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"Almost any exhibition of complete self-sufficiency draws a stunned tribute from me" (9)

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Why doesn't Nick help Daisy find the courage to leave Tom? He knows she is sad and Tom is abusing her.

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Why did Myrtle decide to marry her husband, and why was the lie made up about Daisy being Catholic?

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"Her laughter, her gestures, her assertions became more violently affected moment by moment"(30-31)

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Why does Tom lie about Daisy being Catholic?

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" Im scared of him. Id hate to have him get anything on me."

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"He's so dumb he doesn't know he's alive" (26).

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If Daisy knows about Tom's affair, why doesn't she leave him? Is it due to his financial wealth?

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"I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool," (17).

DG

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Do you think that it was Tom's idea to read the book, and did he come up with his ideas on his own, or is it due to his environment and place in society. (ZL)

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Why doesn't Nick talk very much about his past? What engagement?

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Does Nick actually want to go into the bond business? Or is he just doing it because he is lost and following what everyone else in his family has done?

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What goes on in the valley of ashes that the men hide?

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What is the reasoning behind Tom not filing for divorce, even though he loves Myrtle more?
JS

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Why is there a green light maybe at the end of a dock?

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"I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness" 21

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Is the wealth shared between Tom and Daisy keeping their marriage together? Possibly their social class or values since they're in an unhealthy marriage? AB

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What does the valley of ashes represent?

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"you see I think everything's terrible anyhow...Everybody thinks so- the most advanced people. And I know. I've been everywhere and seen everything and done everything....Sophisticated-God, I'm sophisticated." (ZL)

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"Everybody thinks so-the most advanced people. And I know. I've been everywhere and see everything and done everything" (17)

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What is the point of mentioning Doctor T.J Eckleburg at the beginning of the novel.

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"And I hope she'll be a fool" (Pg 17)

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"It's very romantic outdoors" (Pg 15)

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"You can't stop going with an old friend on account of rumors, and on the other hand I had no intention of being rumored into marriage." (19) JS

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"I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life" (35).

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"When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness." (21

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I woke up out of... (17)

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"...a sense of fundamental decencies is parceled out unequally at birth" (2). AB

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"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone ... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had" (1)
BA

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"''I hope she'll be a fool - that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool"' (17)

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What is the function of the green light at the end of the dock? Will its meaning change throughout or stay consistent?

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Why do Myrtle Wilson's friends excuse and even encourage her infidelity?
DG

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What does the single green light symbolize?
BA

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"Something in his leisurely movements and the secure position of his feet upon the lawn suggested that it was Mr. Gatsby himself..." (20)