Chapter+8

Summary:
===Gatsby had waited outside of Daisy's house all night, and she never signals for Gatsby. Nick suggests he drive out of town because his car will be traced. The past relationship between Gatsby and Daisy is revealed, and she had left him when he left for the army. Nick and Jordan break up. George realizes that Myrtle had been having an affair. He believes that the man she had an affair with had killed her and he vows to get revenge. He finds the location of the car that had hit Myrtle. He sees Gatsby outside in the pool and shoots him dead. ===

Time Period:
===This chapter describes Gatsby's romance with Daisy and his dream of winning her love. During the Jazz Age, people were openly romantic and celebrated love, and Gatsby represents the romantic of the time period. ===

Common Themes:
===The American Dream is shot to pieces at this point of the story. Gatsby, the only character not born into privilege, is shot to death after working all of his life to be successful and rich. He was the only character truly living the American Dream because he worked for his position, and yet this is the character who is martyred through jealousy and misunderstanding. Here, Nick expresses his disguit for the rich because they are all shallow and silly drinkers and partiers, not serious and good people. Gatsby was the only one of the bunch that Nick could like or handle, the only one living the Dream. Sadly, Gatsby's dream and the Dream of the novel are killed along with the character. ===

Marxist View:
===This chapter shows how being in the upper class and being wealthy can be destructive. Tom thought that he was above everyone and that having an affair was alright. This reckless action, along with Daisy killing Myrtle led to the death of Gatsby. The wealthy class didn't think clearly which led to bad things. ===

Feminist View:
===Tom has total control over Daisy in this chapter. He makes her come out of her room, and he doesn't let her out of the house. He doesn't let her call Gatsby or do anything that night. This represents how men had the final say in relationships. ===

Colors as Symbols:
===As the morning came, the house turned from a dull gray to a radiant gold from the rising sun. In this chapter, George Wilson is trying to find the owner of the yellow car that killed his wife, Myrtle. That yellow car belonged to Gatsby. Yellow may symbolize radiance and money but it can also symbolize sorrow. "Small gray clouds took on fantastic shapes and scurried here and there in the faint dawn wind" (Fitzgerald 159) as if something bad was about to happen. ===

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. //The Great Gatsby//. New York, NY: Scribner, 1953. Print.