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Aldwin Aguilar asked this question about The Great Gatsby:
My teacher keeps on insisting that Jay Gatsby is black. Is he?
Karen Your teacher is not very smart then, is she? This was 1925, and if she reads the book again, she will find that the time period of the story would be …moreYour teacher is not very smart then, is she? This was 1925, and if she reads the book again, she will find that the time period of the story would be very inconsistent for Gatsby to be black. Also, there is no indication what so ever in the story that he would be. If there was, I would be the first to acknowledge it- it's my favorite book, I've read it three times. (less)
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The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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