In “Chapter 9” of The Great Gatsby, Nick decides to move back to the Midwest. Before he leaves, he sees Tom and asks him what he had told Wilson after Myrtle's death. Tom admits he told Wilson that Gatsby owned the yellow car which causes Wilson to shoot Gatsby and then himself. Nick comes to terms with Tom and Daisy when he realizes that they represent all that he feels disdain for. Fitzgerald uses diction and …showed first 75 words of 838 total…

…showed last 75 words of 838 total…Daisy and Gatsby but he has maintained the morals of the previous generation because he symbolizes the Mid-west. Fitzgerald’s opinion of the society he lives in is directed at the opportunists. The American Dream with all its promise and opportunity is portrayed as false. Fitzgerald explains through the character of Gatsby that you can not reinvent yourself. His opinion of the immoral East which represents opportunity stems from his distrust in the American dream.