Chapter 8 has a lot of foreshadowing building up to Gatsby's demise. We see this as Carraway lies sleepless, distraught by something he doesn't know; as a result, he goes to visit Gatsby as soon as he knows he is home. Despite waiting almost the entire night for Daisy to come see him, Gatsby still believes that there is some hope for them to be together. Gatsby, being the hopeful person that he is, still sees himself with Daisy as he sees all of his dreams: attainable.
We are given some clarification on what happened the day of Myrtle's death. Mr. Wilson suspected that she was cheating on him someone he knew. They got into a bout about it and she ran out to the street when she saw Gatsby's yellow car. That car was the same car she saw Tom driving earlier, so she drew the conclusion that he would be driving this time too, and that she would be stopped for.
Wilson begins to piece the evidence together and reasons that it was Gatsby who drove the car into his wife. However, arguably, he handles this in a most unreasonable way, by killing Gatsby.
We are given some clarification on what happened the day of Myrtle's death. Mr. Wilson suspected that she was cheating on him someone he knew. They got into a bout about it and she ran out to the street when she saw Gatsby's yellow car. That car was the same car she saw Tom driving earlier, so she drew the conclusion that he would be driving this time too, and that she would be stopped for.
Wilson begins to piece the evidence together and reasons that it was Gatsby who drove the car into his wife. However, arguably, he handles this in a most unreasonable way, by killing Gatsby.