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The Great Gatsby A Great Person
Gatsby was a man who had wounded love, but only loved one woman. The novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ draws a tragic life of him. Gatsby failed on his first love with Daisy, whom later married a rich man named Tom. Gatsby resents himself without money. Naturally, he obsesses earning money and authority. Afterward, he hosts a colossal party every night. He achieves the aspiration waiting to meet Daisy again. However, Daisy betrays Gatsby putting the guilt of car accident on Gatsby made by her. One surprising fact is that 3 people came to funeral home. After reading this novel, I thought why Gatsby were considered as a ‘great person’. He was actually a person who tried every possible ways and means to obtain wealth purpose being one woman. In the light

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