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Cake day: October 15th, 2023

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  • Isn’t the tension between Gatsby’s great image and his complex, problematic actuality kind of the point of the story?

    (My bonus interpretation: it’s also about how America looks like Gatsby’s lavish party spot from afar with its green pier light beckoning, yet once you get close it’s more like the valley of ashes, its people downtrodden and consumed by jealousy to the point of violence)