The Great Gatsby's Underlying Meanings BOOK: The Great Gatsby Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Often the setting, time, and other minute descriptions in a book help to get a message across to the reader. The initial importance of these kinds of things may be minimal, however, after thinking about what they really mean, a deeper, more descriptive story is portrayed. Symbols developed throughout a book, even simple ones such as a certain color, help to bring out an underlying meaning, which may at first have no significant importance in …

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