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Owl-Eyed Spectacles In The Great Gatsby

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Fitzgerald explores the theme wealth through the man with “enormous owl-eyed spectacles” (45). Despite the fact that this man is intoxicated, he makes a significant observation that astounds him, which is that “[the books in Gatsby’s library] are real...Absolutely real–have pages and everything” (45). Considering that Gatsby is economically prosperous, the man with the owl-eyed spectacles assumes that the library would be designed to only appear as a library for show and that the books would “be a nice durable cardboard” (45). In the early 1900s, books were a sign of wealth and status; therefore, some would buy fake books, since they were less expensive. However, in terms of Gatsby’s library, appearance still does not match the reality because
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