How Does Tom React To Gatsby's Death

In the Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses language to illustrate how calm and tranquil Gatsby’s death was. In chapter 8, Tom spent the day after the accident with Gatsby and felt as if he just needed to simply talk to him. Whereas, George had come out of his seclusion and began to think about the events that occurred the previous night. He vowed he would find who that car belonged to and that he would do something about it. As the day progressed, Nick felt tense as if knowing something would happen, so he went to see Gatsby directly. His death was so serene, there was “barely perceptible movement” and wind which “scarcely corrugated the surface.” These words that demonstrate little movement, reflect on Gatsby’s demise. The “barely perceptible movement,”