Plot:
Nick Carraway moves to New York with the hopes of becoming a bonds salesman and finds himself living next to party enthusiast, Jay Gatsby.
Theme:
I believe the theme of the book is the lie of the American dream which states to be happy you need a good house and enough money to love by. As depicted in the novel, Gatsby has both of these things and yet lives in an illusion of happiness. His happiness can only be achieved by being with Daisy which is impossible.
Tone:
Contradicting. Nick both admires Gatsby and at the same time is disapproving of his actions.
Quotes:
"It excited him too that many men had already loved Daisy -- it increased her
value in his eyes."
"Do you always watch for the longest day of the year and then miss
it? I always watch for the longest day of the year and miss it."
"No we couldn't meet. But both of us loved each other all that time, old sport,
and you didn't know. I used to laugh sometimes to think that you didn't know"
Literary Techniques:
Foreshadowing
Allusion
Irony
Symbolism
Aphorism
Simile
Metaphor
Flashback
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