Megan+H+Gatsby

Megan H
 * Ain't No Mountain High Enough Lyrics ****The Temptations**
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The song, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”, by The Temptations is a good way to describe Gatsby’s climb to Daisy. This song is about that a man is in love with a woman and will go to the ends of the world to get her. The chorus of the song is, “'Cause baby there, ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no valley low enough, ain't no river wide enough, to keep me from getting to you babe.” The struggle that this person would be going to and that they will never stop reminds me of when Nick was learning about everything that Gatsby has done so far for Daisy. However his battle was not literally with nature, but more with the economy. He had to overcome having little money and working for 5 long years to save enough money to not only buy the house across from Daisy, but to also still have enough money left over to continue to impress her. Also later on in the song, the lyrics are “Cause you are my lovewhen you're in trouble, I'll be there on the double, just send for me, oooh baby.” This reminds me of the part in the book where Gatsby tells Nick he is going to wait outside of the Buchanan’s house and make sure Daisy is okay. “’I want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed. Good night, old sport.” (146) This Gatsby showing his full love for her and that he will do whatever it takes to make sure she is safe and protected. That is what the entire book is about, along with this song.

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 * I Want You to Want Me lyrics **
 * Cheap Trick **



Just in the title itself, it is clear that the song, “I Want You To Want Me”, by Cheap Trick, is relevant in __The Great Gatsby.__ The first part in the song that stood out to be was the lyrics,”  I'll shine up my old brown shoes.I'll put on a brand new shirt” This stood out to me because I thought about Gatsby trying to make everything in his house so very gaudy and impressive all for Daisy. I think in the movie I would be able to hear this play when Gatsby is showing off his house to Daisy for the first time. When Daisy starts crying because “They’re such beautiful shirts,” (93) I can picture this song. He is clearly trying his hardest to impress her and it seems to be working by her tears, that she may want him to but is scared because of her husband Tom. Besides that part of the song, the rest of the lyrics stick out to me just because of Gatsby’s struggle to try to win Daisy back.


 * Green Light **
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<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11px;">The song”Green Light” by John Legend can be very significant in the movie version of __The Great Gatsby__ at certain points. There is one point where Nick see’s Gatsby for the first time standing all by himself in his backyard. “Involuntarily I glanced seaward- and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and faraway, that might have been the end of a dock.” (21-22) That green light represented the end of the dock that belonged to Daisy. It is important to notice that the first time that Gatsby is really seen in the book is when he is longingly looking at a faraway green light. It shows his hope and desperation for whatever that light means to him. And in this case it is his struggle to try to get Daisy back. In the song when it keeps saying “give me the green light” I think of it meaning that Gatsby would just want Daisy. The song is about getting the okay to go for a girl, and Gatsby has done so much to try to get her attention over the year that that is all he truly wants too. They both are representing something bigger than a simple green light, and they both are talking about wanting love. That is why this song would work nicely if this were to be played in a movie version of this novel.