Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Chapter Eight


Pg. 148... "She was the first "nice" girl he had ever known."

This quote to me is just the one that really sticks out. Like Daisy is the first nice girl the Gatsby has really ever known, but she hasn't really been that nice to people. 

Pg. 152.... "Of course she might have loved him just for a minute, when they were first married- and loved me more even then, do you see?"

Gatsby just loves Daisy, and its the only person that he will ever love. He is still convinced that she never loved Tom and that her love was always just towards him. And that she only married Tom because she was lonely while he was away in the war. 

Pg. 154....  "good-by," I called. "I enjoyed breakfast, Gatsby."

This is the last thing that Nick ever says to Gatsby. I feel like this was just a sad thing in this book. I feel like that was just the most important thing because of the way that it is portrayed. Nick later tries to call Gatsby's house but, no body cares to answer.

Pg. 162... "It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilson's body a little way off in the grass, and the holocaust was complete."

This was the little paragraph that was right after Wilson had shot and killed Gatsby in his pool and then shot himself a little ways away. Gatsby said that he would be blamed for anything that Daisy had done just because he loved her.

1 comment:

  1. By "nice" girl, I think he meant upper class, well-mannered, and beautiful.

    I agree that Nick's last words were so sad. At least Nick left Gatsby with his judgement - that Gatsby is a good guy.

    And yes, Gatsby paid the ultimate price for the love of his life.

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