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The Great Gatsby She Ran Out Ina Road

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A common theme through the end of The Great Gatsby was that the characters were chasing after something that’s unattainable. Myrtle was chasing the American dream because it was the life she didn’t and wouldn’t ever have. The police officer said, “She ran out ina road. Son-of-a-bitch didn’t even stopus car” (pg. 139). We talked in class that the life that she was chasing for was what ultimately killed her in the end. In class, it was mentioned that she went into the road because she thought it was Tom driving back from the city. S Gatsby throughout the book was chasing and trying to get Daisy back when in reality she wasn’t ever going to leave Tom. He wanted Daisy and himself to pick up where they left off when he left for the war. Gatsby

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