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The Great Gatsby Dialectical Journal Essay

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Passage 1: “He felt good that it was mostly a pleasant memory of a woman whom he hardly knew, and of himself as a person remembered… A slight pang of course… he was able to see that this was mostly a pang for his present aloneness. ‘Listen, if I go down the drain, and I think I will, I don’t want to be tubed or resuscitated or anything. It’s not worth it’” (Lam, 292). Analysis: This quote proves to be controversial when in discussion on Fitzgerald’s reasoning behind not wanting to be treated as he dies. On one side, it can be said Fitzgerald would not want to carry a burden that others may be infected by SARS because they worked on him- a hopeless cause in his own eyes. However, he may not be as heroic as he seems. Fitzgerald is going through withdrawal, as he constantly used alcohol to escape the sadness and sting of rejection he felt. Fitzgerald is very lonely and may be depressed, indicating that perhaps even with the …show more content…

They will pull us over and I will show them my Dr. Chen badge…. I will shrug and say ‘you know how it is, officers. Hospital- the emergency department. They need me.’ The cop will wave me on …they will bust the pickup truck instead… Go on little man. I’m above this sort of thing” (312). Analysis: An underlying theme of doctors and those working alongside to help and wrongfully protect each other from the law has constantly been developed through the story and this is just another example. Dr. Chen sees himself as superior to those around him, hoping that his position will get him out of trouble to avoid punishment, while the truck driver will be charged. This builds on Chen’s ego and he feels invincible from legal punishments- which he very well may be. This provokes thoughts surrounding how police officers may work with bias- and abuse their power and titles for their own benefit. Passage 3: “You remember Sri’s funeral? Pancreatic cancer… did you know that Sri once made eggs Benedict for a patient?”

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