Even though I always appreciated the way that Gatsby was
careful and considering in his actions, I feel no desire or obligation to go to
his funeral. The whole affair surrounding his death had been a catastrophe and
I knew that the careless and fluttering people who knew him in life would have
no better things to say of him in death. I wish things had turned out
differently, but I’m smart enough not to hold onto the past like Gatsby did. I
just want to move on from everything that happened, and I can’t do that if I
hold onto sentimentality. Gatsby was different from the reckless people who
tramped to his parties every weekend or those who made blind assumptions of him
both during and after his life. He was a nice guy, but he’s dead now and me
going to his funeral isn’t going to change that.
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