Illusion vs. Reality
What illusion does Gatsby still believe in during Chapter 8?
That Daisy will leave Tom and return to him.
What does the pool symbolize in CH 8?
Gatsby holding onto summer, youth, and his dream too late.
Why does Gatsby wait outside Daisy's house?
He wants to protect her and still believes in their future together.
This character discovers the bodies of Gatsby and Wilson.
Nick Carraway
Gatsby gets a warning from Nick to leave because of his car. He doesn´t want to leave because of who?
Daisy
Why is Gatsby unable to move on from the past?
Gatsby idealizes the past and believes it can be recreated perfectly.
What do the eyes of Doctor T.J Eckleburg represent?
Judgment, moral emptiness, or the absence of God.
What famous idea shows Gatsby's obsession with the past?
"Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!"
Billboard that plays witness to Myrtle’s infidelity and death.
The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg?
George Wilson believes that "God" wants him to do this specific act of "service." After the death of his wife.
Revenge or murder
How does Fitzgerald show that Gatsby's dream is already collapsing?
Daisy stops contacting Gatsby, and he waits hopelessly outside of Daisys house.
What does the Valley of Ashes symbolize?
Moral decay and the corruption hidden beneath wealth.
He is both loyal and hopeful but blinded by illusion
Who was the character that told Nick "You weren't so nice to me last night," just hours before Gatsby is murdered?
Jordan Baker
What did Nick miss that resulted him getting fired?
Train
Why does Gatsby refuse to believe that Daisy loved Tom?
Gatsby refuses to believe because admitting it would destroy the dream he built for years.
Why is water important in Gatsby's Death scene?
The pool symbolizes Gatsby being trapped in the past and clinging to a dream that is already dead.
What increases Daisy´s value in Gatsby´s eyes?
The fact of her being loved by many men.
Who was the character that was guilty of not forcing George to see a priest or stay in the room during his grief?
Michaelis
What character states ¨God sees everything?¨
George Wilson
How does Ch 8 prove that Gatsby's version of reality is unsustainable?
Gatsby's dream depends on ignoring the truth, time, and Daisy's flaws, which ultimately leads to isolation and death.
How does Fitzgerald use symbols throughout CH 8 to criticize the American Dream?
Symbols like green light, ashes, and pool show that dreams based on wealth and illusion end in emptiness and destruction.
What was Gatsby talking about when he described it as an ¨air of breathless intensity?¨
Daisy´s house
George tracks Gatsby down after visiting this place, this is where Tom had stopped for gas before.
Gads Hill
Who did Gatsby order to delay their work and use the pool for the first time?
The gardener