Notes on Chapter 8

Six Phases-

1- Nick goes to Gatsby's house and there is a flashback of when Gatsby first met Daisy
imagery- "there was a ripe mystery about it, a hint of bedrooms upstairs more beautiful..." pg 141

"Gatsby's house was overwhelmingly aware of youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves... Daisy, gleaming like silver, safe and proud above the hot struggles of the poor" pg 142

2- Imagery- "it was a cold fall day with fire in the room and her cheeks flushed"
gatsby is really passionate about Daisy (fire) but then he knows that their time will end (cold) pg143

3- Imagery- "all night the saxophones wailed the hopeless comment of the 'beale street blues' while a hundred pair of golden and silver slippers shuffled the shining dust" pg 143-144

4- imagery- "The shadow of a tree fell abruptly across the dew and ghostly birds began to sing among the blue leaves" sadness and a forewarning of something sinister happening soon

5- imagery- "i couldn't have talked to her across a tea table that day if i never talked to her again in this world" strange thing to say and out of character. it is as though he is tryin gto distance himself from everyone and he doesnt want to get hurt because he has seen Gatsby's pain with Daisy

6- Imagery- "until long after midnight a changing crowd lapped up against the front of the garage" pg 149 described the crowds as the sea?