A depressing funeral

Chapter 9 is Gatsby's funeral, and it is not a very good one. Nothing seems to be right. For starters, the funeral only consists of a few guests: Nick, a handful of servants, Owl Eyes, and Gatsby's father, Henry Gatz. To make matters worse, it's raining. Henry seems to be disappointed at what his son did not become, but at the same time proud of what he did. This may seem confusing because his father says "If he'd of lived, he'd of been a great man. A man like James J.Hill. He'd of helped build up the country" (168), but later shows Nick a picture of Gatsby's house and Nick says "He had shown it so often that I think it was more real to him now than the house itself" (172). Henry does see is son as successful because of his wealth, but would probably change his mind if he found out it was illegally earned. In the end, Nick breaks up with Jordan and finally realizes that Tom and Daisy are "careless people" and says "they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made" (179). Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I enjoyed the characters and how each one of them was different, but important in conveying the message of the story. The plot was easy to follow even if there was some mystery mixed in.