Chapter Eight

Picture: Melancholic Mood

This picture resembles the melancholic mood because this is shown through the novel by when Nick is describing the rainy atmosphere. Nick says "I could'nt sleep all night; a fog horn was groaning incesantly on the Sound, and I tossed half sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams". This is showing that it is gloomy and sickening in the atmosphere. This is also shown when Nick goes to Gatsby's house that night because he says "His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes". This is showing his house is empty, dark, and gloomy.

Quotes


"I can't describe to you how surprised i was to find out I loved her, old sport" (157). This quote shows that Gatsby is truely in love with Daisy.

"I even hoped for a while that she'd throw me over, but she did'nt, because she was in love with me too" (157).This expresses that Daisy loves Gatsby just as much as he loves her.

"You're worth the whole damn bunch put together" (162). Nick's saying that Gatsby is a better man than everyone else.

"God sees everything, repeated Wilson" (167). Wilson is saying that he thinks Doctor T.J. Eckelburg's eyes resembles God's eyes in the billboard.

Theme:"your worth the whole bunch put together"

Nick turns to Gatsby and says your worth the whole damn bunch put together. Nick means he is the only one that means anything out of Tom, Daisy, and all his party friends. Nick says this because Gatsby is the only one that cares about anything and stays loyal to anyone. Gatsby is a better man than everyone else. Nick also said this because Daisy is the one who hit Myrtle and Gatsby's trying to protect her and she won't even call him or give him the time of day. Even though Daisy is not treating him right he is still kind and still cares for Daisy. Gatsby also says that he would take the blame for killing Myrtle if it came back to Daisy, because he loves her more than anything in the world. This was also the only compliment Nick ever gave Gatsby because he disaproved of him from beginning to end. He started to hang out with Gatsby and he suddenly changed his mind because Gatsby is actually a great man. Nick was very happy he said this to Gatsby because he meant every word of it. Gatsby is shown throughout the novel to be one of the most loyal characters.