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Gatsby tells Nick about his love for Daisy and his dream of recreating the past. He is killed by George Wilson, who mistakes him for Myrtle's lover. Nick finds Gatsby's body in the pool and reflects on his life and death.
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Read the eighth chapter of The Great Gatsby, where Gatsby tells Nick his story of love and ambition. Learn about his past, his meeting with Daisy, and his hopes for the future.
Gatsby's story explains his actions and motivations in the novel. He was in love with the idea of Daisy, not the reality of her. He killed himself for her, but Daisy never forgot him. Nick realizes the Roaring Twenties are a world of old and new money, where people are destroyed by their own choices.
Gatsby reveals his past with Daisy and his dream of love, while Nick learns of his death and the car accident involving Wilson and Myrtle. The chapter explores themes of the American Dream, the Jazz Age, class, and time in the novel.
Gatsby tells Nick about his past with Daisy and his obsession with her, while Wilson kills him in the pool. Nick reflects on the meaning of Gatsby's death and the American Dream, and the symbols of flowers and eyes.
Chapter 8 displays the tragic side of the American dream as Gatsby is gunned down by George Wilson. The death is brutal, if not unexpected, and brings to an end the life of the paragon of idealism. The myth of Gatsby will continue, thanks to Nick who relays the story, but Gatsby's death loudly marks the end of an era.
