Comparing The Great Gatsby 'And' On The Gull's Road

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Love and relationship’s is a very well popular theme in story’s and books and this theme can have an influence on the reader in a various way. In the book, The Great Gatsby, Daisy’s and Gatsby’s relationship develops the love theme in the story. In the short story, “On the Gull’s Road”, the relationship between Mrs. Ebbling’s and the narrator is also what develops the love theme in the short story. Both story’s has an effect on the reader and both stories develop the theme of love and relationships.
In the book, The Great Gatsby, the two who develop the love theme in the story is Gatsby and Daisy. Their love for each is introduced when Gatsby tell Carraway of the past love relationship that they had for each other. Then once Carraway brings …show more content…

Ebbling’s develops a love for each other in the story. When the two first meet in the story they did not know each other where but the narrator knew right away that Mrs. Ebbling’s was stunning. As the two started to get to know each other they started to have a friendly relationship, “"May I come and talk to you to-morrow?" I asked. She did not reply at once. "Like an old friend?" I added. She gave me her languid hand, and her mouth, set with the exertion of walking, softened altogether. "Grazia," she murmured.” (Cather, “On the Gull’s Road”). Soon as they got to know each other even more they started to develop a relationship for each other, “All those long blue days when I sat beside her talking about Finmark and the sea, she must have known that I loved her” (Cather, “On the Gull’s Road”) and the narrator soon confesses his love for her, “You remember those two blue coasts out of Gibraltar? It shall be either one you choose, if you will come with me.” (Cather, “On the Gull’s Road”). Mrs. Ebbling’s dined his request even though she loved him. They end up going their own way even though they both loved each other. Even though the narrator and Mrs. Ebblings did not get together their love for each other makes up the

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