Реферат: Analysis Of The Great Gatsby Essay Research

calm her nerves. When they pass Wilson’s garage, Daisy swerves to avoid

another car and ends up hitting Myrtle, killing her. Gatsby explains this to Nick,

who advises him to leave town until the situation calms. He refuses to leave,

however. He remains in order to watch Daisy’s mansion across the bay and

make sure that she is safe. However, George Wilson, driven mad by the death

of his wife, goes to search out the killer. Tom Buchanan points him toward

Gatsby. Wilson shoots Gatsby before committing suicide.

After the murder, the Buchanans leave town to avoid responsibility for the

events that had occurred. Nick is left to organize the funeral, but finds that few

have any concern for Gatsby. Of Gatsby’s main confidants, only Meyer

Wolfsheim shows a modicum of regret, and few attend the funeral. However,

Nick does find Gatsby’s father, Henry Gatz, and brings him to New York for

the funeral. It is from him that Nick learns the extent of Gatsby’s vision and his

grand plans for self-improvement and achievement.

Thoroughly disgusted with life in New York, Nick decides to return to the

mid-west. Before leaving, Nick sees Tom Buchanan once more. Tom tries to

elicit some sympathy from Nick, thinking that all of his actions were thoroughly

justified. Nick leaves New York, realizing that Gatsby differed from all of his

peers, for he had grand dreams and goals, yet was unable to transcend the

boundaries and limitations that his origins and his past history had given him.