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In the book’s final pages, Nick ties his story of Gatsby to the idea of the American Dream, a notion that Nick imagines was born when Dutch sailors first arrived in the place that would become New York. Nick recreates the historical moment of discovery: “I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors’ eyes—a fresh, green breast of the new world.
Chapter 8 Summary and Analysis. In the wake of Myrtle’s murder, Nick is unable to sleep. Near dawn, he hears Gatsby pull up in a taxi and goes over to speak with him. After fumbling around ...
Analysis. Gatsby’s recounting of his initial courting of Daisy provides Nick an opportunity to analyze Gatsby’s love for her. Nick identifies Daisy’s aura of wealth and privilege—her many clothes, perfect house, lack of fear or worry—as a central component of Gatsby’s attraction to her. The reader has already seen that Gatsby ...
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Writing two years after Gatsbys death, Nick describes the events that surrounded the funeral. Swarms of reporters, journalists, and gossipmongers descend on the mansion in the aftermath of the murder. Wild, untrue stories, more exaggerated than the rumors about Gatsby when he was throwing his parties, circulate about the nature of Gatsbys relations...
On his last night in West Egg before moving back to Minnesota, Nick walks over to Gatsbys empty mansion and erases an obscene word that someone has written on the steps. He sprawls out on the beach behind Gatsbys house and looks up. As the moon rises, he imagines the island with no houses and considers what it must have looked like to the explorers...
Nick thinks of America not just as a nation but as a geographical entity, land with distinct regions embodying contrasting sets of values. The Midwest, he thinks, seems dreary and pedestrian compared to the excitement of the East, but the East is merely a glittering surfaceit lacks the moral center of the Midwest. This fundamental moral depravity d...
Nick views Jay Gatsby as a hopeless romantic with a dream that is well beyond his grasp. Despite Gatsby's shortcomings, Nick admires his pure intentions and remarkable ambition. Michelle P. Ossa, M.A.
In Great Gatsby Chapter 8, things go from very bad to much, much worse. There’s an elegiac tone to half of the story in Chapter 8, as Nick tells us about Gatsby giving up on his dreams of Daisy and reminiscing about his time with her five years before. The other half of the chapter is all police thriller, as we hear Michaelis describe Wilson ...
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May 21, 2024 · 📖 The Great Gatsby Chapter 8 Summary. After the nervous day, Nick can’t fall asleep. In the early morning, he goes to see Gatsby, who stayed outside the Buchanans’ mansion until 4 am. Daisy was not hurt, but she didn’t go out of the house either. Nick recommends Gatsby to forget about her and move out.
