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The great gastby

            I have just recently picked up The Great Gatsby again from the liberty and decided to read what's called the " greatest American literature". "Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy." F. Scott Fitzgerald said that shortly after he wrote The Great Gatsby. To me, Gatsby's deception of himself is a tragedy in the novel. He purposely lies to others about his background and personality to fake being from a rich family. He tells Nick "I am the son of some wealthy people in the Middle West- all dead now. I was brought up in America but educated in Oxford because all my ancestors have been educated there for many years. It is a family tradition" (69). Also his big luxury parties, the exaggeration of the transportation picking up people to his party, laudable orchestra, embellishing garden with men and women came and went like moths among the stars. We know that Gatsby is not from any wealthy family in San Francisco Mid-West and neither really educate in Oxford at the first place. And he is actually not into those parties he holds. He obviously doesnt socialize or associate with coming men and women; either seeing him enjoyed those wild, crazy parties. He does it all to impress Daisy, the love of his life. Ironically, Daisy does not appreciate what Gatsby has done and he ends up in tragedy. It's pathetic to see people try to be someone they are not. Gatsby is being fabricated and dishonest; therefore, his deception is certainly a tragedy in the book.
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