Chapter+8+of+TGG

Summary: Gatsby arrives home and is met by Nick, and he tells Nick how he waited outside for Daisy to come out, but eventually she turned out her light. Then Nick and Gatsby sit in Gatsby's empty house and he tells Nick about his past. He talks about how he loved Daisy always, how he served in the war, and how when he went to the war Daisy met with other men and eventually married Tom. Once he returned to America, he traveled to Louisville so he could remember his memories with Daisy. The next morning Gatsby's gardener comes out to him and asks him if he should drain the pool today. Gatsby says no, and that eventually leads to his death. Nick leaves his neighbor's house to meet Jordan, to find out she is already engaged to another man. Meanwhile in the ashheaps Wilson is going insane without Myrtle. He eventually figures out that it was Gatsby's car that ran over Myrtle, and he goes over there. George Wilson shoots Gatsby multiple times then shoots himself. This chapter closes with the line "the holocaust was complete."

**__Setting:__** Takes place at Wilson’s gas station; Tom and Daisy’s home and at Gatsby’s house. **__ Symbols: __** **Autumn:** It signifies the ending of summer and the ending of Gatsby’s dream. **Foghorn’s groan:** This is foreshadowing Gatsby’s death. Nick’s nightmares are also hints at Gatsby’s death.