The Great Gatsby

"What goes around comes around." This is ultimately the message delivered by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novel, The Great Gatsby - that retribution for one's actions is inevitable. He demonstrates this point through the novel's ending and, more specifically, the death of Jay Gatsby. Gatsby's untimely murder is essentially the only possible conclusion for the novel to express Fitzgerald's point - since the ending is justice being served for Gatsby's actions and the way he leads his life, as well as the actions and behaviour of the other characters. Gatsby's illegal business activities and wi…