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Chapter Eight

 * **Gatsby** || * Very protective of Daisy. He has to know what she is going to do.
 * Opening up to Nick by telling him his //'strange story of his youth'//
 * Daisy is always on his mind, //'...but he wanted to talk about Daisy'//
 * Gatsby acts as a symbol of America
 * Loosing Daisy to Gatsby is like loosing his whole world.
 * Gatsby cannot accept that his dream is over: he still believes that Daisy will come to him, though it is clear to the others and also to us, the readers, that she is forever bound to Tom.
 * He is destroyed and betrayed by the person he loves, Daisy.
 * The summer for Gatsby is the equivalent to the reunion with Daisy, the end of their summer represents and symbolises the end of their romance.
 * Gatsby gets shot by Wilson while he is in the pool.
 * Gatsby made Daisy a symbol of everything he values.
 * Gatsby made Daisy the object of his dreams. ||
 * The summer for Gatsby is the equivalent to the reunion with Daisy, the end of their summer represents and symbolises the end of their romance.
 * Gatsby gets shot by Wilson while he is in the pool.
 * Gatsby made Daisy a symbol of everything he values.
 * Gatsby made Daisy the object of his dreams. ||