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    <title>The Great Gatsby Group at eNotes</title>
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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the The Great Gatsby Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Symbols abound in this novel, and color symbolism is used extensively. ...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Symbols abound in this novel, and color symbolism is used extensively.  The use of Gatsby's gold tie and silver shirt represents wealth and prestige.  Both colors are flashy and shiny, calling attention to himself for his newfound riches.  The author dresses him in white and silver very often which represents false purity.  He wants to be seen as pure, desirable, and wealthy in order to win Daisy's heart back over to him as she was his in...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why is Gatsby dressed in a gold tie and silver shirt?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why is Gatsby dressed in a gold tie and silver shirt?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 7 Sep 2008 13:52:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I have always been struck by how well Fitzgerald shows that life simply...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have always been struck by how well Fitzgerald shows that life simply goes on, even after someone like Gatsby dies.  There is a certain normalcy that Fitzgerald's writing evokes at the beginning and end, perhaps achieved best by his employment of Nick as the narrator, an individual who stands apart from the other characters; even after developing a relationship with them and spending time with all of them in their &quot;lifestyle&quot;,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 4 Sep 2008 18:46:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This is a personal opinion question, but I believe it is interesting...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is a personal opinion question, but I believe it is interesting that the book opens and closes with Nick, the narrator, contemplating his father's advice concerning people who haven't had the advantages he (Nick) had as a youth. At the close of the book, Nick contemplates Gatsby's life, his belief in &quot;the green light.&quot;  Gatsby did not have the privilege that Nick grew up with but was fueled by a dream of the future. This...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What do you find interesting about how Fitzgerald opens and closes his...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What do you find interesting about how Fitzgerald opens and closes his book?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[There are several, but here are a few of the more obvious ones:

Nick...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are several, but here are a few of the more obvious ones:

Nick says that Gatsby embodies everything he dislikes, but then goes on to say how much he admires Gatsby.

Daisy and Tom seem to "have it all" yet Nick can sense Daisy is unhappy.

Daisy hopes that her female child would be born a fool.

Daisy knows that her husband is having an affair, but no one will say anything about it.

Gatsby is the central man in this novel (it's named...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 3 Sep 2008 17:40:14 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Are there any forms of irony in chapters 1 and 2 of &quot;The Great...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Are there any forms of irony in chapters 1 and 2 of &quot;The Great Gatsby&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 3 Sep 2008 07:08:34 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[People come to Gatsby's parties to immerse themselves in his artificial...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[People come to Gatsby's parties to immerse themselves in his artificial world.  His parties are very lavish and full of what his riches can buy.&quot;In chapter 3, Gatsby’s parties in general, and one in particular, are described in poetic fashion. Motorboats, aquaplanes, cars—these sources of amusement appear in great numbers. Food, in vast quantities and garishly prepared, comes in every Friday; once every two weeks a “corps of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 2 Sep 2008 18:29:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Most people come to Gatsby's parties for a cluster of fairly pathetic...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Most people come to Gatsby's parties for a cluster of fairly pathetic reasons. They come because he's rich and they can sponge off him. They come to see the spectacle, and because they've heard interesting things about him. They come for the crowds. They come to be seen, and to drink free alcohol. They represent the hunger of the American people for wealth and celebrity, and show how shallow people can be. This can especially be seen at...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:10:25 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why do people come to Gatsby's parties? What do they represent? What do...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why do people come to Gatsby's parties? What do they represent? What do they search for?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think alot also has to do with the fact that Gatsby, unlike Tom and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think alot also has to do with the fact that Gatsby, unlike Tom and Daisy, knew what he wanted, was a driven man, and was willing to go to great lengths to be happy and to make Daisy happy.  He did not want to continue this charade any longer and wanted Daisy to tell Tom the truth.  However, Daisy does not know the truth and, though she claims that she truly does love Tom, there really is no way to know if that is the only reason she will...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:43:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the beginning of the novel, Nick expresses disdain for the kind of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the beginning of the novel, Nick expresses disdain for the kind of people he sees Daisy and Tom as: the idle rich, playing with their lives and other people's lives because they're bored.  He originally put Gatsby in this group of the idle rich.  By the end of the novel, Nick has learned that all Gatsby acquired and did was to impress Daisy, and that beneath that rich, mysterious exterior was a guy who truly cared about Daisy.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:48:56 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nick's Evolution]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does Nick's statement &quot;You're worth the whole bunch put together&quot; show a change in Nick from the beginning of the novel?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:00:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Tom refers to the relationship between Daisy and Gatsby as...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Tom refers to the relationship between Daisy and Gatsby as intermarriage because of who they are. That is to say, Daisy is not just from wealth, it is who she is? Remember that line from the book about her voice sounding like money? That's Daisy. Gatsby, by contrast, is self-made. He's from another class, and for a rich man like Tom, the economic classes are as distinct in his mind as the biological races he's so concerned about. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:17:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tom refers to the liason between his wife, Daisy, and Gatsby in terms of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Tom refers to the liason between his wife, Daisy, and Gatsby in terms of intermarriage because he realizes that there are feelings between the two of them.  Daisy had met Gatsby well before she and Tom were married, and the meeting of the two again set off all those emotions once again.  In some ways, Tom feels as though he is sharing her, or at least competing for her.  For instance:She walked close to Gatsby, touching his coast with her...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:49:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In &quot;The Great Gatsby,&quot; why does Tom refer to the liaison...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In &quot;The Great Gatsby,&quot; why does Tom refer to the liaison between Daisy and Gatsby in terms of intermarriage?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:29:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Because Fitzgerald's great novel fits together so well, many of the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Because Fitzgerald's great novel fits together so well, many of the metaphors will have symbolic importance. For example, when Nick thinks &quot;Conduct may be founded on the hard rock or the wet marshes…&quot; he's using a metaphor. Human conduct isn't really founded (built) on anything. (That's page 6 in my version of the book.) However, it's also symbolic of Gatsby, since he got his break when he was working on the water, and so his...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Metaphors in "The Great Gatsby"? ]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are some metaphors (not symbols) in &quot;The Great Gatsby&quot;?  ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In addition to the other reasons already listed, Jordon Baker serves as...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In addition to the other reasons already listed, Jordon Baker serves as a vital decision that Nick must make.  While she is a temptation for him, and he chooses to not be associated with Jordon, Nick has the constant temptation of loose morality in front of him.  Without this temptation and decision in front of him, there is not as clear a line for Nick to draw concerning what he will and will not accept as moral or right.  The fact that...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think that the following quote from Tom refers to his view on his...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think that the following quote from Tom refers to his view on his life.  He knows that his wife is in love with Gatsby. Tom who once felt like the center of the universe is losing both his wife and his mistress.Fitzgerald also uses the heat of the summer to symbolize the passion of these characters.  It is the hottest day of the year when Gatsby and Tom have their grand confrontation about Daisy. “I read somewhere that the sun’s...]]></description>
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