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Symbolism In Comes The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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From the author of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Comes the great gatsby. This heart-wrenching story of love, crime, and jealousy will enrapture you. Through the eyes of Nick Carraway, the crazy life of Jay Gatsby and his friends is portrayed. The drama, the love, and the cheating never before has a book ever intrigued you like this will. Enjoy the 208 pages of the pure edge-of-your-seat Eye-opening reading! Take a look inside the mind of Fitzgerald and Nick carraway. So sit down in a comfy chair or a yellow car and relax while watching these characters' lives fall apart and not yours.

Gatsby died from the causes of Daisy, Tom and Himself, If it wasn't for their toxic relationship he would still be alive. Gatsby was in love with Daisy years before the book took place so when he came back from the war his mission to get Daisy was gone. He got so distracted by her innocence and …show more content…

Two big examples are the Galses of Doctor T.J. Ekleberg, these glasses are the scene at certain points in the book where “ god is looking down on people” and the green light is the other symbol, the green light is a symbol for many things from money to envy to just the greed of Jay Gatsby. As seen in the book the glasses are seen in the depressive area of new york, between the eggs and the city there is this town full of smoke and smog. Run down by the workers the eyes look down on everyone who passes through. The eyes show the clarity of the narrator's view. Nick carraway might seem very neutral but he is surrounded by wealthy, greedy people at the parties and in his everyday life. “I followed him over a low whitewashed railroad fence, and we walked back a hundred yards along the road under Doctor Eckleburg’s persistent stare.”( Fitzgerald,24). This shows how the glasses judge, and stare at the characters in the book. Right after this quote Tom meets up with his mistress Myrtle. Doctor T.J. Ekleburg is always

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