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Throughout The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald fabricated the term "Jazz Age" to help describe the decade at which the book took place in. The prosperity and corruption that America encountered in the 1920's known as the Roaring Twenties was demonstrated. The 1920's consisted of great enthusiasm, Fitzgerald portrayed the dark side of the celebrations by focusing on endurance, mockery, recklessness and

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From The Great Gatsby
"For Daisy was young and her artificial world was redolent of orchids and pleasant, cheerful snobbery and orchestras which set the rhythm of the year, summing up the sadness and suggestiveness of life in new tunes. All night the saxophones wailed the hopeless comment of the "Beale Street Blues" while a hundred pairs of golden and silver slippers shuffled the shining dust." (Fitzgerald, 158)

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Explanation
In chapter eights of The Great Gatsby there was a flashback to Gatsby's and Daisy's encounters at a younger age. Before Gatsby went to war and college, this was the moment when he discovered his feelings for Daisy. "Beale Street Blues" resurfaced Daisy's memories of the places she has been. The music style of blues express the sadness of musicians and those similar to them. The use of this song engages the detached correlative of Gatsby having given his spiritual search to one. It is degrading as he finds himself recapturing a mood himself.

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Lyrics
"If Beale Street could talk, if Beale Street could talk

Married men would have to take their beds and walk"  (W. C. Handy, Beale Street Blues)
Explanation
This song was used to should how much Gatsby admires Daisy. The lyrics help demonstrate Daisy as "Beale Street" and how she is loved by many people.

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From The Great Gatsby
"In the morning
in the evening,
Ain't we got fun-" (Fitzgerald, 95)

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Explanation
This song is saying that you do not need money to be happy and that happiness is more dependent on the people you love, your outlook on life, and your ethnics. Money itself was not the source of happiness. In The Great Gatsby, the characters, like Daisy and Gatsby, had all the money they could ever need yet they were never happy.

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Lyrics
"Ain't we got fun?
Not much money, Oh, but honey
Ain't we got fun?"
Explanation
This song is a story about a couple who do not have a lot of money but regardless are having fun in life. Unlike Gatsby, they do not need an unlimited income but are having fun because they love one another.

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Lyrics
"Don't need permission, made my decision to test my limits
'Cause it's my business, God as my witness

Explanation
This song by Ariana Grande represents Daisy and how she gets with Gatsby even though she is married. She tests her boundaries and has an affair with another man.

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From The Great Gatsby
"I'm the Sheik of Araby,
Your love belongs to be.
At night when you're asleep, into your tent I'll creep--" (Fitzgerald, 83)

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Explanation
This song utilized in the book represents a large range of cultural examples as well as relational symbols. Nick and Jordan pass the children and hear them singing "Sheik of Araby." The narrator, Nick, mentions to Jordan that it is a "strange coincidence" that Gatsby ended up living so close to Daisy. Jordan then explains to Nick his beliefs that it was intentional. The more thought put into it the more Nick realizes the disgrace and modesty of his aim to win the love of Daisy.

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Lyrics
"I'm the Sheik of Araby,
Your love belongs to me."
Explanation
This song is about a rich man who craves women and attracts them,. This reflects Jay Gatsby and idealized the romantic approach of an unrealistic future relationship withe Daisy. It represents Gatsby's romantic plans to connect with Daisy to hopefully renew their youthful love.

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Lyrics
"I'm here without you baby
But you're still on my lonely mind.
I think about you baby and I dream about you all the time.
I'm here without you baby"

Explanation
This song by 3 Doors Down is a perfect representation of Gatsby waiting for Daisy. He is in love with her and would wait forever for her to be ready

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Lyrics
"Feeling used, but I'm still missing you, and I can't see the end of this, just wanna feel your kiss, against my lips"

Explanation
This song represents Tom and his feelings towards Myrtle. He is secretly seeing her behinds Daisy and George's back. On a low note Tom loves Myrtle but at the same time he does not care that much about her.

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By: Cassie Paulk