GATSBY

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  • GATSBY
    • self-made
    • gangster
      • fortune through gambling and bootlegging
        • associate of the sinister Meyer Wolfshiem, the 'man who fixed the World Series in 1919'
          • 'Chicago' and 'Philadelphia' contact him
            • C & P were centres of organised crime in the 1920s
    • dreamer
      • Nick comments on Gatsby's 'extraordinary gift for hope'
        • Nick describes Gatsby 'sensitivity to the promises of life'
          • incredibly optimistic outlook on life
          • 'personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures'
            • unique and admirable
    • the 'great' gatsby
      • "great" because of the magnitude of his dream
      • ironic due to nobody attending his funeral

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