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And the Band Plays on

what their occupation was. As far as loyalty is concerned, it is best represented in his devotion to Daisy Buchanan. With his money and notoriety he could have easily have had numerous love opportunities. He sacrificed all openings for love as he stoked the coals trying to ignite a past flame with a married women. Even when Jay and Daisys relationship was over in the readers mind Gatsby still clung to a hope of having a life with her. He loyally stayed at her house to the wee hours of the morning, convinced her husband was a live wire that could erupt and physically punish his wife. This he displayed to a women that is impossible to love anyone but who faces the her in the mirror.Further more, all the things that Gatsby had worked hard for in the end abandoned him and led to his unfortunate death. For all of the devotion he gave Daisy she couldnt possibly love a man who was in shady business dealings, or could possibly taint her impeccably clean appearance in society. The money that he had accumulated and those who helped him accumulate it fell to wayside after his death. Meyer Wolshiem, who proclaimed that he made Gatsby in to the man he was didnt even attend his funeral. Neither did Daisy or the numerous guests that roamed the grounds of his estate on numerous weekends. What a shame to think of all the people who had benefited on behalf of Gatsby not to even attend the funeral, even given the circumstances surrounding his wealth. The man who to so many was a mystery and of profound mystic died in a untimely manner which allowed others to keep up their destructive lifestyles with a lack of consequence.Lastly, The Jay Gatsby that everyone caught glimpses will always be a mystery to many. His life was an example of the highs and lows of the American dream. The pitfalls and plateaus that he reached show deep insight into The United States in the 1920s. All of his character traits represented different things to different ...

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