Chapter Eight Flashcards
When do Gatsby and Nick next meet?
The following morning for breakfast.
What does Gatsby tell Nick?
That Daisy never came outside the previous night - Gatsby rejects Nick’s advice to leave long island and forget Daisy.
What does Gatsby reveal to Nick about his past with Daisy?
He was taken by her wealth, enormous house and that men have loved her before.
What did Gatsby have to make Daisy believe so they could be together?
That they were of the same class.
What did Gatsby tell Nick about when he slept with Daisy?
That he felt as if he had married her.
How did Gatsby and Daisy drift apart?
Gatsby left for war - Daisy waited for a while but eventually drifted into marriage with Tom Buchanan.
Why could Tom avoid the war?
He was ‘old money’ - poor nobodies like Gatsby could not.
What do Nick and Gatsby do after breakfast?
Go for a walk - the gardener tells Gatsby he is going to drain the pool but Gatsby tells him to wait as he had not used it all summer.
What does Nick tell Gatsby as he is leaving?
Gatsby is worth more than all of the ‘rotten crowd…put together’ - Gatsby smiles broadly.
Nick falls asleep at work and a phone call from who wakes him up?
Jordan - their conversation quickly turns unpleasant but Nick finds he does not care.
Why does Nick not seem to care about Nick?
The night before has convinced him to cut ties with ‘old money’.
What does Nick reveal Wilson did after the death of Myrtle?
Spent all night talking to Michaelis revealing his suspicion that she had another lover and this was who she had ran out to see.
What did Wilson tell Myrtle when he confronted her over the affair?
That she was sinning in the eyes of God - as he mentioned this to Michaelis he was staring into the eyes of Doctor TJ Eckleburg.
What does staring into the eyes of Doctor TJ Eckleburg and the mention of God signify?
The materialism of the time has destroyed or warped any spiritual or religious belief he may had.
What is the last thing Wilson said before he disappeared?
That he had a way of finding out who was driving the car - Fitzgerald is building tension through this mysterious exit.
