Sunday, January 2, 2011

Gatsby turned out all right in the end

9. "Gatsby turned out all right in the end -- it's what preyed upon him, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of man." This quote is from the beginning of the book when Nick is first describing Gatsby. The quote foreshadows the relationship between Daisy and Gatsby. Nick believes that Gatsby was a good person, but his wanting for everything to go back to how things were when Daisy and him first were together was something that haunted and ultimately ruined him and his chances with Daisy. The truth of the matter is it can not ever go back to the way things were because far to much has happened since then. His dreams are shattered, and eventually his affair with Daisy leads indirectly to his untimely death. After seeing how Gatsby’s unrealistic dream to be with Daisy ends, Nick is uninterested in partaking in similar dreams of following emotional plans.

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