The Theme Of Friendship In The Great Gatsby

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Friendship has a lot of meaning in our world. Nick and Gatsby were close friends but their friendship came from Gatsby wanting a favor from Nick which involves Nick’s cousin that Gatsby is in love with. At the end of the day, You can only really find out who your real friends are is when you are in desperate moments and you need help from the ones you call “friends.” Nick and Gatsby’s friendship starts because of Nick and Daisy being cousins and Nick admiring Gatsby’s attitude and affection towards Daisy, but they end up becoming closer and closer overtime.
Gatsby had a lot of love for a woman named Daisy and he thought she loved him as much as he loved her , but the woman he thought he loved and that loved him didn’t even attend his funeral.
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Nick notices that Gatsby has a brilliant mind and personality but like anyone else, he has his own flaws. Throughout the book Nick and Gatsby become closer and closer and Nick continues to study Gatsby behavior and attitude but he admires him. Later on, Gatsby finally meets Daisy’s current husband and Nicks friend, Tom. Tom realizes that something is going on with his wife and Gatsby and he begins to openly question Gatsby. Gatsby’s anger soon enough consumes him and he has a short outburst. All this was happening while Nick stayed silent and …show more content…
Throughout this Nick is in the Car with tom , Nick and Tom also being friends they drive past the scene and learn that it was Gatsby’s car who killed her and they had did a hit and run. Tom being friends with George, they plot to take out Gatsby. Nick having nothing to do with any of this, he is just a bystander. In conclusion, at the end George sneaks into Gatsby’s mansion and kills him before turning the gun on himself. The irony in this is that Gatsby wasn’t even the one who was driving when Myrtle was killed, but Gatsby was going to take the blame. He thought that Daisy was a real friend and his true lover , but she and Tom agreed to let Gatsby take the blame and him being punished. Nick knew what Tom and Daisy were gonna do, he tried to tell Gatsby, but he was so certain and in love that he couldn’t face

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