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This description of the childhood of Amory shows that his parents were able to give him a great education from the beginning.  This allows him to become very smart and talk really well from a very young age.

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When Amory goes to a party, he talks to a girl his age, Myra, and falls in love very easily.  This shows how much of a romantic that he is from the start, which easily makes him do the same as he gets older.

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Once Amory reaches higher levels of education, he begins to develop the strategy of trying to achieve success without putting in work. This strategy worked a little from the beginning, shown by descriptions of him as lazy but smart.

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When Amory makes the decision to conform to what others are doing and go out of state for a few years of school, he opens up the door for him to get into Princeton and get a great education, making this a very important decision.

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When Amory goes to see a play, he becomes mesmerized by what he sees on stage. This shows an example of verisimilitude due to the beautiful imagery that is portrayed in the description of the play, making it seem real.

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As a young kid, Amory creates his ideal person, a slicker, which becomes a symbol for who he really strives to be. The slicker achieves success without effort, so it becomes an extremely important and influential symbol for Amory.

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Since Amory fails one of his classes at Princeton, he has to take a make-up exam in order to continue to work in the Princeton newspaper. Amory lives his whole life thinking that he can succeed without trying, but since he chooses not to study for the test, a very important decision, he fails and changes his future.

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After Amory decides not to study for the make-up exam that would allow him to continue activities at Princeton, he has an internal conflict with himself as he tries to figure out why he failed since he always believes that he can achieve success without trying.

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When a scene at a train station gets described, it shows immense verisimilitude because the description helps to bring the scene to life. The details put into the scene make the characters seem real.

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Due to the ease at which Amory falls in love with people, he finds himself falling in love with a lot of girls. This leads to verisimilitude in the description used for Clara, where he describes her beautiful eyes, making them come to life.

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Amory served his country in World War I, which lead to him sending letters back and forth with close friends.  In a letter from Monsignor Darcy, Darcy tells Amory how the war will change him and he will never be the same, establishing the war as a symbol for experience and a changing life.

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When Rosalind says that she needs to be with a man with money, she breaks off her engagement with Amory.  She believes she cannot stay with him since he has little money, creating an external conflict between Rosalind and Amory.

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Since Amory falls in love so easily, he faces a lot of heartbreak which he tries to cure with alcohol. This makes alcohol a symbol for Amory, representing the escape he hopes to achieve, while also representing the self-destruction he induces

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Feeling defeated after Rosalind breaks off their engagement, Amory tries to treat his pain with alcohol. Subsequently, he remembers what happens with Rosalind and has an internal conflict to decide where to go from there.

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At the end of the book, Amory finds himself too poor to afford transportation to Princeton, yet he still expresses his distaste for poor people. This shows the theme of the negative effects of money because it portrays how complicated Amory's relationship with money is.

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Amory faces a lot of challenges throughout his life, most of them coming because of him. This allows him to conclude that misfortune will only hurt him, which mentally allows him to pursue better things.

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Amory deals with a complicated relationship with money during the whole novel which creates a constant struggle for him.  When Amory is finally able to put that behind him to conclude that money is not the best thing in life, this allows him to resolve his conflict.

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As Amory reflects on the events of the book, Amory comes to terms with the fact that he is selfish, and selfish a lot. This allows him to resolve his internal conflict about who he really is.

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Since Amory gets brought up with a lot of privileges, he often only thinks of himself, leading to him living as a selfish person.  Reflecting on his life, Amory concludes that he is selfish, which helps to wrap up the theme of egoism that runs throughout the book

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Amory spends the entire book aiming to figure himself out and discover who he really is, which establishes a theme of self-discovery. This is a theme that runs throughout the book as Amory succeeds in figuring out who he is.