West Egg Village In The Great Gatsby

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby During the time of my quote, Jay Gatsby has been shot in his swimming pool, and is now deceased, the passage that follows says. “But all his part seemed remote and unessential. I found myself on Gatsby’s side, and alone. From the moment I telephoned news of the catastrophe to West Egg Village, every surmise about him, and every practical question, was referred to me. At first I was surprised and confused; then as he lay in his house and didn’t move or breathe or speak hour upon hour it grew upon me that I was responsible, because no one else was interested- interested, I mean, with the intense personal interest to which everyone has some vague right at the end” To begin with the first sentence of the quote “But all his part seemed remote and unessential.” The

Jay had no friends except for Nick. The dead man lying next to him had such a profound spirit that it was insane to think he wouldn’t be around anymore. In this part of the passage says “From the moment I telephoned news of the catastrophe to West Egg Village,” Nick was the only person is Jay’s life that was close enough to him to have to make that phone call. Usually a death would be shared by a relative or a spouse, but in this case it is extremely sad that Nick was the only one in this position to make a call and let everyone know about the tragic events that had occurred, that day. “Every surmise about him, and every practical question, was referred to me.” Now that Gatsby was dead the people of West Egg and East Egg had no one’s feeling to hurt, so everyone went about asking every question that have, had, will pop into their head to figure out who Gatsby really was. It was finally their chance to find everything out, about the mysterious man, who threw all the big