1. The Great Gatsby
... could do to stop the inevitable. "The novel's insistence that Tom win the struggle over Daisy is tantamount to denying the realization of the kind of love that Gatsby is offering Daisy and that the novel values above all others- (53). It was his undying love, its ... 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 li...
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- Grade Level: High School