Chapter Eight
What has changed. These changes show that something will happen in the book.
We see the aftermath of the trip to the hotel in NYC.
Pay attention to what Nick says and thinks about Gatsby. Pay attention! It’s important.
What advice does Nick give to Gatsby? What’s Gatsby reaction?
An important quotation from near the end of section four in the chapter: Nick says to Gatsby, “They’re a rotten crowd,”…, You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.”
What’s happened between Nick and Jordan? That’s important as well.
During chapters seven and eight, I have become aware (probably because of Tom Buchanan) that people seem to condemn Gatsby for his alleged illegal activities, but everyone seems to partake in the result of it. Pay attention to what Tom has wrapped in the towel in chapter seven. Look at the “picnic” scene between Tom and Daisy that Gatsby sees through the blind--what food and drink does the meal consist of?
What do you think this book says about hypocrisy? Gatsby’s? Tom’s? Daisy’s? Nick’s?
