Usually authors prefer not to kill the main characters of their novels, because readers can feel like they read the whole book for nothing. I think that killing Gatsby was a good moved that helped Fitzgerald successfully convey the main message of the book: the decline of the American Dream.
Gatsby was a man who lived in a era of prosperity and material excess, but all he wanted was to be with the woman he loved. His whole life revolved around making himself worthy of Daisy, and finding a way to win her back. He reached his goal, but was not able to see that Daisy would not be able to live up to his expectations. In the end, he died because he wasn't able to understand the world Daisy lived in, and to learn how to live in that world.
However, when I look back at the book, the thing that strikes me the most is not Gatsby's death, but the personalities of Daisy and Tom. Tom and Daisy are amoral people, they are careless and uncaring people. Since they know that their money will shield them from ever having to face any negative consequences they destroy people and things. This is an idea that we can still relate to, as most people still believe that money is the most valuable thing in life and will enable people to accomplish anything they want.
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