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  I am choosing to analyze and compare this epigraph by means of dissecting the text line by line. The first line reads, “ Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her, ” which introduces a character by using the pronoun in the line reading “ her. ” In the case of The Great Gatsby, “ her ” may very well be Daisy, as she is the subject of arguable obsession in Jay Gatsby’s mind. In discussions in our class, we discussed the acronym “WWDD,” standing for what would Daisy do? This was a comparison, of course, in different situations. Like when we asked WWDD in the context of Myrtle, or in the context of Gatsby’s party he throws to impress her. On a more materialistic level, discussing the “ gold hat, ” I believe that this is a representation of Gatsby’s riches. Or what is shown to be his riches, that is. My skepticism reaches to the “... factual imitation of some Hôtel…” being that the imitation means it isn’t really authentic and the dodgy ways of how he speaks about his fortune as w...

The novel, The Great Gatsby, is a narrative written from the perspective of our narrator Nick Carraway. This was written to the time period of the Roaring Twenties. In the first three chapters of the book, Nick is included in three separate parties, the party of Tom and Daisy Buchanan, the party of Myrtle Wilson, and the party of Jay Gatsby, all parties had exclusive settings and individuals accompanying them, with some slight cross over of Jordan Baker seen in both the Buchanan and Gatsby party, each party brings what I would believe to embody a different feeling, pertaining obviously, to the people and setting that each party has.      In the first party of Daisy and Tom Buchanan, we are introduced to both Daisy - the cousin of Nick Carraway - and Tom Buchanan, as well as Jordan Baker. This party took place in fashionable East Egg. The setting is better described in the quote on page 6 reading "a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial Mansion, overlooking the bay". Co...