... month" and is " squeezed between two huge places that rented for twelve or fifteen thousand a season." (pp. 8-9). Nick's next door neighbor is Jay Gatsby. Nick's "second cousin once removed" was Daisy Buchanan who lived with her husband Tom in East Egg, just "[a]cross the courtesy bay" from West Egg ... , but more importantly, are indicative of Fitzgerald's view of what the consequences of achieving the American Dream held for Americans. The Great Gatsby is, in some respects, somewhat autobiographical in that Fitzgerald relied on his life experiences to form certain aspects of the novel....

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