What Does The House Symbolize In The Great Gatsby

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"It was a factual imitation of some Hôtel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. It was Gatsby's mansion."(page 8 )

Gatsby's house reveals a little about Gatsby though we have not met him yet He is clearly rich and has a huge property and paints a picture of gatsby's life. nick clearly states the houses traits and how gatsby's wealth is relevant to the story

"i woke up out of the ether with an udderly abandoned feeling and asked the nurse right away if it was a boy or a girl ,she told me it was a girl so i turned my head away and wept ‘all right’ i said ‘i'm glad it's a girl. And i hope she's a fool’-that's all a girl can be is this world is a beautiful little fool “ (page 17) This quote s straight from daisy to nick she's telling him about how she finds all life to be a horrible thing and how daisy feels completely abandoned she talks about her daughter portraying that all girls are just fools, she relates her experiences and pin to the rest of the world and saying that her life is lonely and sad. chapter 2 - "The only crazy I was was when I married him. I knew right away I made a mistake. He borrowed somebody's best suit to get married in and never even told me about it."( Page 39) Daisy feels regret from marrying tom she knew it had been a mistake she says and he kept secrets from her,daisy uses a example of how tom doesn't share things with her and they don't talk things out, she feels it would have been better without tom.this is foreshadowing the feud between daisy's feelings. - "Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand. Then there were bloody towels upon the bathroom floor and women's voices scolding and consoling as they stumbled here and there among the crowded furniture with articles of aid..." (Page 43) Tom Buchanan does defend daisy and he does love daisy however he is cowardice brute who rose his hand against his mistress because he wanted to have his way he is selfish and uncaring however he does show how he cares about daisy and holds a little respect towards her. chapter 3 "Once there they were introduced by somebody who knew Gatsby and after that they conducted themselves according to the rules of behavior associated with amusement parks." (Page 45) Gatsby's house is huge and used as a playground for all kinds of people to gather and do whatever they wanted it was one big funhouse for people to let themselves go, gatsby gets a lot of business and meets allot of people this way this gives a little insight about how liniate gatsby is. - "It was testimony to the romantic speculation he inspired that there were whispers about him from those who
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“You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.” ’It was the only compliment I ever gave him, because I disapproved of him from beginning to end.’(page )

Nick tells gatsby that he approves of him and how he thinks of gatsby to be better than everyone else it wa nick's last words to gatsby and nick glad he said that to gatsby,because he had never complemented the man he desired to one day become he envied gatsby and all he had, but nothing meant anything to gatsby unless it was with daisy.

- "She was the first "nice" girl he had ever known. In various unrevealed capacities he had come in contact with such people but always with indiscernible barbed wire between. He found her excitingly desirable."( page )

Gatsby is identifying her to be different then other girls and that she has different traits she seemed more real and lively to gatsby she was perfect for her and he had desired her to be at his side. she was someone different something gatsby just couldn't give up or throw away she was something he needed

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“I called up Daisy half an hour after we found him, called her instinctively and without hesitation. But she and Tom had gone away early that afternoon, and taken baggage with them”(page

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