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The Great Gatsby Mortality Quotes Page 4
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
| Quote #10 After a little while Mr. Gatz opened the door and came out, his mouth ajar, his face flushed slightly, his eyes leaking isolated and unpunctual tears. He had reached an age where death no longer has the quality of ghastly surprise, and when he looked around him now for the first time and saw the height and splendor of the hall and the great rooms opening out from it into other rooms, his grief began to be mixed with an awed pride. (9.40) |
Gatsby’s father has just seen his son’s dead body. Gatz’s glimpse of the magnificence of his son’s mansion helps him cope with such an unexpected loss. Again, money and materialistic things (like Gatsby’s house) take prime importance in the society Fitzgerald presents.
| Quote #11 "Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he’s dead," he suggested. "After that my own rule is to let everything alone." (9.96) |
When there’s nothing else for Wolfsheim to gain from Gatsby’s friendship, he pulls himself out of the situation. He treats his friendship with Gatsby almost like another business transaction, even though the two men have been through a lot together.
