Joseph Tawasha English 300 – 4th February 18, 2011 Puppione
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald Chapter 8: pages 146-162
Summary
In the beginning of chapter 8, Nick goes to visit Gatsby after he comes home from watching over Daisy from her front yard and making sure Tom doesn’t hurt her. When he arrives, Nick suggests that Gatsby leaves town for a while because the police are familiar with the style of the car that killed Myrtle. Gatsby then tells Nick of all the stories he went through with and without Daisy. When he had gone to war he was gone for too long; and Daisy could not wait for him and decided to marry Tom. Tom Buchanan was rich and handsome. Shortly following Gatsby’s stories, his gardener comes in and says he is going to drain the pool, but Gatsby wants him to wait until tomorrow because he wants to be in it just once before spring ends. The reader is then notified of the story to George Wilson and Michaelis. Michaelis is trying to involve George in conversation, but George won't stop talking about how he will find the murderer of his wife. He can’t stop thinking about her. Hours pass, and Michaelis goes home and sleeps, but when he returns, to his surprise, George is gone. He has headed to Gatsby's house, where he finds Gatsby laying in the pool on a mattress and George is sure Gatsby killed his wife. George shoots Gatsby in the pool and then shoots himself nearby in the grass. Nick and Gatsby's servants arrive at the house to find them both dead.
Character: George Wilson
“I’m one of those trusting fellas and I don’t think any harm to nobody.” (Fitzgerald 141)
Qualities -George is the husband of Myrtle, who is also Tom’s lover. It is interesting to see how Fitzgerald completely changes George Wilson’s characteristics. When the reader first meets him in his shop, he is shy and loyal, yielding to whatever command Myrtle tells him to do. The essential shift in character is when Wilson murders Gatsby for believing that he was the murderer of his wife.
Fitzgerald uses George Wilson’s cluelessness to signify his complete loyalty and naivety to a woman he unconditionally loves. His one-way devotion he shows to his wife is evident when he hunts down his wife’s murderer (“Gatsby”).
Meaningful Quote:
“I suppose Daisy'll call too."
Significance: This quote is takes place when Gatsby is expecting a call from Daisy that he never ends up getting. This is significant because Fitzgerald gives the reader yet another example of an American Dream that has been shot down (no pun intended).
Joseph Tawasha
ReplyDeleteEnglish 300 – 4th
February 18, 2011
Puppione
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Chapter 8: pages 146-162
Summary
In the beginning of chapter 8, Nick goes to visit Gatsby after he comes home from watching over Daisy from her front yard and making sure Tom doesn’t hurt her. When he arrives, Nick suggests that Gatsby leaves town for a while because the police are familiar with the style of the car that killed Myrtle. Gatsby then tells Nick of all the stories he went through with and without Daisy. When he had gone to war he was gone for too long; and Daisy could not wait for him and decided to marry Tom. Tom Buchanan was rich and handsome. Shortly following Gatsby’s stories, his gardener comes in and says he is going to drain the pool, but Gatsby wants him to wait until tomorrow because he wants to be in it just once before spring ends. The reader is then notified of the story to George Wilson and Michaelis. Michaelis is trying to involve George in conversation, but George won't stop talking about how he will find the murderer of his wife. He can’t stop thinking about her. Hours pass, and Michaelis goes home and sleeps, but when he returns, to his surprise, George is gone. He has headed to Gatsby's house, where he finds Gatsby laying in the pool on a mattress and George is sure Gatsby killed his wife. George shoots Gatsby in the pool and then shoots himself nearby in the grass. Nick and Gatsby's servants arrive at the house to find them both dead.
Character: George Wilson
“I’m one of those trusting fellas and I don’t think any harm to nobody.” (Fitzgerald 141)
Qualities
-George is the husband of Myrtle, who is also Tom’s lover. It is interesting to see how Fitzgerald completely changes George Wilson’s characteristics. When the reader first meets him in his shop, he is shy and loyal, yielding to whatever command Myrtle tells him to do. The essential shift in character is when Wilson murders Gatsby for believing that he was the murderer of his wife.
Fitzgerald uses George Wilson’s cluelessness to signify his complete loyalty and naivety to a woman he unconditionally loves. His one-way devotion he shows to his wife is evident when he hunts down his wife’s murderer (“Gatsby”).
Meaningful Quote:
“I suppose Daisy'll call too."
Significance:
This quote is takes place when Gatsby is expecting a call from Daisy that he never ends up getting. This is significant because Fitzgerald gives the reader yet another example of an American Dream that has been shot down (no pun intended).
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