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Examples Of Trimalchio In The Great Gatsby

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I decided to choose this quote because at first I was confused by what the author was trying to say. As I researched who Trimalchio was, I realized that Fitzgerald used a literary allusion to compare Gatsby to Trimalchio. Trimalchio was the protagonist in the novel Satyricon by Petronius who gained power through hard work. Once he was wealthy, he threw lavish parties that impressed his guest. The comparison between Gatsby and Trimalchio was that they both gained wealth and were newly rich trying to get the right attention. In the book, Gatsby was trying to get Daisy’s attention by throwing lavish parties. This back ground information helped me understand the meaning of the passage which is that when many people began to gossip about
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