The Great Gatsby chpt. 9

React to the attendance at Gatsby’s funeral. Why do the people who come, come? What is it meant to show us?
No one really came to Gatsby's funeral except Nick, his father, and owl eyes. Nick was there because he felt sort of a responsibility to Gatsby, and because he was one of the few who actually new them. His father was there because he was proud of his son and cared for him deeply. And Owl eyes was there again repressenting the all seeing and the all knowing. I think that the lack of people to attend Gatsby's funeral shows just how shallow the world is and how very few people actually new him. Everyone went to Gatsby's parties but none of them bothered to pay their respects to him or even show up to his funeral.
The title of the book is the Great Gatsby but when you think about it was Gatsby really that great, everyone knew Gatsby for his parties but no one seemed to know him and after he was gone no one really seemed to care. He tried to build himself up but in the end it dosn't seem to have done him a whole lot of good because no one is going to remember him, He was just another lost soul trying to find his place in this world.

the end^-^