... other way."" (151). By allowing Daisy to drive Gatsby was in part responsible for the death of Myrtle. Wilson thought it was Gatsby that was driving, mistaking Gatsby as the one who Myrtle was cheating with he decided to kill Gatsby. Devastated by the death of his wife, Wilson enters a killing rampage. The one thing that helped Wilson track down Gatsby was the immensely wealthy and lavish life that ... Gatsby lived, it was the magnificent car that Gatsby drove. "Gatsby's gorgeous cream-colored car ... the deep imprint of the fantastic car on his excited brain that enables Wilson (throu...

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... dominates Tom Buchanan's character throughout the entire story. When Tom is introduced in the story, he is engaged in his latest affair with Myrtle Wilson, being just one of his many continuing extramarital affairs. In placing his interest, time, and energy in more than one woman it protects ... ; she's not the kind of woman who can be acquired by a "Mr. Nobody from nowhere" (Fitzgerald, p.137) like Jay Gatsby. Myrtle Wilson is used to boost Tom's sense of masculine power, which could be why he brings her to high end restaurants where they are seen by his ... lover. Although it is appar...

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... night, and to realize a world in which the inner desire and the outward circumstance coincide"(431, Northropp Frye). That is the case with Gatsby. Gatsby is haunted by the "most grotesque and fantastic conceits"(105) every night until his drowsiness closes down. His dream is "an outlet for his ... and the "gay and radiant activities taking place through the corridors and the romances"(155). In order to be his self-imaged romantic hero, Gatsby invents everything about him, including his birthplace and his education background, in an effort to render himself what a romantic hero is suppose...

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... , 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 fou...

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... his arms farther), he expends all his energy in the quest for an illusion that continually moves farther away. While this metaphor represents Gatsby's tale, it's meaning extends more broadly to American society of that time. According to the American Dream of the 1920s, anything is ... see even the possibility of divorce is reflective of this 'American Dream attitude'. So, what does this mean for love? Jamal and Gatsby are two persistent characters, both with delusional views on love. However, the fact that they are subject to contradictory fates suggests the unpredictability of ......

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