The Great Gatsby Ending

Fay Weldon’s analysis of a great story rests on the realization of a didactic ending where spiritual reassessment and moral reconciliation takes place. A happy ending occurs when there is moral development in which readers come to a point of significant realizations. In The Great Gatsby, the aspect of moral development is best viewed through the voice of the narrator, Nick Carraway. Fitzgerald’s use of this character enables and and provides an avenue for the readers to decipher the complex issues and themes resident in the novel. Such a scenario exists because of Nick’s ability to provide a separate commentary on the social, political, religious, and economic issues exhibited by the characters; having to do with the ideal of no matter where you come from, you can become anything you want because Gatsby believed that if he was able to get Daisy, he could fool anyone to which he can become anything he sought after, but this proved otherwise since he resorted to crimes and killing to get what he wants, in the long run it came to his inevitable death as everything he has achieved was due to crimes that came back.

The Great Gatsby’s story line provides an option for moral reconciliation through two main characters, Gatsby and Nick, but everyone played as a pawn to Gatsby’s inevitable death. The story behind Gatsby was one of not being able to let go having a possessive grasp of the past. It was able to give constant reminders of Gatsby’s undivided love towards Daisy. As he pursued her and was willing to go to any length, as long as it brought him back to Daisy as mentioned in the book,”Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time.” This was evident due to him consistently trying to impress her and show her everything that he had accomplished.

Subsequently, Gatsby believed that Daisy represented more than just love. Too him she represented the upper class, something that he sought to be. Her acceptance was precious to him since he believed that she filled the void he was longing to complete. Nick’s analysis of events transpiring around him is heavily inclined towards his interactions with Gatsby and the society around him. From the moment the novel begins, the reader is introduced to this society that exemplifies everything that is wrong with the American society. The society is characterized by opulence, mirth, sexuality, greed, romance, and many other issues that seem to occur in excesses. Humanity seems to want more and more of what they already have and there is nothing that can quench this thirst. It is this reality that is best expressed through Gatsby’s life.

Additionally, Gatsby couldn’t complete his goal of getting Daisy as although both loved one another there were to many risks. Some of those risks were due to Gatsby's anonymous amount of wealth attained. However, he still wants to get back with his childhood romance, Daisy. Even though Daisy is now married to another man, it does nothing to dissuade Gatsby from his passions and intentions. Indeed, Nick points out that this is part of the culture of this society. Everyone is involved in some form of vice and pleasure that can seriously harm someone’s life. Throughout the novel, the reader is constantly made aware of what can go wrong when such attitudes do not go unchecked. In these moments, the reader continues on an independent journey; one separate from the author’s storyline. Such moments of spiritual reassessment do provide the reader with an opportunity to assess their morality in relation to the characters in the novel. By the end, he had lost everything that he was longing to grasp, and his insurmountable amount of wealth lead to his inevitable death. Hereby, putting all of his pursuits to rest.

Concluding, in The Great Gatsby, the idea of moral reconciliation was due to Gatsby’s unrelenting dream of being with Daisy. The general sense of chaos and decay becomes a good barometer for measuring one’s sense of morality. The narrator, Nick, allows one to observe the futility of the society West Egg and East Egg. It is a situation that is well-captured in Gatsby’s death. The series of events that led to this death made it possible for readers to experience a sense of moral reconciliation. It was now possible for the readers to understand that narrator was true in his assessment. The reconciling of ideas provided was as a result of the confluence of the chain of thought between the author and the readers. The ideal of moral reconciliation was due to Gatsby’s unwillingness to let go of the past, drawing him to look back to something that he had no ability to control.

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