Gatsby's Death

The events which have fallen on us in the last summer are beautifully tragic and unfortunately accidental.  With all of our consciences in question we look back on Gatsby’s death with sorrow and regret.  His death is the result of Tom’s mistakes and Daisy’s unwillingness to acknowledge her role in the lives of the men around her. 

            Gatsby, although he was a just man, he had his secrets.  Many of them were spilled on the floor the day that we all went to the city, Gatsby attempting to show Tom that Daisy was and always had been.  All of this would eventually lead to his death, and from talking to Nick I’ve found that I really did like Gatsby more than I thought I did.  At the funeral Nick was given a journal of Gatsby’s by his father and it showed a detailed plan that Gatsby had for himself to gain money and Daisy.  I only wish that this plan wouldn’t have been affected by Tom and the sin that invaded this hopeful man’s life. 

            He sin that I speak of is the means by which he made his fortune.  His bootleg business and friendship with Wolfshiem made him prone to judgment but he really had a golden heart.  It’s just that his personality made him seem impersonal and even godly.

It’s completely unfair to this man that no one chose to attend his funeral.  He hosted to so many in this city but was such a controversial figure that only three shared his company at his grave.  Not only Daisy and Tom attended.  I know that Daisy cried for months, I was there almost every time she did.  But Tom despised the man, and forbade Daisy from

going to this affair.