Chapter 8

after all of the commotion that happened yesterday Nick could not sleep. The next day he went over to Gatsby's house and Gatsby told him that he waited outside of Tom's house to make sure he wouldn't do anything to Daisy. He didn't and Daisy never even came out of the house. Nick tells Gatsby that he should move on and leave Long Island. Gatsby does not agree to this, he said he could never leave Daisy behind. Then he tells Nick about the days when him and Daisy were going out. He says that he lied about his background because he wanted Daisy to like him and think he was good enough for her. When he left for war Daisy said she would wait for him, but when he came back she had already married Tom. Nick has been at Gatsby's house a long time he leaves because he is going to be late for work. As he is leaving he turns around and tell Gatsby that he is worth more then what he thinks he is worth. When Nick gets to work he is very distracted and cant do his work and even refuses to meet with Jordan later that night. Nick is now thinking about what happened to Myrtle.Nick starts telling what Mr. Wilson was saying to michaleis. He told him that he confronted Myrtle about her lover and then he goes on to say who he thinks hit her. He thinks that the person that hit her was her lover, but then he says it could not have been Tom because he came to the scene after it happened. Wilson goes to Gatsby's house. Gatsby is in the pool looking at the sky. Wilson shoots Gatsby killing him immediately, he then kills himself.Nick gets back from work and goes over to Gatsby's house and finds him dead. He imagines what Gatsby was thinking about now that his relationship with Daisy was over his life, his dream had no meaning.
I think Gatsby's death symbolises that his relationship with Daisy is over, so he dies because his has no reason to live. He spent his whole life waiting and dreaming about life with her and now that she is gone his dream and purpose in life is too.