First of all, Gatsby patterns his role model provided by the traditional romance. ... His resentment of his humble birth and the poverty-stricken family and his resolution to attain for himself wealth and refined tastes are revealed in the schedule found in the book he read when he was a boy. ... He cannot help fancying about Daisy's "more beautiful and cool bedroom "(155) where Daisy sleeps and the "gay and radiant activities taking place through the corridors and the romances"(155). ...

• Word Count: 2711
• Approx Pages: 11
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• Grade Level: High School