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The Great Gatsby explores the lives of the wealthy and how wealth can have an effect on who people love. Daisy chose not to be with Gatsby in the beginning of their relationship, despite the fact that she was likely in love with him, because he was poor. Once Gatsby showed Daisy that he was wealthy, she was conflicted about deciding to be with Gatsby or stay with Tom because she was in love with both of them and their money. Gatsby was so blinded by his love for Daisy that he didn’t care whether Daisy loved him for himself or his money.

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Throughout the Great Gatsby he holds the dream about Daisy till the end, clinging to the past, unable to see that it cant be reality.

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Gatsby is driven to become rich because of his love for Daisy. -Alec

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Gatsbys entire life has been devoted to his dream of being with Daisy.

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The Great Gatsby explores the theme of wealth vs. love when Gatsby tries to pursue Daisy. Gatsby tries to win her over with his wealth instead of his personality. He would rather her want him for his money than for her love of him.

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The Great Gatsby explores the the theme of money as he spends his life working to increase his wealth and the difference between those with money and those without.

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The Great Gatsby explores loneliness with Gatsby's funeral

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The Great Gatsby explores the theme of wealth and the lifestyles the wealthy have the privelege to live

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The Great Gatsby explores the theme of love when Gatsby gets motivated to become rich in order to get into Daisy’s world.

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Aside from all of the love or romantic relationships in the novel, Gatsby and Nick create a very strong friendship.

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The Great Gatsby explores the theme of class through Nick's narration of the story. Nick constantly claims that he's an honest story tellers however we only ever see the novel through his lens.

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The Great Gatsby illustrates the theme of status when the male characters pursue a higher status to get the coveted girl.

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Much of the conflict in the novel is caused by affairs, liquor, and automobiles. The central conflict of the novel, Gatsby’s attempt to be with Daisy, is an affair.    -Emmet

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In the Great Gatsby, it seems as though Gatsby tries to impress Daisy and win her over by showing off his wealth. Instead of trying to live his life and be happy, he lives trying to impress Daisy and receive validation from her.
-Gia

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The Great Gatsby shows the theme of money. Many characters in the Great Gatsby are rich and don't seem to have a care in the world, whereas other people, such as the Wilsons, are poor and really have to work for and worry about money.

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The story of The Great Gatsby explores the theme of pursuing love by showing Gatsby spending his life to chase after his true love.

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Throughout the story, Gatsby tries to win Daisy's love, but not through his personality. He tries to impress her through climbing the social ladder and living a lavish lifestyle.

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In The Great Gatsby, all of the main characters work to pursue their dreams. The main one explored is Gatsby's dream of pursuing Daisy, which never ends up happening. Nick ends up moving back to the Midwest, and does not take Jordan as his partner, so the theme could also be considered lost dreams.

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The Great Gatsby explores the idea of Love vs Marriage when the audience is exposed to two, for lack of better terms, loveless marriages. For example, Gatsby is in love with Daisy who is married, lovelessly, to Tom.

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The Great Gatsby explores the theme of love when Gatsby persues Daisy.

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The Great Gatsby explores the theme of class when....