The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
"''God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me, but you can't fool God''" (Fitzgerald, 159). I do not even think the man actually believed in God, but this statement is true. It is possible that Fitzgerald added this in the story to remind those who are doing sinful acts that God always knows.
More death...joy. Not only do we have a woman run over, but a "madman" who shot Gatsby and then killed himself. Gatsby was killed for something he did not do. Maybe a connection to a story in the past in which people were being punished unfairly. Nick felt it necessary to call up people whom he believed would want to go to Gatsby's funeral, and people he would wish to be there. For some reason, he can not come up with people to attend, except his father. His father was proud of him, but it is important to realize these things before the people pass, so we can tell them.
Daisy who said that she loved Gatsby was nowhere to be found. Maybe this is to show that even after all of this time that Gatsby had lived in the past and searched to reclaim his dream girl, time continued and life is not worth wasting waiting for your past to become your present.
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