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C6 (1. Gatsby's Notoriety, 2. James Gatz, 3. Dan Cody, 5. The Last…
C6
1. Gatsby's Notoriety
[the American Dream] the reporter's laudable initiative mirroring Gatz's energy & the young men seeking out rich men at Gatsby's party
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[Dreams & Fantasies; self-made man] Diction 'legends', 'story', 'inventions' (x-ref to C5 similar diction & rock on fairy's wing metaphor); story of G living in a boat (metaphor of his rootlessness)
[hypocrisy, carelessness, malice] Nick's sarcasm directed at those who accepted G's hospitality but spread malicious rumours about him (x-ref C3)
2. James Gatz
[identity, symbolism] repetition 'James Gatz' & the transformation to 'Jay Gatsby'; self-created identity (figurative pun on 'self-made man'); 'torn green jersey' and canvas pants
[mythologizing G + criticism (money)] Son of God (vast, vulgar, meretricious beauty) - paradox to show the allure & destructiveness of money; allusion to Platonic conception of self (confers significance to his lies)
[reality vs dreams] intense diction to describe hardships & dreams (grotesque, ineffable); moon symbolism; fantastical diction to describe dreams to show its flimsiness (fancies, reveries, imagination, fantastic conceits); motif of time (clock ticked)
3. Dan Cody
[symbolism] Cody's yacht (motif of boat/water - G's fluid identity, lack of anchor); yacht's name adapted from a gold mining region (a reminder of the unforgiving realities for the self-made man)
Cody is a mentor to Gatsby, after he renounces his own father; educates him in the ways of the uber rich (kind of twisted to have a corrupt figure as mentor; later Wolfshiem takes over this role)
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5. The Last Party
[unbridgeable social divide] Nick seeing it through Daisy's lens; drastic change in mood ('septic' - infection/disease metaphor)
[fractured moral order] conflicts, undercurrents of violence, spite; subtle hint at the exploitative r/s btw the movie star & her director
4. The Sloane Incident
[social hierarchy, snobbery, Old vs New Money, Nick's POV] humiliation of G; G as outsider to upper class/Old $
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6. Repeat The Past
[futility of dreams] G's dream of being admitted into the elite rank is dashed; use of Nick's commentary to highlight unrealistic dreams
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