It seems it is necessary, to some extent, to touch briefly on what other revelations are made in the last chapter, and the one before it, about Nick's thinking on Gatsby, as they all lead up to the great sweeping flow of ideas that Fitzgerald lets loose in the end of his work. One of the most important of these is when Nick notes, right before Gatsby is shot, that, "He [Gatsby] must have felt …showed first 75 words of 249 total…

…showed last 75 words of 249 total…different. And this is what Nick perceives as killing him. There are other hints that, by the end, Nick was starting to see Gatsby as a person who, while being a fake just like the rest of them, was actually honorable - a true friend. "The lawn and drive had been crowded with those who guessed at his corruption - and he stood on those steps, concealing his incorruptible dream, as he waved them good-by" (155).