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Falling Out Of Line? (Tom & Daisy-Gatsby Party)

Tom & Daisy (Gatsby)

Daisy & Tom come to Gatsby’s party. Daisy doesn’t seem to enjoy herself too much. This place seems a bit too reckless for her tastes. A lady of East Egg doesn’t go to parties such as this. It seems like Daisy is trying to change her ways in order to fit Gatsby’s life. But is she really up to the challenge? 

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Maybe she because while Tom is away, Daisy will play. This party and the fact that Tom is present doesn’t stop her from seeing Gatsby.

The Rumors of The Party.

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Nick gets invited to Gatsby’s lavish & exciting party. He & Jordan look for Gatsby to no avail. At the party Nick & Jordan ask about Gatsby. Several party goers tell their assumption of Gatsby. “I heard he killed a man” “I heard he was a German spy”  Until suddenly a man recognizes Nick and they find out that they were in the war together. That man was Gatsby. Nick is stunned. 

Gilded Love?

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No one really thinks about your happiness, until you show them otherwise. Tom & Daisy’s relationship is one that is most gilded. They are perceived to be a happy, wealthy, and fortunate couple, but are they really what they seem? 

We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love. ~Nhat Hanh~

Division & Unity

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In this book , you will find the differences between people are very evident. In East Egg appearance and borrowed wealth is very important to them, they are conservative and more reserved bunch. In West Egg new money is acceptable and they aren’t as caught up on how they look to others, they are more open and wild. 

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. ~Audre Lorde~

The Group

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In this book you will be introduced to a quite amusing and interesting bunch.

First off you will meet Nick. Nick is the cousin of Daisy and a college acquaintance of Tom. pretty nick

The second person in this dynamic bunch is Daisy. Daisy is Nick’s cousin and the lover of Gatsby.

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Continuing with the trio, the strong minded  Tom Buchanan is the husband of Daisy. His mistress is Myrtle Wilson.

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The fourth group member is Myrtle Wilson. Wife of George Wilson, mistress of Tom Buchanan.

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Continuing on with the character list we meet Jordan Baker, friend of Daisy and possible love interest of Nick.

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And last but not least we have the one of a kind, Jay Gatsby. He is a man who wants a love he can’t have, the beautiful Daisy Buchanan.  Will he be victorious and get the woman he wants or will he lose the battle in the end?

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Everyone is going in their own direction. Taking their own paths, but what is done in the dark, will soon come to the light.