Song Analysis: The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Quote: “No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.” (Fitzgerald 96.) Context: Daisy, Nick, and Gatsby are all in Gatsby’s house for a tour, when all of a sudden the idea have Klipspringer play the piano arises. They wake up Klipspringer, go downstairs to the music room, and Gatsby lights Daisy’s cigarette from a trembling match while awaiting Klipspringers music. Halfway through the first song Nick was about to say goodbye when he notices Gatsby’s face, he still wasn't fulfilled with Daisy. Gatsby had drowned himself in this vision/illusion of being with Daisy to a point where nothing else mattered. Lyrics: Verse 1- “Your shine is something like a mirror and I can’t help but notice, you reflect