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Why Did Jay Die In The Great Gatsby

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The question of whether someone dies or gets the girl is an important question that is often overlooked. Did Jay die because the author wanted him to; was it just the flow in the book with a recurring theme of mistrust and corruption? With every story, there's an ending, almost always with a death, especially if it's a romantic novel. This will be a mythological and psychoanalysis of why Fitzgerald chose this ending and why most romantic novels end with someone dying and someone getting the girl. It’s amazing that this ending came to such a surprise to anyone that reads it. Clichés are one of those things that you usually see coming, but, in the book, Daisy was a being distracted from the inevitable ending to the story. Distracting the audience
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