His Gorgeous Pink Rag Of A Suit Made A Bright Spot Of Color Against The White Steps...And He Had Stood On Those Steps - Concealing His Incorruptible Dream - As He Waved Them Good-bye. Part 1

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1. His Gorgeous Pink Rag Of A Suit Made A Bright Spot Of Color Against The White Steps...And He Had Stood On Those Steps - Concealing His Incorruptible Dream - As He Waved Them Good-bye. Part 1

However - His Disgust Towards The Attitudes People And Culture Of The East Had One Exception: Gatsby- "(Attach Quote Here.)" Despite Gatsby's Lavish Lifestyle With Extravagent Parties That Were Achieved From Illegal Bootlegging - Nick Saw That He Had "An Extraordinary Gift For Hope" And A "Gorgeous" Sense Of Vitality And Enthusiasum That Impressed Nick So Much. The Paradoxial Nature Of This Statement Emphasises Not Only The Contrasting Mixed Feelings Nick Has Towards Gatsby But It Leaves The Reader To Decide In Their Own Interpretation The Degree To Which Gatsby Can Be Called "Great."
Notice The Juxtaposition Between Gatsby's Trademarked Pink And Daisy's "White". How Gatsby Is "Pink" Implies That He Is Imperfect And Of A Different Class Of The Established Rich But How It Stood Out As A "Bright Spot Of Color" Places Emphasis On Gatsby's Unique Personality ("...Gift For Hope Such As Ihave Never Seen And Which Is Not Likely I Shall Ever See Again.") Nick Uses An Interesting Adjective To Descirbe Gatsby's Dream: "Incorruptible." The Reader Feels A Sense Of Irony Even Sacasum In Nick's Tone As We Very Well Do Know That Gatsby's Dream Was Derstined For Failure Ever Since He First Meet Daisy.
Daisy Cries Out About Seeing The Beautiful Shirts Because They Are So Uncharacteristically Like Her Memories Of Gatsby Before His Transformation. These Shirts Are Made Of Rich Material And Have Monograms. It Is Hard To Tell Whether She Is Shocked And Impressed By Gatsby's New Lavish Style Or Is Secretly Longing For Her Original Memories Of Gatsby's Attire. Either Way - It Is Slightly Depressing To The Reader That The Material Objects Has Drawn A Deep Emotional Reaction Out Of Daisy As It Makes The Reader Wonder How Superficial Materialistic And Swallow Of A Person You Have To Be To Cry Just Over Rich Shirts. Note There Is An Obvious Tinge Of Regret In Her Cries. Daisy Seeing The "Beautiful" Shirts Makes Her Think Of Her Relationship With Gatsby And How Romantic It Was. Daisy Is Sad Because Their Relationship Can't Be A Reality Because She Is With Tom And Time Has Significantly Changed Things.
Nick Suggest's That After All Gatsby's Hopeless Dreams - His Perfection And Desire To Repeat The Past Was Not What Actually Lead To His Ultimate Downfall. But He Was In Fact Prey To The "Foul Dust - " The "Foul Dust That Floated In The Wake Of His Dreams." The Words "Floated" And "Wake" Make The Reader Visualise How His "Incorruptible Dream" That Was Filled With Hope And Love Crumbled Particle By Particle Into Into This "Foul Dust" That Is Left In The Aftermath. This Dust That Caused His Downfall Is A Metaphor For Class And The Elitism Of The Established Rich (Highlight On Tom Buchanan.) In The End - It Was Never Gatsby's Fault That He Was In A Class That Will Never Acheive The Status And Respect Of The 'established Rich;' It Was Never Gatsby's Fault - That Tom (And Much Of His Class) Were Elitists. Gatsby Despite All His Criminal Activity And Bootlegging Turned Out All Right In The End - As He Had Something They Didn't - He Had "The Fundamental Decencies" That So Many People Lacked.

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