... means, are after all "thin"and quite a few; however the property-inherited and self-oriented selfish parasites are "bright" and thriving. Car is like house, tending to be associated with the materialism of American Dream. Nick only had a shabby car; Wilson lived on car-repairing; Tom fooled Wilson by using his bait; Gatsby had two nice yellow cars to receive guests. To Gatsby ... , car is not only a means of showing off but also a means of redeeming his primary lover Daisy. However the traffic accident of Mrs ... ruin of Gatsby and Wilson, which are what they finally paid for love. The ...

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... Daisy, the light that had always occupied Gatsby's life. On the drive back to Long Island to their Egg residences, Nick and Tom and Jordan who were in the same car, discovered a frightening site of someone killed on the road. A Greek man who runs the restaurant next to the Wilson's told them that the person killed was Myrtle, Wilson's wife. Myrtle ... had also been Tom's lover. Tom immediately sensed that she was probably killed by the car Gatsby and Daisy were driving in. The cohort then proceeded to Tom's house and on reaching there, Nick decided to wait outside. Whilst outside, he fo...

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... more than simply Tom's mistress (absolute phrase). She desires to become Tom's lover. When Daisy runs "this woman (Myrtle)" over with Gatsby's car because Myrtle "rushed out at us just as [Daisy was] passing a car coming the other way" (143). This incident symbolizes how the upper class persistently destroys the dreams and hopes of the aspiring middle class ... ...

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