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Cary L. Pannell Eng. 206 Mrs. Sanders 20 May 1997 Symbolism in The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby, by F.
Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel about one man's disenchantment with the American dream. In the story we get a
glimpse into the life of Jay Gatsby, a man who aspired to achieve a position among the American rich to win the
heart of his true love, Daisy Fay. Gatsby's downfall was in the fact that he was unable to determine that
concealed boundary between reality and illusion in his life. The Great Gatsby is a tightly structured, symbolically
compressed novel whose predominant images and symbols reinforce the idea that Gatsby's dream exists on
borrowed time. Fitzgerald perfectly understood the inadequacy of Gatsby's romantic view of wealth. At a young
age he met and fell in love with Ginevra King, a Chicago girl who enjoyed the wealth and social position to which
Fitzgerald was always drawn. After being rejected by Ginevra because......

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