presagio.

"I've always been glad I said that. It was the only compliment I ever gave him, because I disapproved of him from beginning to end." p. 98

I should have picked up on this right about this part of the book... Nick starts talking about "the end". he reflects more about Gatsby's life as a whole. he foreshadows Gatsby's death a mere five pages later. uh-duh. I feel a little stupid now for not noticing it, but I was still kinda worried about Myrtle dying and trying to figure out where Tom was and so on and so forth. the end of the book isn't super clear about all of that. that's probably typical. the reader doesn't need to know EXACTLY where people go. it's sorta like that object permanence thing that babies learn when they're a few months old: just because you can't see it doesn't mean it's not there. it's pretty well placed, actually. right at the coattails of the Myrtle incident. right after the big to-do between Gatsby and Tom. boo. well played, Fitzgerald.