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"I had taken two finger bowls of champagne and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental and profound." (Fitzgerald 51

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"I had taken two finger bowls of champagne and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental and profound." (Fitzgerald 51

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Drinking changes people's perceptions. Nick now sees the world in a new way. Everything looks magical and inviting. He was tempted to drink more. Alcohol is addictive. Nick has now become addicted to alcohol at this point in the book. He has accepted that this is how wealthy people live, and he wants to be a part of this lifestyle. He does not fight this tempting and extravagant lifestyle.

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"A pair of stage twins ... did a baby act in costume, and champagne was  served  in glasses bigger than finger  bowls." - p. 46

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"A pair of stage twins ... did a baby act in costume, and champagne was  served  in glasses bigger than finger  bowls." - p. 46

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The enormous amount of alcohol being consumed was so immense that higher class people were making a fool of themselves. No one seemed to care sense majority of the people were drunk as well. This goes to show how alcohol effects human behavior and take over the mind

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"She had a drunk quantity of champagne and during the course of her song she had decided ineptly that everything was very very sad-she was not only singing, she was weeping too."-Nick (Fitzgerald, 55-56)

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"She had a drunk quantity of champagne and during the course of her song she had decided ineptly that everything was very very sad-she was not only singing, she was weeping too."-Nick (Fitzgerald, 55-56)

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Alcohol brings out emotions differently in people. In the singer, she began crying because of the alcohol. The woman seems to be incredibly sad about something in her life that came out when she began drinking at the party. This shows that not everyone who lives like this is actually happy.

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An example of the extraordinary parties

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"In the hall a bar with a real brass rail was set up, and  stocked with gins and liquors" - Nick p. 40

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"In the hall a bar with a real brass rail was set up, and  stocked with gins and liquors" - Nick p. 40

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-Here Nick is describing how extravagant Gatsby's parties were. He had a lot of alcohol, most of the guests would get drunk.

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"Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand." (Fitzgerald 41)

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"Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand." (Fitzgerald 41)

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The Prohibition movement was strongly supported by women. This was mostly due to them having to deal with their drunk husbands. Many of these drunk husbands became abusive to their wives. Tom was drunk when he struck Myrtle. Alcohol impairs judgement, so he may have had better self-control had he not been drunk. She was one of the many victims of alcohol abuse. This is an example of a negative impact of alcohol, and this event backs the importance of Prohibition.

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"I have been drunk just twice in my life and the second time was that afternoon, so everything that happened has a dim hazy cast  over it although until after eight o'clock the apartment was full of cheerful sun."-Nick (Fitzgerald, 33)

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"I have been drunk just twice in my life and the second time was that afternoon, so everything that happened has a dim hazy cast  over it although until after eight o'clock the apartment was full of cheerful sun."-Nick (Fitzgerald, 33)

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Nick did not drink often, either for personal preferences or because of Prohibition. The fact that Nick is getting drunk at a party means that he is beginning to lavish in the lifestyle of his friends; the lifestyle that he is trying to achieve.