Great Gatsby Reflection

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald presents the story of Jay Gatsby, a man who devotes his entire life to winning back his teenage lover Daisy Buchanan, as told by Nick Carraway, a man from the Midwest. Nick reliably narrates the novel, correctly illustrating the charming, gracious, and singularly goal-oriented Gatsby. Even before Nick meets Gatsby he is well aware of who Gatsby is and what others think of him. Soon after moving in, Nick observes Gatsby “stretch[ing] his arms toward the dark water in a curious way” (20). Nick later discovers that the “single green light” he had been stretching towards was the light marking the dock of Daisy Buchanan’s dock, symbolizing Gatsby’s dream of winning Daisy back.. This scene demonstrates to Nick that the mysterious host of decadent parties is one side of Gatsby. Nick first meets Gatsby at one of his wild parties, where he accidentally bumps into Gatsby and holds a conversation about the war and the seeming lack of a host at the party without even knowing the man he met was Gatsby. Gatsby, however, is not bothered in the slightest ...

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