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The Great Gatsby Rhetorical Analysis

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Wallowing in his despair, Gatsby laments at how the consequences of his broken dream-his obsession and fantasy of Daisy-has essentially drained the life out of his world. Fitzgerald’s use of diction and characterization help to illustrate the full devastation of Gatsby’s loss. By describing Gatsby’s hopelessness and his eventual death, Fitzgerald argues that the fundamental nature of dreams, or rather, the object of a dream, can be corruptible, demonizing, and futile. Fitzgerald starts his biography of Gatsby with the assertion that Gatsby’s romantic and joyful sentiments have been perverted by his heart-breaking rejection. By describing Gatsby’s newfound apathy, melancholy, and pessimism, Fitzgerald portrays the fragile corruptibility, and
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