The Reflection of Frankenstein

In this chapter, Fitzgerald implies that material wealth and success are the only things that matter to certain people in this world. “After a little while Mr. Gatz opened the door and came out, his mouth ajar, his face flushed slightly, his eyes leaking isolated and unpunctual tears. He had reached an age where death no longer has the quality of ghastly surprise, and when he looked around him now for the first time and saw the height and splendor of the hall and the great rooms opening out from it into other rooms his grief began to be mixed with an awed pride.”(176). In chapter 9 as Gatsby’s father arrives for his funeral, he is amazed by Gatsby’s house and possessions. However Mr. Gatz remains completely unfazed at the fact that his son had just died. Gatsby’s father shows admiration towards...