Obviously I knew the answer. He had been accused of murder and he will never be able to tell his side of the story. No one knew the true story of Myrtle's death and they never will because even as much as I may say he was wrongly accused, no one will believe it because it makes him a typical rich person, but he wasn't. People in this time only took advantage of rich people but once they were outed by society they scattered and didn't defend them at all. Everyone at those parties he always threw, the people that came in and spoiled his money away at the party that was held just to make others happy, those people never showed up. Not even Daisy who was loved deeply by Gatsby came. This is what most shocked me. Gatsby would have done anything for her if she asked, unlike Tom. It is really hard to go against family, but Gatsby had never done anything to hurt anyone and for someone like Daisy to have Gatsby basically save her life and take the blame for a crime that she committed is true love. It's one thing not to take the blame, but to not even show up at his funeral when you wouldn't even be on this Earth if it wasn't for him. That to me is the most pure form of selfishness if I have ever seen it. I cannot believe what I am saying, but I also cannot believe what I saw her do all that time.
- Nick
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