Monday, May 11, 2009

In Great Gatsby why didn't Daisy Wolfsheim and others go to funeral. How does this relate to a central theme?

Just looking for how this funeral scene of nobody showing up related to a central theme in the book and some reasons of why these people didn't show up

In Great Gatsby why didn't Daisy Wolfsheim and others go to funeral. How does this relate to a central theme?
It shows that despite his illusion of popularity (big parties, mysterious reputation) there was noone who actually cared for Gatsby -- it shows how hollow his illusion really was.
Reply:nobody showed up to gatsby's funeral because he doesn't really have any friends. his entire life he has been trying to work himself up to a certain level of social status, so daisy would fall back in love with him. but he couldn't (the island he lives on is for people who have money, but no the social status, in contrast to daisy's) become a part of their society. all the people that he thought were his friends were all actually just using him, and nobody really wanted to give anything back to him.





as for the central theme, i kind of don't remember so i'm not really sure, but i think it's about how messed up and corrupted the "american dream" is. gatsby thought that he would have everything if he became rich, but he didn't. at the end, it turns out that he really had nothing, no family, no love, and no friends. i think?
Reply:%26gt;%26gt; The poor attendance at Gatsby's funeral exemplifies the ultimate failure of Gatsby to ever achieve what he wanted. The woman he loved was not present, she was off with her husband. None of the people who frequented the parties over the summer showed up and Wolfsheim, one of the few people who could be called a close friend to Gatsby, refused to attend. This can all be tied into the final quote about trying to grasp for that green light. The more Gatsby tried to obtain, the less he ended up with. Like the green light, it receded before him no matter how badly he wanted all of it.


%26gt;%26gt; The man with the owl eyed glasses (who lived at Gatsby's mansion for a time) does show up to the funeral, albeit late, but he shows up because he feels its morally right to do so ~ out of respect for the dead %26amp; not because he felt any close ties to Gatsby.
Reply:It reflects the "made-up" nature of Gatsby and his world.
Reply:i think it relates because everyone in the book are more or less fake people. none of them are actually friends and are all self conceded and don't care about anyone else. thats why they don't go to the funeral because they never cared about him in the first place.

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