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The Role Of The Weather In The Great Gatsby

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Weather in The Great Gatsby is a very important element and conveysmore information than just telling the reader about the setting. In How toRead Literature Like a Professor, by Thomas Foster, he says “Weather isnever just weather. It’s never just rain.” Rain in literature is used to portraydifferent thoughts and emotions. The weather and atmosphere played alarge role in some scenes from The Great Gatsby . On page 86 when Daisymade it to Nick’s house Gatsby, trying to make it seem like he wasn’twaiting for Daisy and just happened to stop by, left through another door ofNick’s house and went around the house in the rain. This part shows howmuch Gatsby wanted things to be right. On page 89, a few pages afterGatsby and Daisy reacquainted
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