Opening:
Based on how easy it is to reach other people today, how has accessability changed in the past one hundred years? Does this mean that now with modern day technology it is "easier" to grab someone's attention?
Core:
Why are the guests at Gatsby's parties so intent on thinking that he has a dark side?
To me it seems like one can only get to know Gatsby if he chooses to know you first. Jordan says "I like large parties. They're so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy." (49), alluding to the fact that there is something to hide in the first place. Fitzgerald forces the reader to think that something is happening behind closed doors, and the truth is yet to be revealed. However, since there are so many people that Gatsby hides behind, it's hard for the guests not to be curious/inventive as to what he actually does. "You'll look at him sometimes when he thinks nobody's looking at him. I'll bet he killed a man." (44), the guests are just bent on finding out something that will make Gatsby less grand, even though it ruins his reputation.
After finally getting Daisy's attention, why does the green light stop having significance in Gatsby's life?
In Gatsby's eyes, the green light was his symbol of hope and things to come. Near the beginning of the novel Nick Carraway noticed Gatsby reaching out for the light; "he strectched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling" (20).
However, later on, once he begins reliving his feelings with Daisy he realizes that this goal has finally turned around for the better. After all of those years of waiting, he finally achieved his goal for Daisy to notice him. "Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one." (93).
Closing:
For Gatsby, money only built the image of a man that no one knew, how do people today use money or fame as just a facade to hide their real objectives?
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