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West Egg, NEW YORK - Jay Gatsby, age 33, came to a woeful death on September 1, 1922, in his lavish Long Island home. While bathing in the garden’s swimming pool, an alleged George Wilson unexpectedly came up and shot Gatsby from behind then turned the gun on himself. ____________________________________ “Gatsby, he had a grand vision for his life since he was a boy. No amount of fire could challenge the fairy tale he had stored up in his heart.” - Nick Carraway ___________________________________ James “Jimmy” Gatz hailed from rural North Dakota to a poor German American farming family in 1890. As a young man he the effulgent, green light situated at the end of his dear beloved Daisy’s East End dock that made Gatsby the person who he was.” He is survived by his father, Henry C. Gatz of North Dakota. A visitation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. at Gatsby’s home in West Egg. There will be a private burial at the Gatz Family Cemetery. …show more content…

Olaf’s in Minnesota. The next summer he worked in Lake Superior where he met a wealthy man named Dan Cody. The young Gatsby rowed out to Cody’s yacht and warned him of an impending storm. Cody took a liking to Jay and made him his personal assistant. After traveling with him to the Barbary Coast and West Indies Gatsby soon fell in love with the wealth and luxurious lifestyle that Cody held. Being that his parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people, Gatsby was determined to make something of himself and was going to dedicate himself to becoming a successful and wealthy man, just like Dan

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There will be no investigation as far as Long Island officials are concerned. There is every reason to believe that Mr. Wilson was a madman deranged by the grief of losing his wife.” Further investigations on both deaths are being carried out separately by authorities. Mr. Gatsby is thought to be survived by his father, Henry C. Gatz, of Minnesota. It is not disclosed when a funeral for Mr. Gatsby will be held, although his absence will surely be grieved by the avid party-goers of New

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By the end of the book Gatsby's’ lifeless body ends up in the bottom of his pool with a bullet to his chest, all of the raged that was in Wilson was unleashed on Gatsby. This scene portrays how much he loved Daisy to the point that he would take the blame for her, additionally it shows how the low class society believe that the high class society can get away with anything due how privileged they are based on the amount of money they have. In the scene at Gatsby's funeral no one but Nick and and the people who worked for him attended (164). This scene is significant because it proves to show that Jay Gatsby died an unhappy man, his reputation still remained unknown due to the fact that he did not develop special relationships with anyone, his love for Daisy was never completed and the success he yearned for was never

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He discovered that a yacht, owned by a rich tycoon named Dan Cody, had dropped its anchor in a dangerous spot. He borrowed a rowboat and warned Dan. Cody hired him and from there, he learned to live the lavish life of a rich man. He changed his name to Jay Gatsby after five years of working alongside Cody.

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Then he drifted back to Lake Superior, and he was still searching for something to do...” (Fitzgerald 99). Gatsbys younger ages were rough, he attended a small college in Minnesota which he had to pay for by working for the school with the embarrassing job of a janitor.

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He was swimming in his pool waiting on Daisy to call but she never did. While he was swimming Wilson, the husband of Myrtle, shot Gatsby. This was the end of his dream. He lost his life and he would never have his

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