... of a rose. Nick said that Gatsby must have realized what a "grotesque- thing a rose is. In saying this Nick means is that the conventional social idea in the world about a rose connoting atheistic beauty is because people give it that symbolism. Nick believes that roses are not inherently beautiful; that it is only so because people have come to perceive it that way. Nick further ... one has to surrender one's dreams in order to survive. Moreover, in Tennessee Williams' play "The Glass menagerie-, he exemplifies the plight of pursuing the American dream through the character of Amanda W...

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