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Examples Of Violence In The Great Gatsby

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The acts of violence in The Great Gatsby convey moremeaning than merely being acts of aggression.According to Thomas Foster, author of How to ReadLiterature like a Professor, violence encodes a broaderpoint about the essentially hostile or at least uncaringrelationship they have wit the universe or ego. TomBuchanan was an example of violence where he hitsMyrtle for speaking Daisy’s name after he had alreadytold her to not say it again. He hits her in front ofcompany showing he has an ego and she bruised it bycausing a scene about his wife. On page 37 Myrtle yells“Daisy! Daisy! Daisy! Shouted Mrs. Wilson. “I’ll say itwhenever I want to! Daisy! Daisy! Dais-“ Causing Tom tohit her right before she could finish the last time. Thisshows that he
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