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Chapter Eight
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**Brief Summary: **  In the beginning of the chapter Nick can not sleep due to the events of the previous day. He hurries to Gatsby's house early in the morning and urges him to leave town and allow things to settle down again. Gatsby refuses. He says he cannot leave because he has to be there for Daisy. Nick realizes the time and heads home, telling Gatsby he will call him later around noon. Meanwhile, Wilson has made his way to Tom and Daisy's home and asks Tom to whom the yellow car belongs. Tom tells him the information he desires, and Wilson heads to Gatsby's house. Gatsby is in the pool and Wilson shoots him. Then the chapter concludes with Wilson turning the gun on himself and Nick returning later to find their bodies. ( http://images.marketworks.com/hi/50/49711/16-1405.jpg)

** Symbolism: ** In chapter eight, the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg come back symbolizing God. Mr. Wilson believes these are the eyes of God which have been watching over Myrtle. Wilson tells Michaelis of the conversation Wilson and Myrtle had before she died while looking at the billboard. Wilson had told Myrtle "God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me, but you can't fool God!" (159). Wilson says this because he wants Myrtle to know that he may not know who she cheated on him with, but God does.

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 "God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me, but you can't fool God"(159).
 * Important Quotes: ** 
 * Mr. Wilson says this about Myrtle because he knows that she has been cheating on him, but he doesn't know who. This quote is letting Myrtle know that Wilson may had been fooled about the affair but God sees everything she does and knows her very well. God will never for get what she has done to her husband. And even though Wilson does not know who, when, or what about the affair, God does.

"Michaelis saw with a shock that he was looking at the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg" (159).
 * Michaelis is trying to calm down Mr. Wilson and notices that Wilson is looking at the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg. Eckleburg represents God and how those eyes saw who Myrtle was with when she was cheating on Wilson.

"So by that time he knew Gatsby's name."(160).
 * This quote foreshadows what is to come. The "he" is Wilson and he has found out that the yellow car belonged to Gatsby. He is asking people for directions to Gatsby's house so you know something big is about to happen. This quote helps capture the interest of the reader. It also builds up to the climax of the story.

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