In the final thoughts of the novel, Fitzgerald would like the reader to see a much broader picture of the theme- a vision of America as the continent of lost innocence and lost illusions. ... It is through combining faultless artistry with symbolism that Fitzgerald paints a vivid picture of the dream destined to fail because it's basis was illusion. not reality The Great Gatsby Cary L. Pannell Eng. 206 Rough draft of Final Word Count 1328 Thesis: The Great Gatsby is a tightly structured, symbolically compressed novel in which predominant images and symbols reinforce the idea that Gatsby&#...

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For an explanation we must look at the final section of the novel. ... (p.186) Even for Myrtle it is the acquisition of vulgar objects which lifts her out of the poverty of her situation: "At the news-stand she bought a copy of Town Tattle and a moving-picture magazine...she let four taxicabs drive away before she selected a new one..." ... (p.152) It is Carraway who is left to give the final comment on them: "So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight- watching over nothing." ...

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He cannot feel happy or fulfilled without his mansion, cars, and the final piece of the puzzle, Daisy Buchanan, to create a sense of security and certify his "aristocratic self." ... Gatsby even goes so far as to place his enormous mansion just across the lake from Daisy's home and throws wild, decadent parties in effort to win her back and obtain the final piece of an elaborate destiny of greatness. ... As Daisy leaves the picture Gatsby is still left with the consequences of his indulgences in wealth and materialistic lifestyle, yet they seem to lose there meaning. ...

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Trask adds that "The final irony of the novel is that Fitzgerald could discern no beauty in the city to compare with the beauty, however, meretricious, inherent in Gatsby's Platonic conception of himself" (Trask 3). ... Fitzgerald has a gift in the Jazz Age in The Great Gatsby presents a picture of the world he sees around him....

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Lastly, the final symbol used in The Great Gatsby to show the failure of society was the use of the large advertisement of Dr. ... Although it is seen that Gatsby will cave in eventually, Wilson provides an instant picture of what Gatsby will soon become. ...

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They both desire each other out of the picture in order to secure their respective sister or spouse's assets in exclusivity. ... In Nick's final remarks he states, "Gatsby believed in the green light" (Fitzgerald 193). ...

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