Notice that he does not comment on Daisy’s personality or her inner characteristics, but he mainly comments on her wealth and social status (she was a “nice” girl notice how Nick puts nice in quotations for a reason!). On page 148, Gatsby goes on to comment on Daisy’s house and how the beauty and glamor of it shocked and possessed him. He then goes on to explain to Nick that Daisy’s social status and wealth enthralled him: “He had never been in such a beautiful house before…there was a ripe mystery about it, a hint of bedrooms upstairs more beautiful and cool” (148). Gatsby then reveals more of his past to Nick he explains that Daisy was the first “nice” girl he ever met - meaning she was the first rich, East Egg girl he had ever been romantically involved with. Gatsby’s house, which once hosted an enormous group of people, is now empty and alone - signifying his loneliness as a character. Here, Nick is trying to point out that perhaps wealth does not buy genuine human companionship on the contrary, wealth does not promise anything, nor does it fulfill Gatsby’s dream or his destiny. Gatsby’s mansion, his material possessions, and the wealth he has accumulated has done nothing for him all the wealth and material possessions he accumulated was earned to win back Daisy.
Nick also comments on the fact that Gatsby’s house looks incredibly “enormous” (147) at this point. the next day to dismiss Gatsby, who was perfectly fine with waiting for her up into odd hours of the night. This also highlights on the fact that Daisy is quite cruel she waited until 4 a.m. The plan was to turn the lights on and off if Tom got violent with Daisy however, Daisy turns off the light at 4 a.m., which symbolizes that she extinguishes Gatsby’s dream forever. “I waited and about four o’clock she came to the window and stood there for a minute and then turned out the light” (147). Nick goes over to visit Gatsby, and Gatsby tells him that Daisy finally shut off the light at 4 a.m.: Chapter 8 begins with foreshadowing on Fitzgerald’s part Nick conveys that he wanted to tell Gatsby something, for he had this horrible feeling that something was going to happen to Gatsby all too soon.