in happiness in Fitzgerald's life and thats why the story of Gatsby ends in this fashion. Gatsby is killed while protecting Daisy like Fitzgerald has been killed on the inside from all of the relationships in his life.

__ Common Themes __
The theme of chapter 8 is the idea of mortality and the significance of karma. The idea of mortality applies to the death of Gatsby. This is one of the first times in the novel that he displays a sense of mortality and vulnerableness. The only other time he displayed a sense of vulnerabilty was when becames nervous and anxious about his meeting with Daisy. The rest of the novel he seems rather immortal and invincible. His death shows that eveyone is mortal, no how matter how rich and powerful they might be. This theme of mortality means that no matter what you achieve in life, you cannout escape death. The death of Gatsby also has the element of karma. His desire to get with a married woman, indirectly lead to his death. She drove the car that killed Myrtle which in turn caused George Wilson to go insane. His insanity lead to death of Gatsby. His desire to fulfill his dream lead to his death. His death signifies that karma was an intregral part in the novel.

= __ __ C o l o r __ __  = -"...ghostly birds began to sing among the blue leaves p 152" The color blue symbolizes despair and anguish. Fitzgerald inclusion of the word blue creates a melancholy mood in the novel. This melancholy mood that is created is possibly foreshadowing the death of Gatsby later in the chapter. - "where a yellow trolley raced them" The color yellow represents the opposite of gold. It does not symbolize richness and prosperity. Instead it represents the middle class. This represents the American citizen who lives a rather dull and unremarkable live.

= __ **Marxist/Feminist View** __ = From a marxist point of view it was positive that Nick was able to somewhat console Gatsby. It showed that Gatsby does not really have a sense of or really care that Nick is quite obviously in a lower social class than him and allows him to come and try and comfort him verbally. It was also positive that Nick was able to go over to Gatsby freely and say the things he did to him.