... Daisy. Jay Gatsby, formerly James Gatz, was raised on a farm in North Dakota. He was raised in a family who didn't have an excess of money. "His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people - his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all."(Fitzgerald 99). This was ... was used against him." (107). Gatsby didn't work hard enough to get this money that was left to him in a legacy. In his pursuit of an American Dream this is an undefined circumstance that was never answered throughout the book. After Cody died "[Gatsby} was left with his singularly appropriate...

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... remains an empty space that only love can seal. As dazzling and attractive Gatsby and Daisy may seem, beyond their clothes and wealth lies an unexplainable feeling of love and remembrance. In the passage selected, Gatsby and Daisy encounter a whole new meaning to clothes. Which consumes them into a time they have once ... He knocks down a clock and luckily grasps it before it hitting the ground. As he puts the clock in place, he apologizes t! o Daisy. Once Nick leaves, they start to fall in love again. Gatsby begins to feel at ease with Daisy's presence. He invites her, along with Nick ...

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