This chapter is the saddest of them all. It shows what was achieved throughout the novel and how it all comes crashing down. Gatsby, in this chapter, still has the hope that Daisy will come and be with him. To the reader, it's quite evident that this will not happen unfortunately. Nick Carraway on the other hand understands what is going on. He tries to feel better by talking with Jordan Baker, but it really does not get him anywhere. Earlier he had visited Gatsby in the hopes of talking with him, in which they did, but the conversation leaned towards how he longed for the days in Louisville in 1917 where Daisy and him had been loving life together. Unusual for Nick, he suggests that Gatsby "move on" from Daisy and live how he wants to live. But Gatsby refuses to do such a thing and tells Nick why, just like a Romeo and Juliet story. The story is moved up to show the literal things that had actually occurred on the day of Myrtle's death. It became apparent that Mr. Wilson had found out about Myrtle's affair. Myrtle actually had ran into the street that night because she had thought that the yellow car driving was actually Tom's. Wilson then infers to himself that whoever was in the vehicle was obviously the person having the affair. Because rumors had spread profusely, he came to the conclusion that Gatsby was that man. And without using fact, Mr. Wilson goes to Gatsby's home while Gatsby is in his pool for the first time, and shoots him to death. Unfathomably, Nick goes to Gatsby's house and sees Gatsby's body in the pool. But instead of screaming or shouting like an actual human being, he keeps cool, calm, and collected with himself thinking about Gatsby's life without Daisy. A very sad plot-end in my personal opinion. All that work built to get the girl he loved, only to have it fall down and bury him underneath it.
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AuthorJustin Lavergne Archives
May 2015
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