Finally, Gatsby's fate is sealed when Mr. Wilson shoots Gatsby because he thought Gatsby was the one that killed his wife, Myrtle, when it was actually
Conclusion. Gatsby's death was inevitable because he caused his own death and he wanted to take the blame for Daisy,when Daisy ran over Myrtle because he thought that Daisy was going to get back with him and he lied about his past to get close to certain people that knew Daisy Buchanan,so that he could get close to her ...
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.
Gatsby's funeral is ironic because only three people attend, while enormous crowds attended his parties. Despite being a popular figure in the social scene, once Gatsby passes, neither Daisy, his business partner Henry Wolfsheim, nor any of his partygoers seem to remember him or care.
Gatsby's Death and Funeral
In both book and movie, Gatsby is waiting for a phone call from Daisy, but in the film, Nick calls, and Gatsby gets out of the pool when he hears the phone ring. He's then shot, and he dies believing that Daisy was going to ditch Tom and go way with him. None of that happens in the book.
Daisy does not want to be seen attending Gatsby's funeral since she does care about her image, despite the fact that she has never loved Tom. As a result, she makes the decision to abstain out of concern that she would damage both her connection with Tom and her standing in the eyes of the general public.
Gatsby's death is inescapable in order for him to achieve his own salvation and is presented as a sacrifice paralleling the death of Christ.
At the end of The Great Gatsby, Gatsby is revealed to have been a bootlegger; Daisy abandons him, Tom shoots him, and his funeral is sparsely attended. Nick reflects on the story in the last few paragraphs, noting that Gatsby built all of his wealth and status in service of reuniting with his lost love, Daisy.
What is ironic about Gatsby's death? 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. The last sentence of this novel is consistently ranked in the lists of best last lines that magazines like to put together. So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. So what makes this sentence so great?
Gatsby's tragic flaw is his inability to wake up from his dream of the past and accept reality. His obsession with recapturing his past relationship with Daisy compels him to a life of crime and deceit. He becomes a bootlegger, does business with a gangster, and creates a false identity.
Nick, disillusioned by Gatsby's death, recognizes the amoral behaviour of the old-money class and becomes aware that the American Dream which Gatsby believed in cannot be saved from the decadence.
In the "Roaring Twenties," people were too concerned with ruthless ambition, rather than moral conviction; Gatsby's death was a result of the lack of moral conviction in his life. He had to die because Fitzgerald wanted him to die and made him die; he could not escape his mortality. His death was predetermined.
In conclusion, everyone had their part in the death of Gatsby. The minor contributors were Jay Gatsby and Myrtle Wilson, leaving Tom more responsible than Gatsby and Myrtle but Daisy Buchanan most responsible.
Henry C. Gatz, Gatsby's father, comes to the mansion three days after his son's death, aged and wearing plain clothes. He's grief-stricken and asks Nick what his relationship was with Gatsby. Nick says they were close friends.
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.
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Owl Eyes is the only character able to see behind Gatsby's facade, and his omniscient knowledge makes him an omen for death.
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
Tom knew that the car that ran Myrtle over was Gatsby's, but he was not Myrtle's love. By giving the false information to George, yet Tom knew he was Myrtle's lover, he directly causes Gatsby's death (Gale, 2019).
Gatsby is able to achieve great success financially but does so illegally. He represents the corrupt side of the American Dream, where people would do anything to gain their wanted success.
In Chapter 9, the mystery of how George found Gatsby is solved. Tom confesses that George first came to Tom's house that night. There, Tom told him that the yellow car was Gatsby's and insinuated that Gatsby was the one who killed Myrtle and the one who was sleeping with her (9.143).
Tom tells him that he was the one who told Wilson that Gatsby owned the car that killed Myrtle, and describes how greatly he suffered when he had to give up the apartment he kept in the city for his affair. He says that Gatsby deserved to die.
He thinks it was unfortunate but inevitable.
"Can't repeat the past?" he cried incredulously. "Why of course you can!" He looked around him wildly, as if the past were lurking here in the shadow of his house, just out of reach of his hand. This is probably Gatsby's single most famous quote.
Gatsby is the eponymous hero of the book and is the main focus. However, although Gatsby has some qualities which are typically heroic, other aspects of his character are closer to the typical villain. Heroic traits: He is a self-made man.