Thinking about the Plot

Fitzgerald set up the plot of The Great Gatsby in an usual and unique manner.  A very large part of the book is setting up for the climax, or what must be considered the climax.  The beginning starts interestingly, but the middle settles into developing relationships.  The part that became most entertaining was when suddenly the action began to rise extremely quickly.  With Tom finding out about Daisy and Gatsby, a fight nearly ensues between the two men, which leads to them both having hot heads.  The climax hits when who is assumed to be Gatsby hits and kills Mrs. Wilson, but later it is revealed Daisy was behind the wheel.  After  the scene settles down, the husband of the woman, Wilson, begins to go crazy a little bit.  He spends time tracking down the owner of the car, Gatsby, and shows up at his house to shoot him, which he does.  The resolution was rather unsatisfying.  It ends with a stale funeral that nobody attended with the exception of a very small crowd.  The scene can best be summed up by the quote "He took off his glasses and wiped them again, outside and in.  'The poor son-of-a-bitch,'" (Fitzgerald, 175).  The ending was a calm and peaceful ending in which Nick decided to find his own path in life while reminiscing over the life of Jay Gatsby.