... hardly the shadows of waves, the laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool. A small gust of wind that scarcely corrugated the surface was enough to disturb its accidental course with its accidental burden. The touch of a cluster of leaves revolved it slowly, tracing, like the leg of a compass a thick red circle in the water- (170). After his death Gatsby's dream world collapsed, the extravagance that he used to live with, the people ... . Even in his time of need, the reason for Gatsby's dream, Daisy, had left him to die alone. "I called up Daisy half an hour after we found him, cal...

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