Chapter 8 Journal

Nick is awakened by the sound of a taxi that has just dropped Gatsby off at his house. He gets up, and heads over there to see if anything is wrong. When he gets there the door is wide open, with Gatsby standing there, leaning against a table. He had been waiting for Daisy to come to the window is signal she was okay, but that didn't happen until about 4am. She went to the window and just turned out the light after standing there for about a minute. This marked the end to Daisy and Gatsby's secret relationship.
Nick noticed how big Gatsby's house truly was without all the party guests there day in and day out. They were searching for cigarettes in every room, and after awhile they found a dusty pack of them. Nick tells Gatsby that he should get out of town now that the police know it was him, or soon would be him. (Only because Tom couldn't blame it on Daisy) Gatsby wouldn't go until he knew what would happen between himself and Daisy in the future. He begins to tell Nick the story on how him and Daisy first met, and the relationship they built before he just left for war without telling her. She knew he was going to war, but he asked her to promise him that she'd wait for him until he returned, but she didn't. She married Tom because of their parents, and seeing how rich Tom was, she married him.
Gatsby's gardener comes up to him and tells him he needs to drain the pool so that the leaves don't clog up. Gatsby realizes he wasn't taken a swim in it at all, so he decides he finally wants too. As Nick is walking back towards his house, he turns around and lets Gatsby know that he is worth more than the Buchanan's and all his friends. Gatsby is Nick's best friend. The next day, Nick is so worried about everything, mostly the car accident. Jordan Baker calls him up, and Nick refuses the date she asks him out on. Seeing as how much Nick has fallen for Jordan through the entire book makes it seem weird that he would turn down a date she asked him on. Nick tries calling Gatsby, but it seems his line is busy the whole time. He finds out that Gatsby has been trying to keep the line open for a call from Detroit.
George Wilson has been sitting up all night, thinking about the tradgic event that has happened to his wife, Myrtle. Michealis has been sitting up with him all night. When dawn comes, Wilson is focused on the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg on the billboard. He feels as though they are the eyes of God, and that God is telling him to track down Myrtle's killer. He finds Tom one day, and Tom tells him who Myrtle's 'secret' lover is, he tells him Gatsby.
Wilson heads over to Gatsby' house, and finds him floating on a mattress in the pool, shoots him, and then shoots himself, each dying instantly. Nick returns back to his house, and finds Gatsby floating in the pool dead. He feels the emptiness in his heart for Gatsby.

Symbols: Green light, T.J. Eckleburg, Gun, Death