dec 2, 1922 - The murder-suicide is mischaracterized as the actions of a deranged grieving husband, and there is no mention of the Buchanans or of Myrtle’s affair in the police report.

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Gatsby’s father, Henry Gatz comes to the funeral from Minnesota.

“a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed, bundled up in a long cheap ulster against the warm September day. His eyes leaked continuously with excitement” (9.33)

Nick can’t find anyone else to come to the funeral. Even Wolfshiem refuses to come.

“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead” (9.99)

Owl-eyes is the only other person who comes to the funeral.

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