Olivia+K+Gatsby

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Throughout the novel, the Gatsby mansion has been described as luxurious and the optima of wealth and even sometimes as a castle. Gatsby’s love for Daisy was so great and pure that he was willing to risk everything for her, even take the blame for the murder she had committed. The novel ends with his funeral and no sign of Daisy. Gatsby, like most, confuses fantasy with reality which was the main contributor to his down fall. His desire to be with Daisy grew from just a desire to a goal. He convinced himself that he could win her back. He so much wanted to be her prince but unfortunately she did not want him. Although, when she cried, he always came to her rescue and when she did wrong he took the blame. Much like the song the girl lives in a magical world of which doesn’t really exist and is a figment of her imagination. She like Daisy has done wrong and waits for her prince (Gatsby) to come save her. They dug a "big hole to bury the castle", or in Gatsby’s case forget a murder. They together built another fantasy. But the fantasy was just a fantasy and was soon destroyed by reality and the wolf (Tom). When he told Wilson that it was Gatsby car that killed Myrtle. The man I rage killed Gatsby. The song talks about the dangers of creating an alternate reality because it prevents you from dealing with your true problems "keep your feet on the ground when your head's in the clouds". Gatsby was a control freak and did not have a motherly figure in his life. There for he looked towards Daisy to fill those empty slots. Daisy was in a loveless marriage and plagued by post partem depression. They found comfort in there fantasy they "you built up a world of magic because your real life is tragic." []

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The man at the table is trying to leave his girlfriend because he does not like the life he is living. But she refuses to take his answer and says they can build a new life together and goes as far to say a "new world". She like Gatsby cannot live without him and is willing to change her entire life just to be with him. The new world is much like the one Gatsby builds for himself. He creates a beautiful home that would more than please any women and of which is contently across the bay from Daisy’s house. But what I also find to be significant is the reference to water. Water was often used to symbolize Daisy. For example the bay or rain or even the dock. She’s asked him to " let's pack our bags and lie on the easy stream feel the water on our backs where we can carry on dreaming'". The end of the Dock was Daisy however Gatsby so wanted to reach the end of the dock but couldn’t he could only dream. [] Delovely by Cole Porter

" It's delightful, it's delicious, it's delectable, it's delirious, It's dilemma, it's de limit, it's deluxe, it's de-lovely" ? in the Novel The great Gatsby the main characters to often put on masks that are much different than what they are truly feeling. They do so in order to appeal to the social image of the 1920's. Mr. Gatsby one of the main characters is consumed with desire to gain back the love of his life Daisy. But his desire turns into an obsession "You've won my heart and I've lost my brain". He throws lavish parties and throws them in his even more extravagant house which is contently located across the bay from his "de-lovely" Daisy. At these parties people get lost in the crowed but really they have lost themselves. They become more mechanical than human they all dress, act the same. One drunk "delirious" girl is no different than the next. Most people attending the parties have never met Gatsby let alone heard of him. He is known for his rumors not his appearance because Gatsby never really is scene at his parties. His life is more of a fantasy rather than reality. He created an alternate world for his is much to tragic to think about. He believes that if he get Daisy back that all his problems will be solved. But he has never thought to think of why they had broken up. In the song De-lovely the song writers writes about how even though something appears to be lovely doesn't mean it is. For it may just be a trick or an allusion. For humans are like magicians but rather than perform a card trick they use their own smoke and mirrors to fool there audience and hide.

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