RE: The Great Gatsby (by Chapter 8)

  1. What was unique about Daisy to Gatsby?
  2. What increased Daisy’s value in Gatsby’s eyes?
  3. What happened one October night?
  4. What did Gatsby let Daisy believe?
  5. How did Gatsby do in the war?
  6. What did Daisy do “through the twilight universe?”
  7. What does Gatsby say about Daisy’s relationship with Tom?
  8. What time of year is it when Nick talks to Gatsby?
  9. Why didn’t Nick want to leave?
  10. How does Nick feel about the whole crowd?
  11. How did Nick feel about Gatsby?
  12. Who calls Nick while he is at work?
  13. What previous incident makes Wilson suspicious?
  14. What had Wilson found after Myrtle’s death?
  15. What did Wilson tell Myrtle before she died?
  16. What did Wilson ask someone in West Egg for directions to?
  17. What happens to Gatsby?
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What did Gatsby let Daisy believe?

In the morning , after a sleepless night, haunted by Myrtle’s death, Nick hears Gatsby returning from having spent the night standing outside Daisy’s house. He goes to talk to Gatsby and learns that Daisy never came out of the house and nothing happened. Nick tells Gatsby he should go away, before the police trace his car, but Gatsby holds on to his dream of being with Daisy. He tells Nick the story of how they met, when he was poor, and how he was drafted into the war and had to leave her. He explains that Daisy believed they were of the same social class, and he let her believe it.

There’s a great discussion of class and wealth here. Gatsby felt uncomfortable in Daisy’s house – she was simply from a finer world than he. When he finally “took” her (in the sexual sense of the word), it was because he wasn’t dignified enough to have any other relationship. Nick reveals that Gatsby misled her, too, making her believe he was in a position to offer her the safety and financial security of a good marriage, when in fact all he had to give was some lousy undying love.

Answered on 23.06.2017.
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