UNEXPECTED ENDING Flashcards
Gatsby’s death - “it was when we started with Gatsby towards the house that the gardener spotted Wilson’s body a little way off in the grass”
First Paragraph
talk about why Wilson targeted Gatsby.
death of Myrtle.
Gatsby Dad - ““Mr Gatz opened the door and came out, his mouth ajar, his face flushed slightly, his eyes leaking isolated and punctual tears”
Second paragraph
talk about how Gatsby kept in contact with his parents, even though he moved away and wanted to distance himself from his upbringing.
Wolfsheim - “let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not when he is dead”
Wolfsheim refusing to attend Gatsby’s funeral, instead opting to morn away from where people can connect the two of them together as they were both in a criminal organisation.
Funeral - “they used to go there by the hundreds… that poor son of a bitch”
Owl-eyes attending Gatsbys funeral. Says what everyone is thinking, Why aren’t more people here?
Nick running into Tom “they were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures…
“they were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept then together, And let other people clean up the mess they had made”
