The train arrived and I felt more anxious than ever, I was still unable to get ahold of Gatsby. I arrived at his house, fearful of what might have happened or what he could have done. To my surprise, I found Daisy there. What Daisy and Tom discussed the night of the accident remains a mystery to me still, but it seemed as if Daisy had made her choice. Content that Gatsby was safe and things had somewhat returned to normal, I went home. The next few days passed as usual, Daisy was with Gatsby often, and Gatsby was as happy as ever. I remained uneasy after Gatsby’s confrontation with Tom, and I loathed running into him again; whatever friendship remained from our college days was long gone. During this time, Gatsby threw no more parties; his ambition fulfilled. As winter approached, the weather became cold, and I felt that Gatsby was getting colder as well. I rarely saw him, and I began to wonder what would happen if he realized that Daisy was not the person he dreamed she was. He had spent many years amassing wealth and throwing elaborate parties, things he never particularly seemed to enjoy, for the sole purpose of finding Daisy. If Gatsby realized that all of that effort was for nothing, i’m not sure what he would do.
Determined to discover the nature of Gatsby’s silence, I returned to his home on a cold, November day. What I found inside …show more content…
Having a happy ending would go against the tone of the book, which always made it seem as if something would go wrong; whether from the affair or Gatsby’s shady business. Nobody truly gets a happy ending in the story; Myrtle, Gatsby, and Wilson die; Daisy runs away with Tom, who will presumably cheat on her again, and Nick has been disillusioned by life in the East. To turn The Great Gatsby into a love story would greatly take away from the book. Furthermore, showing that excessive wealth can get you anything, even love, would not make a strong