The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Analysis over chapter 9
This last chapter of The Great Gatsby was rather depressing, but also very insightful. Everyone's true colors emerge after Gatsby's death and it appears that Nick is the only true friends to Gatsby. Since no one took the matter into their own hand, Nick volunteered himself to take care of Gatsby funeral arrangements. Although Gatsby's parties were filled to the brim with honored guest and party goers, Nick cannot manage to scrape a handful of friends to attend the funeral. Not even Gatsby's good friend Mr.Wolfsheim will take the time to come, although he does share some words of wisdom when he states,"Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead,"(Fitzgerald,172). An even bigger shocker is Daisy's reaction to Gatsby's death ( more like no reaction). Her and Tom apparently ran away somewhere, but being the good friends they are the literally said nor sent anything to Nick or the Gatsby residence. Nothing. Daisy tells Gatsby she loves him, has always loved him, has an affair with him and can't even send a note sympathizing his death? Can't even show up to the funeral? I have come to really loathe her. Way to go Owl Eyes for pulling through though, I couldn't complain about that one. Gatsby's father is another surprise guest that attended the funeral. I was glad to know that Gatsby did maintain some sort of a relationship with his family and even helped them out financially once he became wealthy. Even though a few guest did attend the funeral, I couldn't help but have a heavy heart for Gatsby lack of companionship. He was such a popular man, famous for his parties and his extravagant mansion. I guess in the end though, that really didn't mean anything. Sure Gatsby could throw a nice party, but he has wasted his life chasing down Daisy. He didn't care about making life long friends, but attaining his dream. I became even more depressed when I realized in the end, Gatsby ended up with absolutely nothing.
This last chapter of The Great Gatsby was rather depressing, but also very insightful. Everyone's true colors emerge after Gatsby's death and it appears that Nick is the only true friends to Gatsby. Since no one took the matter into their own hand, Nick volunteered himself to take care of Gatsby funeral arrangements. Although Gatsby's parties were filled to the brim with honored guest and party goers, Nick cannot manage to scrape a handful of friends to attend the funeral. Not even Gatsby's good friend Mr.Wolfsheim will take the time to come, although he does share some words of wisdom when he states,"Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead,"(Fitzgerald,172). An even bigger shocker is Daisy's reaction to Gatsby's death ( more like no reaction). Her and Tom apparently ran away somewhere, but being the good friends they are the literally said nor sent anything to Nick or the Gatsby residence. Nothing. Daisy tells Gatsby she loves him, has always loved him, has an affair with him and can't even send a note sympathizing his death? Can't even show up to the funeral? I have come to really loathe her. Way to go Owl Eyes for pulling through though, I couldn't complain about that one. Gatsby's father is another surprise guest that attended the funeral. I was glad to know that Gatsby did maintain some sort of a relationship with his family and even helped them out financially once he became wealthy. Even though a few guest did attend the funeral, I couldn't help but have a heavy heart for Gatsby lack of companionship. He was such a popular man, famous for his parties and his extravagant mansion. I guess in the end though, that really didn't mean anything. Sure Gatsby could throw a nice party, but he has wasted his life chasing down Daisy. He didn't care about making life long friends, but attaining his dream. I became even more depressed when I realized in the end, Gatsby ended up with absolutely nothing.
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