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As Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby comes to an end, we are able to see some characters reach closure, while others are not as fortune. It seems that the end of the novel is a bit of a downward spiral in which all the things we, the readers, didnt want to happen, happened. It seems that this cycle began with the car accident, in which Daisy killed Myrtle outside of Wilson’s gas station. After this happens, it leads Tom to becoming very upset and depressed. Although Myrtle was just Tom’s secret mistress, and although he physically abused her, in some strange way we can sense that he does have some sort of an attachment and has feelings towards Myrtle. His marriage with Daisy is less than perfect, and it seems that Myrtle truly gave him happiness. Another obvious reason for Daisy and Tom’s failing marriage was that they were both having affairs. Daisy’s affair had much more meaning, and history to it. She had loved Gatsby for many many years and had very strong and real feelings towards him. Clearly Gatsby returned these feelings, because he offered to take the blame for Myrtle’s death, when it was in fact Daisy that was driving and ran her over. Gatsby was willing to sacrifice anything for Daisy, and this false confession he made, sacrificed his life. Wilson, Myrtle’s husband, was clearly very upset and angry over his wife’s accident. He went to Gatsby’s house and killed him, before killing himself. At this point the book just seems like it can’t go on, as the book’s namesake and one of the most central characters is dead. Without Gatsby, Daisy has no one to love who will love her back the way she deserves, and Nick Carraway is without a very close friend. After Gatsby’s death, the novel “wraps-up.” Daisy and Tom, both without their affairs, move out west, as they have nothing but each other anymore. This is very upsetting, because I think it is safe to say that Fitzgerald’s audience really wanted to see Daisy and Gatsby have their happily ever after.
The end of the novel, as sad as it is, is rather ironic. Death, exposed secrets, and rekindling bad relationships don’t seem like they will happen in the end of the book, but they all do. While the book is very sad, in a sense it is reality. In a perfect fairy-tale Daisy and Gatsby could have been together forever and lived the lives they had always dreamed of. But in real life, this would be very hard to achieve, as Fitzgerald demonstrated.
Although I have read The Great Gatsby before, reading it a second time, as an older and more mature person, I am able to understand that although it was a sad ending, it was most appropriate. Many movies and books just provide us with a happy, feel-good, unrealistic ending. Fitzgerald took the initiative to give his audiences an ending that, unfortunately, can be seen as realistic.
As Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby comes to an end, we are able to see some characters reach closure, while others are not as fortune. It seems that the end of the novel is a bit of a downward spiral in which all the things we, the readers, didnt want to happen, happened. It seems that this cycle began with the car accident, in which Daisy killed Myrtle outside of Wilson’s gas station. After this happens, it leads Tom to becoming very upset and depressed. Although Myrtle was just Tom’s secret mistress, and although he physically abused her, in some strange way we can sense that he does have some sort of an attachment and has feelings towards Myrtle. His marriage with Daisy is less than perfect, and it seems that Myrtle truly gave him happiness. Another obvious reason for Daisy and Tom’s failing marriage was that they were both having affairs. Daisy’s affair had much more meaning, and history to it. She had loved Gatsby for many many years and had very strong and real feelings towards him. Clearly Gatsby returned these feelings, because he offered to take the blame for Myrtle’s death, when it was in fact Daisy that was driving and ran her over. Gatsby was willing to sacrifice anything for Daisy, and this false confession he made, sacrificed his life. Wilson, Myrtle’s husband, was clearly very upset and angry over his wife’s accident. He went to Gatsby’s house and killed him, before killing himself. At this point the book just seems like it can’t go on, as the book’s namesake and one of the most central characters is dead. Without Gatsby, Daisy has no one to love who will love her back the way she deserves, and Nick Carraway is without a very close friend. After Gatsby’s death, the novel “wraps-up.” Daisy and Tom, both without their affairs, move out west, as they have nothing but each other anymore. This is very upsetting, because I think it is safe to say that Fitzgerald’s audience really wanted to see Daisy and Gatsby have their happily ever after.
The end of the novel, as sad as it is, is rather ironic. Death, exposed secrets, and rekindling bad relationships don’t seem like they will happen in the end of the book, but they all do. While the book is very sad, in a sense it is reality. In a perfect fairy-tale Daisy and Gatsby could have been together forever and lived the lives they had always dreamed of. But in real life, this would be very hard to achieve, as Fitzgerald demonstrated.
Although I have read The Great Gatsby before, reading it a second time, as an older and more mature person, I am able to understand that although it was a sad ending, it was most appropriate. Many movies and books just provide us with a happy, feel-good, unrealistic ending. Fitzgerald took the initiative to give his audiences an ending that, unfortunately, can be seen as realistic.
I find this book to be so interesting for several reasons, including the mystery of the characters, quotes, and situations that F. Scott Fitzgerald chose to include in his novel. One of the best aspects, in my opinion, is the mystery for Jay Gatsby, formerly known as Jason Gats. From the outside one may view Gatsby as this amazingly wealthy, classy, and important man. Once Nick Carraway met him, he couldn’t believe how down to earth and, in a sense, normal he was. Surprisingly he did not even realize he was talking to the Jay Gatsby when he first met him. Since Gatsby was not born into his wealth, he knows what it is to work hard for money. He worked as a janitor to pay for his college education, and was lucky enough to be offered the chance to be an apprentice, and then was able to inherit his fortune. But even with all this money and luxury, we can see the classic idea that money does not buy happiness. Happiness to Gatsby is Daisy. He has been head over heals in love with her for many years, and lives across the river from her. The green light at the end of her dock sumbolizes Daisy to him, and he states that once Daisy is finally standing next to him, staring off into the distance at the green light, he realized that they green light had lost its meaning. Since Daisy was standing next to him, he did not need to look at the green light and hope that Daisy would come to him, because she had.
When I hear the words “American Literature,” a couple thoughts come to my mind. At first I wonder exactly what books are being discussed, and to be honest, how boring they will be. In my high school english classes, we covered a lot dealing with “American Literature.” Most of the books just did not appeal to me, and I felt that they were too old and out-dated for me, or anyone, to relate to. Sophomore year got me to open my mind a little bit, after reading
How To Kill a Mockingbird. This was the first book that I considered to be “American Literature” that I actually liked. I found that although it was considered a classic, the excitement in the children’s adventures with their next-door neighbor, and mysterious incidents, it was very appealing and reminded me of when I was a child around their age. At this point I began to change my views on “American Literature.” This being going from thinking they are so old, it is impossible to relate to, to realizing there are some things, such as children’s innocence and curiosity in To Kill a Mockingbird, that will never age, and these types of qualities are the ones to look for in these American classics. The following year in high school, junior year, I found even more books that I really had an appreciation for. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, and J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher and the Rye were two others that I found to be easy to relate to, and could really be entertaining. My favorite “American Literature” book, as well as one of my favorite books I have ever read was Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck. After reading this was when I realized that I need to be much more open-minded about reading books that on the outside appear to be older, or not very interesting. After realizing the appreciation I now have for “American Literature,” I feel that it is simply a collection of books that were written somewhere in the past, but still hold qualities that we can relate to today. I find it amazing that books written decades and decades ago can still be applied to our lives in a much more developed world and time. This just proves that there are some things that time does not affect, and these books depict some of these things in wonderful ways.
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