Death (Pages 157-168)

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, life and death occur. I was able to experience life through the descriptions of the events by Nick about the going-abouts of Daisy and Gatsby. I experienced death through the killing that Daisy inflicted upon Mrs. Wilson and the two deaths brought on by Mr. Wilson upon Gatsby and Mr. Wilson. I was so hoping that Mr. Wilson might be able to come around to the conclusion that it was actually Mr. Buchanan that his wife was cheating with and not the great Gatsby. I wonder what Daisy thought when she first heard the news. I hope that Mr. Buchanan and Daisy attend the funeral anyways. I am not sure if I see the purpose in including the selection of Mr. Gatsby's father coming into town for the funeral also. It appeared that he had not done much for his son anyways. Nick seems upset, but I am not sure if he has come to the full realization of what has actually occurred yet. I bet that dealing with such a death as this is not one that is easy to overcome. I like how the author has created the climax at such an unsuspecting point in the book. It usually comes about in the center with a lot of downward action not really pertaining to the book, but just when I thought that Gatsby had lost his love and the plot had come to a conclusion, the curve ball was thrown with the murder and suicide. I found that Nick was dealing poorly with the death when he thought he heard Gatsby say, "Look here, old sport, you've got to get somebody for me. You've got to try hard. I can't go through this alone"(Page 165). This is when I felt sad because Gatsby wasn't going through it alone, he had Nick.