The End (169-180)

Throughout The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, I wondered to myself if I liked the book or not. I have come to the conclusion that I would like the book better if there might have been one theme that really stuck out to me instead of the ones that I became aware of while reading it. I found myself comparing this to The Perks of being a Wallflower because of the battle I felt that Nick was having throughout the book with himself. I felt as though Nick was experiencing nostalgia because of both his inability to commit to the relationship with Jordan and his sad attempts at being a part of life. He was used so often as a piece in this stupid puzzle that ended with the one good man I liked dead. I wish that either this theme would have been exemplified or modified in a way that revealed the theme of the wrongdoings of humanity being revealed by living in the past. It seemed that because Gatsby loved Daisy in the past he thought that he should rightfully have her now. I do not think that this is how our lives should be done. It bothers me that one would feel entitled like that in the future. I hope that I myself do not do this. I was also bothered by the lack of talking that Nick did. Why didn't he reveal the truth about the wreck? I definitely would have told everyone. It is what should have been done. The pride shown by Gatsby's father was another miscellaneous point that I could not relate to the rest of the story and that bothers me. What was the point of bringing his family back into the scene? Was it because I was told his family was dead and he inherited his money? Is this just supposed to be a revelation of the lying and absurdity of all that Gatsby was made up of? "Borne back ceaselessly into the past"(Page 180), is this a reference of the past being brought up through Gatsby's father? I would have liked an ending that connected more of the dots personally.