| At this point, why does Gatsby tell everything to Nick? | Gatsby is vulnerable. Tom’s hard malice got to him and shook him up; Gatsby and his confidence have shattered. |
| In what way is Gatsby’s uniform an “invisible cloak”? | In an army officer’s uniform, all men look socially equal. It makes him look like everybody else and nobody can tell if he’s rich or poor, including Daisy. |
| Why is the young Gatsby drawn to Daisy? | Because she’s beautiful, she’s the 1st “nice” girl he had known, he loves her house, how she lives, and the fact that men already loved her increased her worth. |
| As he is leaving, why does Nick say to Gatsby, “They’re a rotten crowd… You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together”? | Because Nick is disgusted by Daisy and Tom. They aren’t worth the trouble and headache they’ve brought Gatsby with their selfishness and drama. He’s better than them. |
| What is the cause of the problem between Jordan and Nick? | Nick is getting tired of her because she’s just like Daisy and Tom and after last night with all the commotion he’s sick of all of them. |
| In what context do Dr. Eckleburg’s eyes appear in this chapter? | George points them out to Myrtle right before she dies. They appear as the eyes of God. |
| What does Nick mean when he says, “Is that was true [that Gatsby might have realized that Daisy was not going to call] he must have felt that he lost the old, warm world, paid a high price for living too long without a single dream”? | If Gatsby does realize this is over, then everything he has done or bought because of Daisy is now for nothing and that his single dream was too much of a fantasy. Since he held on for too long, he pays a dear price. |
| How can Wilson’s actions at the end of this Chapter be explained? | He thought Gatsby killed Myrtle and had an affair with her because Tom told him, so her shot Gatsby and killed himself. |
Gatsby CHAPTER 8 Questions
March 30, 2020