The Great Gatsby Chapter 8

1. The Great Gatsby: Chapter 8(pg 147-162)

2. Nick visits Gatsby to tell him to leave West Egg, but Gatsby refuses to leave Daisy and later tells Nick more about his past about himself and his time with Daisy. Gatsby tells Nick how he had once gone to Louisville after the war and started to remember the good times he had with Daisy. The chapter went back to George and Michaelis a few hours after Myrtle had been killed and George says he has a way of finding out who the yellow car belongs too. George shows Michaelis a dog leash he found that belonged to Myrtle and when Michaelis left to sleep and returned, he found that George was gone. The police had traced the whereabouts of Wilson to the point where he was at Gatsby's house and later on Nick arrives at Gatsby's house and Nick, the butler, the gardener, and the chauffeur find Gatsby dead in his pool. The gardener finds Wilson dead in the grass nearby.

3. George Wilson

" About three o'clock the quality of Wilson's incoherent muttering changed-he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car." (Gatsby 156)

Qualities:

" He announced that he had a way of finding out whom the yellow car belonged to," (Gatsby 156)

" He didn't like to go into the garage, because the work bench was stained where the body had been lying, so he moved uncomfortably around the office-he knew every object in it before morning-" (Gatsby 157)

" The effort of answering broke the rhythm of his rocking-for a moment he was silent. Then the same half-knowing, half-bewildered look came back into his faded eyes.(Gatsby 157)

"But conceivably Wilson had heard some of these same explanations before, from Myrtle, because he began saying 'Oh, my God!' again in a whisper-his comforter left several explanations in the air." (Gatsby 158)

" Wilson shook his head. His eyes narrowed and his mouth widened slightly with the ghost of a superior 'Hm!" (Gatsby 158)

" I'm one of these trusting fellas and I don't think any harm to nobody, but when I get to know a thing I know it." (Gatsby 159)

" there were boys who had seen a man 'acting sort of crazy,' and motorists at whom he stared oddly from the side of the road." (Gatsby 160)

" like that ashen, fantastic figure gliding toward him through the amorphous trees."(Gatsby 161)

George has played the similar role to Daisy where they have their loved ones cheating on them. However, George now becomes suspicious of Myrtle especially when he finds the expensive dog leash that she owned  which was mentioned earlier as part of Myrtle's "To Buy" list. He shows that he loved Myrtle a lot and was willing to take her away to some other place. I had thought at first before that it might have been Tom who would try to kill Gatsby but it shows that it was  really George Wilson, as suspected by the police when they try to trace his wherabouts.

4. " I suppose Daisy'll call too." He looked at me anxiously, as if he hoped I'd corroborate this." (Gatsby 154)

This quote stood out to me because I thought Gatsby would think his dream of being with Daisy has been somewhat ruined after the confrontation with Tom since Daisy did not come to his expectations by saying that she had never loved Tom. Gatsby shows that he will continue to follow his dream and to love Daisy by believing that Daisy will call him. Another proof of Gatsby wanting to continue loving Daisy was when he tells Nick his past on how he met Daisy and how she was the first "nice" girl he had ever known, how he felt especially when he had to leave for the war, and what he wanted to do to be with Daisy.