When I Came Back From The East Last Autumn I Felt That I Wanted The World To Be In Uniform And At A Sort Of Moral Attention Forever; I Wanted No More Riotous Excursions With Privileged Glimpses Into The Human Heart.

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1. When I Came Back From The East Last Autumn I Felt That I Wanted The World To Be In Uniform And At A Sort Of Moral Attention Forever; I Wanted No More Riotous Excursions With Privileged Glimpses Into The Human Heart.

Nick - Gatsby's Father And Owl-eyes Are The Only Ones To Attend The Funeral: They Are The Characters That Could See Clearer Than The Others. Notice How Fitzgerald Repetitively Mentions His Glasses Making Sure The Reader Does Not Miss The Hidden Message. Glasses Are Tools Created By Man To Correct Vision. Owl-eyes' Glasses Correct The East's "Power Of Distortion." This Is The Distortion Of Morallity And Human Compassion. However - With Gatsby Dead - Things Seem Even More Fogged - As Symbolically Implied By Owl-eyes' Having To Wipe His Glasses Constantly In Order To See. Now Even Those Who See Things Keenly (Correcting Their Distorted Vision) - As From A Bird's-eye View - Have Trouble Differentiating Between The Real And Unreal - The Good And The Bad In The World.
Most Readers Are Sympathetic Towards Gatsby's Incredible Devotion Towards Daisy - No Matter How Delusional It Can Seem At Times. This Admiration Of The Character Is What Makes Him A Tragic Hero. But By Choosing Gatsby Over Tom She Would Essentially Be Wrecking Her Marriage And Future Stability For A Man With Incredible Expectations That She Would Never Be Able To Live Up To. Furthermore - Upon Realization Of Gatsby's Criminal And Illegal Background She Falls For The Stability Of Tom.
Through His Lavish And Extravagent Parties Gatsby Has Managed To Attain Thousands Of "Friends." The Relationship Between Gatsby And His Geusts Are So Superficial That The Man Who Was Staying In Gatsby's House - Won't Even Show Up To The Funeral. Not Only That - But He Has The Audacity To Ask Nick To Ship His Shoes To Him. When Gatsby Was Alive - People Flocked To His House Like Moths To Light. His Parties Were The Talk Of The Town - And No One Wasn't Invited. And When He Passes Away - The Party Goers Don't Really View It That Way: They View It As If The 'party's Over.' This Portrayal Of The American Society Makes The Novel That Much More Tragic - To The Reader It Is Almost 'sad' To See The Lack Of Human Compassion And Empathy In This Delluded Society Obssesed With Wealth And Status. This Emphasises The Extent Of Corruption In This Superficial And Materialistic Society.
After The Events That Allowed Nick To Realise That " It (His Tolerance) Has A Limit" - He Declares That His Experiences In New York Lead To A Strong Negative Reaction And Eventually Returns To The Midwest In Search Of A Less Morally Ambiguous Environment- "(Attach Quote Here.)" The Diction Of Words Like "Uniform" And " Moral Attention" Create A Militaristic Picture In The Readers Mind And Stands In Stark Contrast With Morally Ambiguous New York That Has No Clear Right Or Wrong.

When I Came Back From The East Last Autumn I Felt That I Wanted The World To Be In Uniform And At A Sort Of Moral Attention Forever; I Wanted No More Riotous Excursions With Privileged Glimpses Into The Human Heart.

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When I Came Back From The East Last Autumn I Felt That I Wanted The World To Be In Uniform And At A Sort Of Moral Attention Forever; I Wanted No More Riotous Excursions With Privileged Glimpses Into The Human Heart.

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