Sunday, April 7, 2013
Summarizer for chapter 8
Summary for CHAPTER 8
Throughout chapter eight many incidents take place that cause the story to shift around, and establish alteration of the direction in the novel. To start off, this chapter is established, by the digestion of the conflict between Gatsby, Tom, and Daisy. This conflict (Gatsby declared his love towards Daisy to Tom, causing confusion within Tom and Daisy) was still being digested between the characters of the novel. With this in mind, the story was interrupted by Gatsby’s Gardner, which is trying the inform Gatsby about draining his pool, the reason being, the change of season [Autumn] will cause the fall of leaves, and result with a clogged pool drain, therefore the Gardner then waits for the next day to accomplish the job.The focus of this narrative then shifts to relate to what happened at the garage after Myrtle was killed (the specific details of which Nick learns from Michaelis): George Wilson stays up all night talking to Michaelis about Myrtle. He tells him that before Myrtle died, he confronted her about her lover and told her that she couldn’t hide her sin from the eyes of God. The morning after the accident, the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg, illuminated by the dawn, overwhelm Wilson. He believes they are the eyes of God and leaps to the conclusion that whoever was driving the car that killed Myrtle must have been her lover. He decides that God demands revenge and leaves to track down the owner of the car. In addition, Wilson goes seeking for Tom, since he saw Tom driving the car earlier, and he could also be familiar with the driver. Tom confessed that it was Gatsby who was driving [which in reality it was daisy the one driving] As a result, Wilson, infuriated, ended up in Gatsby’s mansion, where he finds Gatsby lying on an air mattress in the pool, floating in the water and looking up towards the sky. Next thing you know, Wilson shot Gatsby, then himself. This chapter concluded with the death of Gatsby and Wilson, due to the death of Myrtle.
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