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"Twinkle bells of sunshine" |
* Modernist technique of synthesia * Nick is used as a device to convey how Gatsby feels - so overwhelmed by him that he absorbs his feelings * Impossible to stay objective with Gatsby as Nick is so in awe |
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"Thirty - the promise of a decade of loneliness... a thinning briefcase of enthusiam" |
* "promises" are normally positive so Nick believes this is the best he can hope for * enthusiam must be carried, a burden * brief cases normally have negative connotations - work so enthusiam has to be worked out, easier/better than have no emotions |
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"Life is much more successfully looked at from a single window" |
* reflects nick's narrative * always on the outside looking in - happy this way * never done anything different so he doesn't know is it is "much more successful" so arrogant - my way or the highway |
