After Gatsby's death, Nick becomes completely disillusioned with the East's superficiality and carelessness, deciding to move back West to the Midwest, finding the values of home more genuine and less corrupt, and reflecting on the hollow nature of the American Dream and the destructive carelessness of people like Tom and Daisy. He ends his brief relationship with Jordan Baker and leaves New York with a bitter understanding of the moral decay he witnessed.
A while after the funeral, Nick saw Tom. Tom said that he told Wilson, the man who killed Gatsby, that it was Gatsby's car that hit Wilson's wife, Myrtle. Nick did not like living in the East anymore, and he decided to leave the city and move back west.
The only people to attend the funeral are a few servants, Owl Eyes, Nick, and Gatsby's father. Nick then decides to move to the midwest, and breaks it off with Jordan who then claims she has another man. Nick then encounters Tom on Fifth-Avenue in New York.
What does Nick realize about his role after Gatsby's death? Nick is Gatsby's only true friend, so it is his responsibility to manage Gatsby's affairs because he is the only person who cares.
Scott Fitzgerald, Nick decides to go back to the Midwest after growing disenchanted with the superficial, materialistic lifestyle on the East Coast. The experiences and tragic fate of Gatsby leave Nick feeling jaded, driving him to find comfort in the more down-to-earth values of his Midwestern roots.
The Great Gatsby isn't explicitly LGBTQ+, but it's frequently read through a queer theory lens, particularly focusing on narrator Nick Carraway's complex feelings for Gatsby, suggesting homoerotic undertones, closeted sexuality, and intense, possibly romantic, longing that transcends typical friendship in a repressive era. While F. Scott Fitzgerald never confirmed Nick as gay, interpretations point to Nick's detailed descriptions of men, his avoidance of intimacy with women like Jordan, and his fascination with Gatsby as hints of his hidden sexuality.
Why does Nick return west after Gatsby's death? He misses his family, he wants to change jobs, and he is disgusted with the east.
Nick comes to the conclusion that Tom and Daisy are careless and uncaring people and that they destroy people and things, knowing that their money will shield them from ever having to face any negative consequences.
Gatsby's death is a moment of irony because he is still waiting for Daisy to call him so they can be together, but he does not realize that Daisy and her husband have already reconciled with one another.
The last line of The Great Gatsby reads: ''And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. ''
Three days after the murder of Gatsby, a telegram from his father, 'signed Henry C. Gatz' arrives and, a few days later, Mr. Gatz arrives at the mansion.
Nick holds a funeral for Gatsby and breaks up with Jordan. Nick now loathes New York City and decides that Gatsby, Daisy, Tom and he were all Midwesterners unsuited to Eastern life.
Nick reconnects briefly with Jordan, who tell him that she is engaged. Nick runs into Tom, who admits telling Wilson that it was Gatsby's car that hit Myrtle. Nick decides to go back to the Midwest.
In a queer reading of the novel “Nick doesn't just love Gatsby, he's in love with him” (Bourne M., 2018).
Jay Gatsby is shot to death in the swimming pool of his mansion by George Wilson, a gas-station owner who believes Gatsby to be the hit-and-run driver who killed his wife, Myrtle.
Since Gatsby isn't “old money” he lives on the slightly less fashionable West egg because he is not as sophisticated as East eggers like Tom and Daisy. Since Gatsby hasn't been wealthy his whole life, and he had to work to get his money, he doesn't have much power compared to Tom.
Water has been a transformative medium throughout Gatsby's life and some people believe his death within the pool symbolizes a sort of baptism, cleansing Gatsby's soul and the renewal of his life after death.
Jay Gatsby travels the journey to achieve the American dream, but his dream is corrupted and outside forces prevent him from ever fully attaining it.
Tom Buchanan stands out as a pivotal figure in the chain of events leading to Gatsby's death. His actions, marked by arrogance and entitlement, create a volatile environment that ultimately proves fatal for Gatsby.
He catches up with Gatsby in the pool outside his home and shoots him dead, before killing himself. Nick is left to organise Gatsby's funeral. Daisy and Tom have left town. Wolfshiem refuses to come.
A confrontation between Tom and Gatsby ensues over Daisy's love. Though Gatsby insists that Daisy never loved Tom, Daisy admits that she loved both Tom and Gatsby. The confrontation ends with Daisy leaving with Gatsby in his yellow car, while Tom departs with Nick and Jordan.
In October, Nick bumps into Tom Buchanan on Fifth Avenue. Nick refuses to shake his hand, as he discovers that Tom was the one who told George Wilson that Gatsby killed Myrtle. Tom mentions that he cried when he had to give up the apartment he shared with Myrtle.
That boat would always be “borne back” into the past. The “past” here can have a double meaning. It can mean that all his efforts to win Daisy (how hard he “beats against the current”) won't get him any closer (he will always end up back across the literal/metaphorical gulf from Daisy).
“Life and death were much different for Gatsby, only a few genuinely cared for him.” There were only a few people who attended Gatsby's funeral. Nick was there along with Gatsby's father (Henry Gatz), Owl Eyes, the minister, and a few of the house servants.
Contrary to Gatsby's expectations and as evidenced by Daisy's decision to leave with her husband, Daisy ultimately preferred to live a life of comfort that's free from consequences, and, unfortunately for Gatsby, she had better access to such a lifestyle with her husband.