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The Great Gatsby Water Quotes

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Brian Doyle once said “No living being is without interior liquid motion. We all churn inside.” This quote relates to Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. Gatsby thrives off of moving water; when there's still water that's when problems occur. This quote can also resemble a sense of time that can be seen in a way of moving forward or being stuck. These themes build intensity throughout the course of The Great Gatsby. Gatsby thrives on the motion or flowing of water and needs it to be able to live his life and move forward, just how living things need blood flowing to thrive and survive. At 16 he ran away from home to find something more. He joined the military and met a man named Dan Cody when he went out to warn him about a storm coming in. When he meets Dan Cody and is in the military it's …show more content…

When Daisy, Tom, Nick, Jordan, and Gatsby all go to the plaza hotel together it's a very hot and sunny day so they get a bucket of ice to cool down. During this time Gatsby tells Tom that Daisy never loved him and she loves Gatsby. A huge fight breaks out and when Gatsby and Daisy leave the hotel Tom's mistress, Myrtle, gets hit when Daisy speeds down the road. The next time still water occurs is when Gatsby dies at the end of the book. After Daisy hits Myrtle heading home, George Wilson goes manic thinking Gatsby hit and killed his wife. The first time Gatsby decides to use his pool all summer George shoots and kills him while he’s swimming waiting for Daisy’s call “It's better that the shock should all come at once, She stood it pretty well.” ‘He spoke as if Daisy's reaction was the only thing that mattered’” (143) After Daisy hit Myrtle, Gatsby instantly took the blame for her. Gatsby's greatest downfall was taking such big risks for Daisy and being stuck in the past with her, like still

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