The great Gatsby final....

So I really did not expect the irony that this book ended with...I thought that Gatsby and Daisy would indefinitely end up together, but in the end Gatsby died and Daisy stayed with Tom! Although this book did not go the way that I expected I guess I appreciate the story more because that's how life really works out. I felt really sorry for Mr. Wilson after his wife's tragic death because he really only lived for her. I never really did care for Myrtle Wilson because of her personality and how she developed a relationship with Tom Buchanan; but does anybody really deserve to die? The irony of Gatsby's death was just unbelievable. Mr. Wilson hunted down the yellow car that hit his wife, then shot Jay because he thought that he was the adulterer carrying on the relationship with his wife who hit her in the street. I do have to admit that I read through paragraphs and sentences various times because I did not comprehend what just took place. ( but eventually I got it(: ) I did not quite understand everything about Jay's past but I did understand that he was dirt poor and he left his family and changed his name to enter various different business's to build himself up. It says something about his character that he still would return to his father and treat him generously.
Mr. Wilson reminded me of the husband off of Brothers. He was a good guy but his love for his wife drove him crazy and he just lost it. This character reminds me of myself in a way because if I found secrets like that out about my husband of twelve years, I would probably be heart broken beyond repair also. Who knows what I would do? I think the relationship between Jordyn and Nick ( I know his name now) is interesting because Nick would comment that he was half in love with her and terribly sorry but he really did not put up a fight for her; I guess people do strange things for a reason. The character I admire the most is Nick because he really is not wealthy or a man of any social standing but because of Jay he gets thrown into this rich community of tragedy.
The setting is important because the time period makes the love story so ironic and tragic. Myrtle Wilson's death reminds me of Huck's fake death in the adventures of Huck Finn because of the way the surrounding people reacted to tragedy. Even in real life people react similar; for example when an ambulance pulls up on your street the entire neighborhood is on their porch.
I did not understand the significance of Mr. Gatsby's Russian friend saying he only is a friend to his comrades in life??? I don't understand this part because I though he was very close friend to Jay. I found this book to be purely for entertainment. I'd have to say the only moral I personally found was that life is not far and at times it does not make any sense. Also, that people in general flock together during tragedy. This book made me think in a new light about what romantic love really is, and overall I did enjoy reading it though it presented a different kind of challenge for me.
This novel was different from the Grapes of wrath because it was based on a love story. Although they're was tragedy after tragedy in Grapes I guess this novel affected me more personally because these people were all involved but not related. Another difference in this novel is that the cast of characters depended on each other un intentionally. In grapes they were all family and needed one another to survive.
The similarities between the two novels were strong. Death was the alternative to a happy ending in both. Starting the beginning of each book I did not expect the rest of the story that followed. Finally, the biggest similarity was that the book displayed human nature and reactions during tragedy. Both novels clearly showed how life takes out of our comfort zones and into the deepest layer of hurt possible to improve our character. Or at least that's what I have to believe or my own personal outlook on life would be bleak.