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I do not think it means death. To me, it is Fitzgerald's commentary on the meaning of the novel. Your question says to look back at the previous three paragraphs. To me, those paragraphs are...
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In this passage from Chapter 7, Nick is trying to pinpoint what is so elusive about the quality of Daisy's voice. Gatsby notes that her voice is "full of money," meaning she has the...
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No one knows for sure how Gatsby got his money, but there are several educated guesses and rumors. The most prevelant rumor is that Gatsby got his money through bootlegging (illegal sale of...
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In The Great Gatsby, there are two cities that are separated by the Valley of Ashes. These two cities are knows as East Egg and West Egg and there are two different classes of wealth in these...
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In Chapter One of The Great Gatsby, a dreamy Jay Gatsby stares longingly at the green light at the end of Daisy Buchanan's pier. He dreams of the girl he met before he went to war, and hopes to...
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Myrtle runs out to hail a car she believes belongs to Tom. Myrtle had seen Tom driving this car earlier when he and Gatsby swap vehicles for the drive to New York. She rushes to the car because her...
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Well, one of the most important things that this quote tells the reader about Daisy is that she is extremely materialistic. If the reader has not yet picked up on that fact, this quote is sure to...
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In this context, Daisy suggests that she hopes her daughter is a fool. Daisy expresses a defeatist attitude. She implies that women have a difficult role to play in the world, so the best chance...
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In Chapter IV when Nick and Gatsby ride together into New York, Gatsby tells Nick about his past, in Gatsby's words "something about my life." He then tells Nick of his wealthy Midwestern family...
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Gatsby's response to Nick's observation that you can't repeat the past is incredulity. He says, "Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!" To him, it seems perfectly reasonable to...
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Nick is going out with Jordan for most of the novel, but he always feels that she is not trustworthy and he breaks up with her after he finds how indifferent she is to tragedy. Jordan and Nick meet...
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Gatsby's funeral service is described in Chapter IX.The only people who come to Gatsby's funeral are Nick, the minister, Henry Gatz (Gatsby's father), four or five servants, the West Egg postman,...
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George, in trying to make sense of the events that preceded Myrtle's death and in shock because of the terrible event, comes to the conclusion that Myrtle had been having an affair with Jay Gatsby....
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First of all, you must remember to place the novel in the age it represented-the Jazz Age when anything seemed possible and women, especially wealthy women, were feeling a power they were never...
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The weather during the this chapter is extremely hot and stifling. It is uncomfortable to be outside and everyone is looking for some relief. Here are a few quotes from chapter 7 to illustrate...
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The Owl-Eyed Man is similar to the billboard for Dr. T. J. Eckleburg with the "all-seeing" eyes. Both symbolize an uninvolved, spectator god. They watch all the activities of the humans...
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I heard he killed a guy. I heard he's a German spy. No, he's not. He's a relative of the Kaiser. Everyone knows he's a bootlegger. He's an Oggsford man. He's a great war hero....
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Chapter 5 has the most obvious references to time and clocks as symbols in The Great Gatsby. When Gatsby shows up at Nick’s house to visit Daisy, he knows down to the number of months how long it...
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Anytime an author presents weather, it is typically not just rain, snow, wind, or sunshine; it is a message about the action of the storyline. In this instance in chapter 5, rain can signify...
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Do you not have a copy of the book to work from? If you do, then read over chapter 7 a couple of times to find just the right text for what you want to express.In case you don't have the book,...
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Originally, the title of [Fitzgerald's novel] was “Trimalchio,” based on an ancient satire of a man called Trimalchio who dresses up to be rich. The idea behind Trimalchio and Gatsby is a similar...
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I think what it is saying is that the American Dream (at least as it is seen in the '20s) has become corrupted and not worth pursuing. People no longer value honest work and success based on that....
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F. Scott Fitzgerald manages to define, praise, and condemn what is known as the American Dream in his most successful novel, The Great Gatsby. The novel is set in 1922, and it depicts the American...
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Nick and Jordan meet for the last time in Chapter 9. It is clear that Jordan has not changed since Gatsby's death and she makes a joke about Nick's comment a bad driver is safe until she meets...
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The shirts symbolize Gatsby's wealth and demonstrate his rather ostentatious style. When Daisy looks at them all, she is overwhelmed and brought to tears. The shirts can be seen as a...
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The friendship between Nick and Gatsby is rather an intriguing one. The two men do appear to have a genuine regard for each other, but there are hints of ambivalence in their relationship. It could...
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People suspect that Gatsby makes most of his money as a bootlegger, but he isn’t positively identified as such until the big scene in New York when he and Tom quarrel over Daisy. Tom has been...
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I think that this scene is meant in part to show that Gatsby is not very socially sensitive. Tom points out, once Gatsby is not in the scene, that the invitation was not really sincere. However,...
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There are many things that Nick says in the novel that seem to be for no reason but, at the same time, have great significance – this happens to be one of them. Chapter 7 brings about a small...
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Gatsby's Rolls-Royce figures prominently in the novel. Nick first describes it as "gorgeous" with a horn that plays a three-note melody. His description then becomes more detailed: It was a rich...
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Owl Eyes, or, the man with the owl-eyed glasses whom Nick only refers to by the nickname Nick gives him, plays two roles in the story. When Nick first encounters him in chapter 3 at the first of...
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The reactions to Myrtle's death run the gamut from shocked to indifferent. Mr. Wilson is understandably distraught at his wife's demise. Immediately following the accident, Nick sees him "swaying...
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The literary device used in this passage is an extended metaphor in which all of humanity, Gatsby included, is heading towards the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. This light is a symbol not...
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This is a good question. Gatsby used this language for three reasons. First, he wanted to give the impression that his money and wealth were not new but old. This is an important distinction,...
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Tom and Daisy Buchanan have a marriage of convenience. Tom likes the idea of a beautiful and socially savvy wife; while Daisy enjoys having a wealthy and well-connected husband. Their...
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There are two important points when considering your question: what Wilson observes before the event and what Wilson is told after the event. First let's explore what Wilson observes. Quite...
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The kiss between Gatsby and Daisy five years before is described in biblical, even metaphysical terms. We are told that Gatsby knows that when he kisses Daisy, and "forever wed[s] his...
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We do not have a page number for this because we do not see the scene in which Tom tells Wilson who was driving the car, or at least, who he thinks was driving the car. We learn from Nick almost...
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At the end of chapter 7 of the "Great Gatsby," we find Gatsby and Nick talking in the drive outside of Tom's and Daisy's house. Gatsby indicates that he is concerned for her and Nick tells him to...
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Uncut books refers to the now probably obsolete practice of books having pages with untrimmed edges which also bind them together. These must be cut before the pages can be seperated, and the book...
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Nick repeatedly described Tom in terms of Tom's physical bearing, suggesting that Tom is a "brute" on numerous occasions. In Tom's first appearance in the story, Nick describes Tom as having...
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Both Tom and George are violent, Tom when he hits Myrtle, has a scuffle with Gatsby, and in the way that he approaches people he thinks are beneath him or that have wronged him in some way. He...
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Michaelis is George Wilson's friend who owns a coffee shop next to the ashheaps. In Chapter 7, as Tom, Nick, and Jordan (and Daisy and Gatsby in the "death car") travel to Long Island, Michaelis...
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In The Great Gatsby, Daisy and Tom Buchanan are most responsible for Gatsby's death. The true villain of the narrative, Tom employs Daisy's idea of relieving their boredom by going to town and...
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The fight that occurs between Gatsby and Tom is representative of the feelings that these two men have had toward each other since they have known about each other yet were kept bottled up until...
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There are several rumors circulating about Gatsby, mostly about how he made his fortune. Bootlegging is the most common, and most probable, though all the others deal with criminal activity of some...
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The most obvious difference is that Daisy is rich and was raised in a wealthy family so she wears her wealth with ease. Myrtle was not raised with wealth and is married to man with very little...
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The first thing that George Wilson has learned is that apparently Myrtle has been spending time with another man and so he has decided to close up the shop and move somewhere, perhaps out west. He...
