Imogen Heap's Song 'Aha !'

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Imogen Heap’s song “Aha!” creates an atmosphere that captures Tom’s feelings towards Gatsby. Tom thinks Gatsby is a little ridiculous and actively tries to emasculate him. Using the nonsense words “happy-clappy” in line 1 shows that Tom refuses to take Gatsby seriously. He then refers to Gatsby’s outward appearance as a man who is “high on life,” throwing fabulously extravagant parties attended by hundreds of people. But, when Tom becomes aware of Daisy and Gatsby’s affair in lines 4 and 5, he feels he has discovered the real man behind this facade. Now that Tom knows this about Gatsby, there is no way he’s going to let him get off scot-free, and he says so in the next line: “Cost you to keep me quiet.” In the next verse, Tom is again talking about this character that Gatsby has created for himself and how it has fooled many, including his wife. …show more content…

Tom has done some digging into Gatsby’s past and knows that he didn’t make his money honestly. Tom calls him out in front of Daisy during their argument in the hotel (133-134), referenced by the line “sneaky in suburbia.” The final verse shifts the focus from Daisy and Gatsby’s affair to Myrtle’s death. When Tom realizes it was Gatsby’s car that killed Myrtle, he feels sure that it’s Gatsby’s fault. Tom congratulates him for being so calculating that no one suspects him: “Well reckoned… no one’s ill at ease.” He then repeats the line “Cost you to keep me quiet,” but this time it has a more sinister meaning. Tom doesn’t stay quiet about Gatsby’s deeds; in fact, he directly implicates Gatsby’s involvement when the deranged George Wilson shows up at the Buchanans’ house with a gun. This leads right into his last line: “no one saw it coming.” Nobody but a few people ever knew of Gatsby’s involvement in Myrtle’s death, so when he was murdered, it was quite a

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