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Scott Fitzgerald's purpose in setting "The Great Gatsby" in the 1920s was to express his life, as a young man. Born in the 1890s this story expresses what his life was like during the exhilarating times of the 1920s. I believe that Scott is a mixture of Gatsby and Nick himself. Nick went to the army, so did Scott; while Gatsby was wealthy, successful, and well educated as was Scott. His purpose for doing this was to "retell" his life from the multiple different perspectives, like a movie being filmed with multiple cameras. Fitzgerald uses the rhetorical strategy, pathos, to strengthen his purpose. He does this by expressing each characters inner thoughts and feelings which adds to the emotional effect.

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"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther…."  (1)

The quote was said by Nick Carraway. The green light symbolizes Gatsby's hope to one day meet with Daisy again.  He struggles to have the feelings he had when he encountered Daisy when he was younger.  He cares very deeply about Daisy, that he changed, just to be with her.

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"Through all he said, even through his appalling sentimentality, I was reminded of something — an elusive rhythm, a fragment of lost words, that I had heard somewhere a long time ago."

In this quote, Nick is referring to his conversation with Gatsby. He speaks with figurative language, he connects with feeling and emotions. Throughout the story, Nick also appears to be very analytical and insightful. This quote goes more into his sympathetic side.

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"I was bringing that coupe we've been talking about. That yellow car I was driving this afternoon wasn't mine, do you hear? I haven't seen it all afternoon." (124) Tom recognizes the car involved in the accident. In order to prevent himself from getting framed, he tells the authorities that the car used in the hit and run was not his.

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" "I'm going to make a big request of you today," he said pocketing his souvenirs with satisfaction , "so I thought you ought to know something about me. I didn't want you to think I was just some nobody. You see, I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad thing that happened to me." He hesitated. "You'll hear about it this afternoon." "(67)
In this quote Gatsby uses logos to convince Nick that his worth isn't a huge fraud. Throughout the book, it's hinted that Gatsby's great fortune does not truly come from where he says it does. Therefore, Gatsby uses logos, aka logic, to convince everyone that he built up his fortune, not otherwise.  By telling them stories and providing small articles of importance from his "past", he deepens his lie.

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'Well, about six weeks ago, she heard the name Gatsby for the first time in years...She came into my room and said "What Gatsby?" and when I described him - I was half asleep - she said in the strangest voice that it must be the man she used to know.'
This quote reveals that throughout all of the years that she hadn't seen or head of Gatsby, she remembered him so he must have been dear to her.

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"'You were his closet friend, so I know you'll want to come to his funeral this afternoon'" (147).
Nick uses his judgement and assumes since Wolfshiem was close friends with Gatsby that he'd want to go to his funeral.

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"She vanished into her rich house, into her rich, full life, leaving Gatsby----nothing." (pg. 149)
Commentary: This quote gives readers insight into Daisy's character and personal values. In the story, just before this quote, Daisy crashes into Myrtle, killing her instantly. She allows everyone to believe that Jay was the one who killed Myrtle. She does not claim responsibility for her actions and proceeds to leave Gatsby, and does not even acknowledge his demise (which is her fault). This shows Daisy's credibility and tells us that she is a careless and selfish individual.

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"I thought you knew, old sport. I'm afraid I'm not a very good host." (46) This quote reflects how Gatsby is justifying what Nick said about being at an usual party because he hasn't even seen the host. But Nick has had the honor of being invited and meeting Jay, while many other people don't get that opportunity as he is not usually a "good host."

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"It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life." (Fitzgerald 53) The part of rare smiles makes you feel a physical and emotional attraction towards Gatsby because his smile seems to represent his personality. Reassurance makes you feel safe when you see his smile.

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"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. it eluded us then, but that's no matter- tomorrow we will run faster, stretch our arms out further."
commentary: the green light represents Gatsby's dreams to one day run into Daisy again. He struggles to find that passion he once had for her when he was younger. He cares so much about Daisy he willingly changed the way of his life to be with her. The color green represents his passion and his drive to go find her and not give up.

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Nick Carraway + Pathos + Kurieth Freeieth

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Nick Carraway + Pathos + Kurieth Freeieth

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"I am not even faintly like a rose"(15). In this quote, Nick responds to Daisy's flattery in a very insecure way, dismissing her compliment. This reaction stimulates a sympathetic emotion in the readers and enables us to have a deeper connection and pity for Nick.

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"It's too late...I can't wait all day" (90). This quote exemplifies Gatsby's ethics as he is a person who believes in formality, and showing up to events on time. This is built on top of the fact he is wealthy and they tend to have manners like that.

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“I don’t trust him, old sport.”(154)
Gatsby didn't trust Tom to be alone with Daisy because Tom just found out that Daisy was the one driving when Myrtle was killed. And he feared that he might do something to her when they were alone

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"He was clutching at some last hope and I couldn't bear to shake him free." (Fitzgerald 148).

Nick Carraway in speaking in this quote about how Gatsby was acting and feeling and how he couldn't bear to crush his hope. This shows his morals and ethics because he doesn't want to hurt Gatsby and knows enough to know that he should just let Gatsby figure it out on his own.

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" 'You live in West Egg,' she remarked contemptuously" (26). Daisy reacts to Nick  living in West Egg Village in a disrespectful, disdainful way, which implies that she views poorer places like West Egg as inferior (compared to where she lives, which is the richer East Egg). It also suggests Daisy values wealth.

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"What day would suit you?" (87). This quote shows Gatsby's emotional side as he puts Nick's priorities and needs before his own. He is a selfless person.

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'If he left the room for a minute, she'd look around uneasily and say "Where's Tom gone?" and wear the most abstracted expression until she saw him coming in the door.' (Fitzgerald, 74)
Daisy comes off as very dependent on Tom Buchanan. It makes the reader feel sympathetic for her as she is much too attached to Tom for it to be healthy.

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"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther…."  (1)

The quote was said by Nick Carraway. The green light symbolizes Gatsby's hope to one day meet with Daisy again.  He struggles to have the feelings he had when he encountered Daisy when he was younger.  He cares very deeply about Daisy, that he changed, just to be with her.

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"'She's not leaving me!' Tom's words suddenly leaned down over Gatsby. 'Certainly not for a common swindler who'd have to steal the ring he put on her finger.'"(118).
This quote shares Tom's thoughts toward Gatsby, a member of West Egg, trying to hook up with his high-classed wife, Daisy. Tom reveals that he only values intermarriage between same social classes. In other words, he is implying that even if Daisy was single, she was out of Gatsby's reach

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"Of course you will," confirmed Daisy. "In fact I think i'll arrange a marriage. come over often, nick, and i'll sort of... oh... fling you together. you know... lock you up accidentally in linen closets and push you out to sea in a boat, and all sort of that thing"....(32)

Daisy said this because she thinks that miss baker should finally get married to someone. This shows that Daisy thinks that women should get married because of the unequal rights in the time period the story takes place.

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“ Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves, of the freshness of many clothes, and of Daisy, gleaming like silver, safe and proud above the hot struggles of the poor.” (150) "Gleaming like silver" describes Daisy's aura of wealth and freshness, which expresses an attitude of admiration. Gatsby realizes that he can't be with anyone else, but life is too cruel to allow them to be together.

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"Not that day I carried you down from the Punch Bowl to keep your shoes dry?"(117).
Tom reminds Daisy of a romantic moment they shared in the past. This reminder creates a sense of pity within Daisy. It makes her feel bad about seeing Gatsby with the intent to hook up.

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“It was when curiosity about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night—and, as obscurely as it had begun, his career as Trimalchio was over.” (120)

Gatsby stops throwing parties after Daisy wasn't pleased with the last one, showing his value for Daisy and only throwing parties  because of her.

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" I tried to think about Gatsby for a moment but he was already too far away and I could only remember, without resentment, that  Daisy hadn't sent a message or a flower"(Fitzgerald 150).

NIck addressing the fact that Daisy hadn't even made an effort to check in on  Gatsby shows that shes self centered and uses people she claims to care about.

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"Gatsby who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn. If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him...(20)"
This quote shows how the things that Gatsby does, aren't respected by Nick.  Nick mentions the words "unaffected scorn" which creates a  negative connotation, but is opposed by the word "gorgeous" which has a positive connotation. Nick says that because everything that Gatsby does is consistent

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"She never loved you, do you hear?" he cried. "She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except me!" (page 116) This shows Daisy's gold digging character because she didn't marry the poor Gatsby. She was desperate to be with someone and didn't want to wait for Gatsby so she married Tom.

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"He looked at me sideways- and I knew why Jordan Baker had believed he was lying. He hurried the phrase 'educated at Oxford' or swallowed it, or choked on it, as though it had bothered him before. And with this doubt, his whole statement fell to pieces, and I wondered if there wasn't something a little sinister about him, after all." (65)
Nick Carraway is referring to Gatsby and the way he speaks about his education, and his family's education, at Oxford. Nick is picking apart what Gatsby said showing that he is a very wary person when it comes to suspicious behavior and speech.

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"...I looked outdoors for a minute, and its very romantic outdoors. There’s a bird on the lawn that I think must be a nightingale come over on the Cunard or White Star Line. He’s singing away ——” Her voice sang: “It’s romantic, isn’t it, Tom?” (Page 29) In this quote, Daisy is showing her love and passion for the outdoors. She is evoking the emotion of caring/admiration for the outdoors/birds that she see's.

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"I graduated from New Haven in 1915... and a little later I participated in that delayed Teutonic migration known as the Great War" (3).
This quote creates a sense of credibility by mentioning  his education and contribution in the war. These characteristics are usually regarded with upmost respect.

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"Well, I've had a very bad time, Nick, and I'm pretty cynical about everything" (30). Daisy attempts to evoke a sense of pity and guilt into Nick by describing her experience as a sort of hard suffering and herself as someone to feel sorry for.

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"For a moment I suspected that he was pulling my leg but a glance at him convinced me otherwise"(66). Nick distinguishes his sense of judgement towards others by creating a feeling of suspicion near Gatsby. He jokes around and teases Nick with his concerning tone of voice, but as soon as he looks at Gatsby, he realizes his facial expression tells him something different.