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GATSBY Ch. 8 - RIP Gatsby

Gatsby's death is discovered after he and Nick leave for Gatsby's house. Nick writes a brief obituary for Gatsby from his perspective, praising Gatsby's wealth and hospitality in throwing parties but also noting how little was truly known about Gatsby's private life due to his enigmatic nature. While Gatsby had much wealth and ambition, he died too young and kept a very close circle, remaining a somewhat mysterious figure.

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GATSBY Ch. 8 - RIP Gatsby

Gatsby's death is discovered after he and Nick leave for Gatsby's house. Nick writes a brief obituary for Gatsby from his perspective, praising Gatsby's wealth and hospitality in throwing parties but also noting how little was truly known about Gatsby's private life due to his enigmatic nature. While Gatsby had much wealth and ambition, he died too young and kept a very close circle, remaining a somewhat mysterious figure.

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THE GREAT GATSBY Chapter 8: Rest in

Peace, Gatsby
EXCERPT FROM THE END OF CHAPTER 8:
There was a faint, barely perceptible movement of the water as the fresh flow
from one end urged its way toward the drain at the other. With little ripples that
were hardly the shadows of waves, the laden mattress moved irregularly down
the pool. A small gust of wind that scarcely corrugated the surface was enough
to disturb its accidental course with its accidental burden. The touch of a cluster
of leaves revolved it slowly, tracing, like the leg of transit, a thin red circle in the
water.
It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw
Wilson’s body a little way off in the grass, and the holocaust was complete.

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RIP Gatsby! In order to lament Gatsby’s death and explore Nick’s complex attitude toward Gatsby in light of
his death, you will write an obituary, eulogy, or elegy for Gatsby, from Nick’s point of view.
OBITUARY
a notice of a death (usually in a newspaper) that includes a brief biography of the deceased person (also gives a
reader an idea of what the person was known for and the loved ones the person is “survived by” or “leaves
behind”)
EULOGY
a speech (usually given at a funeral) that praises a deceased person
ELEGY:
a poem that laments/memorializes a deceased person
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Before you begin, you need to do some pre-thinking and pre-writing to make sure your obituary, eulogy, or
elegy truly represents Nick’s attitude toward Gatsby.

Explain Nick’s complex attitude toward Gatsby. Support your answer with textual evidence.
He id concerned for gatsby and that if he does not get out of the city something bad could happen to
him. "you ought ot get away" i said "its pretty cirtain theyll trace your car."

What made Gatsby great? Support your answer with textual evidence.
his wealth and parties is what made him great and made him known." on weekends his rolls Royce
became an omnibus bearing parties to and from the city."

TYPE YOUR EULOGY, ELEGY, OR OBITUARY ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE.


RIP GATSBY
Gatsby was a very kind man, he welcomed people from all over town into his home for get together and

parties. He had a great passion for the things and was very hopeful for himself he had and his

possestions. He was a very wealthy but humble man. He was very well known yet not known at all. He

kept a close circle of people because of how private of a man he was, he has so much ahead of him and

died too early.

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