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4. The paragraph that begins with “no telephone messages”(161) illustrates the time that Gatsby has wanted Daisy to call him or give him a sign that she’s still there for him. For example, as times passed on Nick stated “Gatsby himself didn’t believe it would come, and perhaps he no longer cared”(161). This acts as Gatsby’s epiphany that Daisy would never talk to him anymore. Gatsby must begin to forget about her and continue with his life, but Gatsby struggles to do so. In addition, Nick continues to state that “He must have felt that he had lost the old worm world, paid a high price for living too long it’s a single dream”(161). Nick elaborates that since Gatsby only had one thing in mind for an eternity, he does not know what to do anymore. As a way Gatsby did this to himself, since he was narrow minded and did not think about anything else instead of Daisy. Overall, in this paragraph Gatsby never receives a call from Daisy leaving hm to become dead spiritually.

15. When Tom figures about Myrtle’s death he starts to cry. Tom throughout the novel was shown as a egomaniac, but for many years since their relationship has started; she has become part of Tom’s personality. To the audience it is shown that Tom’s tears were genuine, that he maybe did really care about Myrtle. By showing Tom crying, Fitzgerald reveals how Tom did care about the females in his life. Also how he wants the person who killed her to suffer. Lastly, after he stopped crying his casual attitude returned and told Daisy how he can put the blame on Gatsby for she can not get arrested. Overall, through Tom it is shown how the upper class only cares about themselves and makes innocent people suffer.