Chapter 8 - Analysis

Question 1

What does Gatsby instruct his butler not to do? Why is this important?

Answer 1

Drain his pool

It has consequences later

Question 2

What does Nick tell Gatsby about the others? What is Gatsby worth in his view?

Answer 2

They’re a “rotten crowd”

“The whole damn bunch of them together”

Question 3

What has Nick always “disapproved” of? What has Nick developed a respect for?

Answer 3

Gatsby’s materialism and criminality

Gatsby’s pure love for Daisy

Question 4

What has Myrtle’s death left George?

Answer 4

Nothing

Question 5

Whose eyes does Wilson stare into? What could this mean about Wilson?

Answer 5

Eckleburg’s

He is mentally disturbed

Question 6

Where is Gatsby’s body found? Where is Wilson’s found?

Answer 6

In the pool

“A little way off in the grass”

Question 7

What has the recklessness of the Roaring 20s brought to relationships? Which is the only union remaining?

Answer 7

Destruction

Daisy and Tom: “old money”