Chapter 8 Journal

Summary: Gatsby arrived home late, and Nick went over to talk to him. Gatsby said nothing happened, he waited there and she turned her light off, which indicated that they were over. Nick told Gatsby that he should go away now so they don't recognize his car, but Gatsby says he can't because he couldn't leave Daisy until she knew what she was going to do. Gatsby told Nick about his story of how him and Daisy came to be. He explained how they fell in love in just a month, and that he had to go to war. Daisy and Gatsby stayed in touch by writting letters, but Daisy couldn't wait any longer, and she started going to dances, and one spring, she met Tom Buchanan and they decided to get married. She wrote Gatsby telling him that, while he was still at Oxford. After breakfast, Gatsby's servants told him they were going to drain the pool, but Gatsby told them to wait because he wanted to go swimming. Nick skipped his first two trains he was supposed to be on and went swimming with Gatsby instead. Finally it was time for Nick to leave, so he thanked Gatsby for his hospitality and he left. When he got to work, he fell asleep, but was awoke by a phone call from Jordan Baker, who was saying that she wanted to see him, but it ended with them hanging up on each other. He tried calling Gatsby, but his line was busy because he was talking to his business partners from Detroit. Nick went back to the night that Mrs. Wilson got murdered, and explained that Mr. Wilson thought someone murdered her. He went searching for the yellow car that hit her. He was soon in West Egg, and was asking for directions to Gatsby's house. In the mean time, Gatsby was getting ready to get back into the pool, and he told his butler that if anyone called for him, to bring it to him at the pool. The chauffeur heard the shots, but didn't think too much about them. Nick arrived shortly after, and they all rushed out back to the pool and found Gatsby laying in the pool, dead. Off in the distance they saw Mr. Wilson's body a ways off in the grass.



Characters: Nick, Jordan, Gatsby, Mr. Wilson, Michealis, Daisy, Catherine, Butler.



Allusions: Beale Street Blues was playing at a dance that Daisy was at. This song alluded to the blues, and Daisy was sad because she wasn't with Gatsby.

Symbol: Daisy's light shut off, just as the green light had.

Motifs: Eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg, Time, Valley of Ashes