Did Jay Gatsby All Right In The End

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the narrator, Nick Carraway states Jay Gatsby “turned out all right in the end.” At the end of the book, Gatsby dies of a gunshot wound. Despite his death, Nick can claim that Gatsby turned all right in the end for several reasons. One reason is Gatsby pursued his dreams with optimism and determination. Another reason is Gatsby has been involved in criminal activities and corruption but he was involved in them because he wanted to achieve his American Dream. Gatsby was a very optimistic character. He never gave up on his dreams for his relationship with Daisy. As Gatsby states “Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!’ He looked around him wildly, as if the past were lurking around him here

He was willing to do whatever it took to get back with Daisy and to make the relationship work. As Nick states "I have an idea that Gatsby himself didn't believe it would come, and perhaps he no longer cared. If that was true he must have felt that he had lost the old warm world, paid a high price for living too long with a single dream” (158). What Nick is explaining is the fact that Gatsby pursued this one dream for a long time and paid a high price for it. He is saying it is important to pursue your dreams even if they may seem

Whether it was his love for Daisy or accomplishing the American Dream, he would stop at nothing. As Nick States "He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips' touch, she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete” (120). Nick is indicating that Gatsby is deeply in love with Daisy and would stop at nothing to get to her. Even if that meant participating in illegal