Chapter 9 summarizes the ending as Gatsby's funeral and Nick moving back to the West. Nick makes the connection to the difference between the West Egg and the Easy, by using people like Tom and Daisy, and Gatsby who have a lot of money. I thought it was rude and very cowardly of Tom to present Nick with the whole, "Gatsby deserved to die" thing. It angers me, like as a reader it should, that a character could be so careless. I have to keep reminding myself that this is just a book. Overall, I loved the comparison to what the explorers saw when they first entered America and the scene Nick created in the backyard at Gatsby's old house. Gatsby proves the quote that money cannot buy happiness, his happiness was Daisy and he couldn't even acquire to get her, It is quite sad because I was very fond of Gatsby and his perspective on the world surrounding him, very wise man, indeed. I hope that Nick carries on Gatsby's life when he moves back to Minnesota and never forgets the friend and life he once had in the East Egg.
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