In Fitzgeraldʼs eighth chapter, the tide is definitly turning for Gatsby as autumn creeps into the air. In the previous chapter, Tom and Gatsby went face to face and Myrtleʼs brutal death -- for which Gatsby took full responsibility -- while illustrating the characterʼs sincere love for Daisy achieved to put his dream to an end. Nick awakes with a start before dawn with the feeling he needs to warn Gatsby of something immediatly. He finds him at his mansion where Jay waited all night for Daisy to appear at her window. Gatsby tells Nick «Nothing happened» : Daisy did not get hurt by Tom, nor did she came outside and talk to him. Nick suggests Gatsby to leave Long Island and lay low but the latter refuses to even consider leaving his lost love behind. The beginning of chapter 8 epitomizes the successive downfalls of Gatsby -- his crumbled dreams and social condition -- and announces his imminent death. Summer is now gone and Fitzgerald portrays a dejected Gatsby struggling with the excessively-fast-paced events of life. This study will hence largely concerns itself with how the narrative setting implicitly depicts the ruin of the once called Great Gatsby. The first segment of this essay will demonstrate how the author achieves a melancholic mood throughout the chapter. Weʼll then examinate the foreshadowed death of Gatsby in Nickʼs agitated dreams. Finally weʼll explore the tragic side of the American dream symbolized by the metaphoric figure of Gatsby.

1. A melancholic mood
As in much of Shakespeareʼs work, the weather in The Great Gatsby matches the story. The plot and the seasons are deeply intricated. The mansion on the other end also functions as a symbol of Gatsbyʼs wealth and dreams. Weʼll discuss the connection between the house and Fitzgeraldʼs character.

A. The weather and the plot
Autumn comes with Jayʼs desillusions whereas the climactic confrontation between Gatsby and Tom occured in the heat of the summer. The events in The Great Gatsby are