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Gatsby’s Eulogy How do we measure a man’s achievements? When do we say that he has lived a full life and that he made it, in order to die in a blissful place? What constitutes the right time and place to die? Or is there one? Do we move to a better place or our we destined to be stuck in this world, time and time again, to make the same mistakes over and over again? What happens when we die? Are we ever really where we want to be? Do we ever achieve that perfect day, where everything comes together in a sort of misty haze but it all makes sense and it all feels right? Is death really an end or a new beginning? These are some of the innumerable questions that fill my mind at this time of loss and death but also a time or unforgettable memories and love. My friend James Gatz or as I had always known him Gatsby, was a man who filled up the room. His somewhat deceptive personality led me to believe that he was a man of rich beginnings and was give