Text Connections
One text connection I noticed in The Great Gatsby was when it talked about how Gatsby had to be a janitor in college to help pay for his tuition (99). This was much similar to that of my father’s situation during college. My father attended the University of Iowa, and one of his jobs was to clean up the bathrooms after a home football. He told me these stories of how filthy these bathrooms could be at times. Much like in Gatsby’s case, my father despised his job. Unlike my father, Gatsby dropped out of school and one day came upon Dan Cody where he loved the wealthy lifestyle. Being in Gatsby’s shoes, I could see how easy of a decision it was to abandon that lifestyle of labor to a life of great wealth. The significance of this moment is it started Gatsby to embrace and pursue that wealthy lifestyle.
Another text connection I found in the novel was when Nick asked Klipspringer to attend Gatsby’s funeral, but all he cared about was his tennis shoes (169). Although this was one person, this was one of the many who neglected Jay Gatsby. Gatsby was gregarious enough to have these wonder parties for a lot of people, but once he died he was anonymous. Wolfshiem, one of Gatsby’s closest friends and business partners, made excuses not to go to his funeral. The love of Gatsby’s life, Daisy, did not make an effort to attend the funeral. This text connection shows the disregard for the life of Jay Gatsby.
I really enjoyed your text connections and thought it was ineresting being able to see how you connected personally with the book. I also liked your text-to-itself connection and I recognized that also while I was reading. It shows the decietfulness that humanity is capable of and that the ones you trust in the most may end up being the ones that let you down the most. One should be more careful in the people they choose to trust.
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