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The Great Gatsby: Conversation With The Life Of Upper-Classes

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Different with the two characters above, Gatsby in GG used the books in order to adjust himself with the life of upper-classes. He who is from the lower class is able to look at things beyond his class to have other options that are usually available for his social status. Gatsby understands that he needs to perform a certain social practice to be able to be accepted by the upper-class society and one them is by putting a library full of books in his house. Absolutely real—have pages and everything. I thought they’d be a nice durable cardboard. Matter of fact, they’re absolutely real. Pages and—Here! Lemme show you. (Fitzgerald, 2012:34) In this conversation between the owl-eyed man and Nick, we know that Gatsby, who tried to cover up his
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