Gatsby: the Ending

I am definitely glad I read F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald closed the novel in such a fascinating series of events. I like crazy endings. The deaths of Myrtle, Gatsby, and Wilson were nothing short of a great way to end the novel. However, it did not end there. The final chapter goes through Gatsby funeral. The real tragedy of the ordeal was that Nick was the only person who stood by Gatsby after his death. People enjoyed Gatsby's hospitality but could never actually call him a true friend. Wolfsheim, the closest thing Gatsby had to a friend before he met Nick, did not even want to attend the funeral because of some danger involved in attending it.

Some insight is given into what was being planned between Gatsby and Wolfsheim when a man named Slagle mistakenly calls Nick. Gatsby must have been running some sort of a bond scam, so Gatsby's money did come from a somewhat criminal past. As expected, Tom sold out Gatsby which is how Wilson found him so fast. Fitzgerald concludes with: "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that'st no matter--to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther....And one fine morning---(180)." To Gatsby, the green light symbolized the hope of attaining his goal of being with Daisy again. Fitzgerald juxtaposes this with the Dutch settlers of America who saw the shores  of America as a promise of new hope. Now I can finally get back to watching the Olympics.