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Anonymous Mon Oct 10 15:39:38 2011 No.2129319 [Reply] [Original]

hey guys, writing an essay about this book. just trying to brainstorm ideas
the prompt for the essay is about characters that display dominance over other characters. I was going to write about Tom, Gatsby and Jordan. But how exactly DOES Gatsby proclaim his dominance?

thanks in advance.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 10 15:42:38 2011 No.2129326 bumping for knowledge

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 10 15:43:38 2011 No.2129327 you're welcome /thread

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 10 15:44:38 2011 No.2129328 If anything, I'd say that Daisy had dominance over Gatsby. You're looking at a man who rewrote himself completely to try and fit the image of the kind of man that Daisy would want.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 10 15:46:38 2011 No.2129337 >>2129328 excellent point.

Anonymous Mon Oct 10 15:51:38 2011 No.2129353

>>2129328
thats a good point, but doesn't really fit with my thesis:

Through these characters, Fitzgerald is able to demonstrate his opinions about the cutthroat levels of society and how pointless it is for the 20th century civilization to have to resort to such adamant ways of living.

>>	Ludwig !9CUY39dDYo Mon Oct 10 15:56:38 2011 No.2129364 >2011 >replying to homework threads >>2129353 Also, you are using the word "adamant" wrong.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 10 16:21:38 2011 No.2129421 >>2129364 Not OP, but I think Adamant fits there. Gatsby does have an adamantium skeleton and claws, right?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 10 16:32:38 2011 No.2129446 >>2129353 >doesn't fit thesis If evidence conflicts with a hypothesis or thesis, then.... you might need a new theory

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Anonymous Mon Oct 10 16:42:38 2011 No.2129465

He doesn't. He's a scared little man pretending to be high society when he's actually just an upjumped crook. Tom and Daisy display dominance over gatsby. And the light at the end of the pier that gatsby always stares at? it's a reference to a greek legend. find that legend and you'll have your essay.

that's all you get.

do your own homework, OP

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