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Examples Of Violence In The Great Gatsby

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Jay Gatsby, the main character of The Great Gatsby, theacts of violence in The Great Gatsby convey moremeaning that merely being acts of aggression. Accordingto Thomas Foster, author of How To Reach LiteratureLike A Professor, that violence can be symbolic,thematic, biblical, Shakespearean, romantic, allergenic,and transcendent. Jay Gatsby hurts a marriage, byhaving an affair with Daisy who is a married woman.Even though it was not on purpose but because of angerDaisy, who was driving Gatsby’s car, hit Myrtle Wilsonand drove away. The police then described it as a hitand run. George, Myrtle Wilson’s husband, suffers agreat deal of lose and pain when Myrtle is killed. TomBuchannan tells George that is was Gatsby who washaving an affair with
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