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The Great Gatsby Mood Essay

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This poem creates a dark, hopeless mood. While The Great Gatsby initially has the roaring mood that filled the 1920’s, it is quickly replaced by a darker mood once the important themes settle into the plot. Both the poem and the novel have dark themes and religious subtext. Within The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald explores the shallow nature of the wealthy in the prosperous 1920’s, specifically through their relationships. Nick, while in the city, speaks of how he feels completely alone despite being surrounded by thousands. He states,”…I felt a haunting loneliness sometimes, and felt it in others,” (Fitzgerald 56). Within lines 1-3 of the poem, Eliot describes the hollow men “leaning together,” yet they are still alone. This image stuck out as
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