Friday, August 31, 2007
The Final Great gatsby response
At the last chapter of The Great Gatsby we read about Gatsby’s funeral, which was pretty darn pathetic if you ask me. The only people that came to Gatsby’s actual funeral that Nick arranged for him were Nick himself, Owl eyes, some of Gatsby’s servants, and His father Henry Gatz. The reason I believe that only these people show up is that through out the story, we have had a certain importance of eyes, so it was only natural for Owl eyes to attend, the reason some of his servants came was because they respected him and wished to visit his funeral, it was only polite for their old boss, and finally Gatsby’s father who was very proud of his son and only wanted to do what any father would do if their child had died and that is to visit their funeral. The real reason for these people attending is respect, and that is what Nick is trying to convey, every other person who knew Gatsby did not actually like him, they liked his parties, house, and money, not Gatsby himself, that why these people are the only ones to show up for his funeral.
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Good post Tony. This is the level of reflection I'm looking for.
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