Carrissa asked this question about The Great Gatsby:
At the end of the novel, only Tom and Daisy remain together, unscathed by the novels many tragedies and disappointments. Knowing what you do about these two characters, why do things turn out this way? What allows Tom and Daisy to escape much of the pain of what they contributed to?
Lara Rouse I saw it as the bulletproofness of not really caring about anything but success, riches, and being self-serving, as opposed to Gatsby, who while he di…moreI saw it as the bulletproofness of not really caring about anything but success, riches, and being self-serving, as opposed to Gatsby, who while he did have riches and success and had been willing to do sketchy things to get them, he was not, excuse me for going here, bulletproof, because he dared to dream and expect life to count for more. (less)
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