One of the greatest endings in American literature can be found in .

             Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald ties in many themes that were used throughout the entire novel together in the last seven paragraphs to produce a unified piece of literature. Since the ending is the last thing a reader remembers, a good ending is essential to unify and summarize the themes of the novel for a greater impact on the reader. .

             "Gatsby's house was still empty when I left - the grass on his lawn had grown as long as mine. One of the taxi drivers in the village never took.

             a fare past the entrance gate without stopping for a minute and pointing.

             inside; perhaps it was he who drove Daisy and Gatsby over to East Egg.

             the night of the accident and perhaps he had made a story about it all his.

             own. I didn't want to hear it and I avoided him when I got off the train.".

             This entire paragraph signifies the grave change that has occurred .

             in Nick's life. Just as Gatsby's house is empty, so is Gatsby's dream unfulfilled. Gatsby's vision of the American dream destroyed him and left no remnants behind. The grass is symbolic of their belief in the American dream. During Gatsby's life the dream was very much alive for him. He cared more for the dream than he did for truth. During his life while the dream was still very much alive, the grass was cared for attentively just as his goals were cared for .

             attentively. After his death, the grass had no one to care for it just like the dream. .

             The grass was just as long and uncared for as Nick's symbolic that Gatsby's .

             dream was just as dead to him now as the dream had been dead to Nick. Both the grass and the dream were just as alive as they were dead in that though .

             Gatsby could no longer care for either one during his death, there would always .

             be someone else to carry on the dream, and a new resident in the house to cut .

             the grass.

             "I spent my Saturday nights in New York because those gleaming, dazzling parties of his were with me so vividly that I could still hear the.