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Quotes About Jesus In The Great Gatsby

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Quotation Page # Response “The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God- a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that- and he must be about His Father’s business, the service of a vast, vulgar, meretricious beauty.” 98 (E)- This is the first mentioning of any of Gatsby’s background throughout the entire book to this point. The comparison made between Gatsby and Jesus is a very strong decision by Fitzgerald. It could be concluded from the portion of the “Platonic conception of himself” is suggesting that Gatsby is a man who seeks to realize a dream he has set for himself throughout his life, and continues to fight to achieve that dream. 2) “appalled by its …show more content…

He wonders what is keeping them connected, then seems to hope for Gatsby to find someone new to end his continual misery. I think the author is asserting the importance of moving on from those relationships which cause us the greatest amount of sadness and negative feelings. While I cannot truly understand his perspective, it is sad to consider that Gatsby has dwelled over Daisy all this time. 4) “That was it. I’d never understood before. It was full of money- that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals’ song of it... High in a white palace the king’s daughter, the golden girl...” 120 (E)- This is not the first time that Nick has spoke about Daisy’s voice and it’s unique qualities. The quote is essentially asserting that Daisy is money. She was born with it, and always has had it. The characters can almost see that Daisy is of wealth by judging her characteristics. This could also apply to Gatsby. Since they can tell who came from wealth and who did not, they can see that Gatsby is hiding the source of his wealth for a valid reason. 5) “I stared at him and then at Tom, who had made a parallel discovery less than an hour before- and it occurred to me that there was no difference between men in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well.”

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While Gatsby tries to obtain a romantic life with Daisy, he is portrayed to be rising above all the corruption to be with Daisy. Daisy is in an emotional state because she is stuck between her past and present, she cries to Gatsby, “Oh, you want too much!" "I love you now—isn't that enough? I can't help what's past." She began to sob helplessly.

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Jay Gatsby is mainly a byronic hero because of this passionate quest for Daisy. “The modesty of the demand shook me. He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths--so that he could ‘come over’ some afternoon to a stranger's garden” (page 85), in this chapter it is revealed that the location of Gatsby’s house is for the purpose to see Daisy, this shows how passionate he is about his quest of impressing and winning the heart of his love; the superficial Daisy. Even Nick feels ‘’inclined to reserve all judgements’’ (page 3) because despite of his disapproval of Gatsby’s actions, Nick has a certain amount of respect for the power of his ideals. Jay is also a byronic hero because of his troubled and mysterious past, as shown in the following quote: "Somebody told me that he killed a man once.”

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Jay Gatsby lives his life through corruption, devotion, and his resolve to control. Gatsby has a firm devotion for things and people he desires; he feels that if he achieves material wealth, he can live a countless life. Gatsby corrupts himself due to his yearning for social status and wealth, as Nick says; “his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents” (104). The idea of his imagination not accepting his parents shows his yearning for wealth.

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Gatsby has spent numerous years trying to authenticate to Daisy, and the populace around him, that he is worthy of her. If Mr. Gatsby were to give that up now, he would lose what he feels is his entire life. Since this is not possible, he has to contend to convince to others that he truly is old money rather than old money. Due to this, he has consumed his life around her and refuses modify his ways. “‘ Her voice is full of money,’ he said suddenly.”

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The 2 Biblical Allusions are: “He was a on of God” and “… he must be about his Father’s business, the service of a vast, vulgar and meretricious beauty” (page. 80) What Fitzgerald wants to tell us with this allusion is that Gatsby wants to be God, or he seems to be one. This Quotations show the arrogant view of Gatsby, since he seems to be more powerful than most people. But they also tell us that he is reenvisioning and recreating himself from nothing to everything, proving that he is indeed like a God and his quest is something holly that for him means happiness.

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Seen by others “As soon as I arrived I made an attempt to find my host, but the two or three people of whom I asked his whereabouts stared at me in such an amazed way, and denied so vehemently any knowledge of his movements, that I slunk off in the direction of the cocktail table – the only place in the garden where a single man could linger without looking purposeless and alone.” (Fitzgerald, 42) This quote describes Nick and how he gets invited to Gatsby’s party when he doesn’t know who Gatsby is. He asks people at the party and they have never seen him before. Gatsby is seen as mysterious to many people.

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He was a son of God – a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that – and he must be about His Father’s Business, the service of a vast, vulgar and meretricious beauty. (98) Gatsby himself is deeply different from the common mankind. As readers understand Gatsby’s past, they figure out how his parents were unsuccessful.

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Daisy “[draws] further and further into herself” due to the stress of the argument (134). Gatsby is so caught up in the dream of Daisy he creates that he does not consider her feelings. This delusory assuredness of a future with her is the very thing pushing her further away from him. So focused on creating the life that he dreamed of, he never stops to form true connections with other people. Ultimately, he dies alone and unfulfilled as a

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The most expositor figure of Gatsby’s true wealth is Tom Buchanan. In the New York hotel room, Tom brings to light Gatsby’s true cause of prosperity. “He and this Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side street drug stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter,” Tom states boldly finally proving that Gatsby did not inherit it but assumed it through fraudulent

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Imagination, it cures desires and provides satisfaction to some people who can not have everything they want. Although providing a temporary positive effect, it also can distort the reality. In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby spends five years watching Daisy from across the lake, creating an imaginary future for them in his head. Gatsby ultimately dooms their relationship by creating this abstract world and standards that they simply can not meet. The world in which Gatsby believed in, required the past to be repeated, something in which Daisy had moved far away from.

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Daisy means wealth and he knows that. Gatsby is not just trying to get her because he loves her, he knows that if he has Daisy, he will officially have it all. “‘Her voice is full of money’ he said suddenly. That was it. I’d never understood before.

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The reason I came to reading this book was that the plot of " The Great Gatsby " was described fascinatingly to me in the book. " Mister Nightingale " which I read ; The factors that the main character of the " Mister Nightingale " were ravished with " The Great Gatsby " was an utmost love and passion of Gatsby, a sense of emptiness due to the worthless death by an unforeseen accident and the transience of life as a result of that . I, as reading " The Great Gatsby" seemed to focus on such parts of the book , too . Having focused on such parts as I did when I perused the book , I felt Mr. Gatsby was totally different from the main character of the "Mister Nightingale". Let 's take a look at the synopsis I unfold my feelings on this book .

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That was it. I'd never understood before. It was full of money – that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals' song of it... (Fitzgerald 120).” In this quote, Gatsby says that Daisy’s voice is “full of money,” and this is very interesting to Nick.

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This quote shows that Gatsby is living in a fantasy of the past that he can't seem to let go of. He is driven by his own selfishness to have Daisy for himself just like he did five years ago. It's seems like Gatsby is more in love by the idea he's made up of Daisy from the past than who she is

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