Tis represents the power of those around Gatsby in addition to Gatsby himself, that one man could fix the whole World Series i unfathomable, similar to the feats of Gatsby himself. This reminds me of how Moses split the Red Sea simply because both feats are unfathomable and seem to be impossible, requiring great skill and knowhow.

Gatsby takes charge in every situation, his confidence and demeanor apparent in all his encounters. This shows that though Wolfshiem was going to speak, he knows that no one dare question Gatsby's motives. This reminds me of whenever my parents make me do something I know I don't want to do, but I do it anyway without question because I know they know what they're doing.

Gatsby doesn't build strong relationships with people because he doesn't want to become connected to many of the people around him because of his excessive loss of loved ones in the past. This reminds me in the Lost Hero by Rick Riordan of the main character Leo Valdez who went from foster home to foster home, never staying too long because always wanted to keep moving further and further away from the pain he felt when he lost his mother in a garage fire.

Because Gatsby often used others to convey his messages for him because of his chaotic lifestlye, his actual presence represents matters of great importance and that you hold a great deal of importance in his life. This reminds me of when Mrs. King came to my STUCO class one time in order to address our great job with Homecoming this year because it was so important that she took time out of her schedule to let us know personally.

This shows that Gatsby can do whatever he wants because of his power and social status. Although making bootleg alcohol is illegal at the time, it doesn't affect Gatsby if he bootlegs because he's of such importance, no one can tell him otherwise. This reminds me of when certain people in power neglect to properly pay their taxes yet are granted pardon because of their wealth and status.

This shows the carefree nature of Gatsby's lifestyle and how unaffected he is by change. He can do anything he wants, any time he wants, anywhere he wants, and he need not be worried about the consequences of his actions. This reminds me of a tornado, doing as it pleases, creating chaos and excitement for those around, leaving in its wake consequences that it must not deal with, but those affected by it must.

This simply embodies the grandeur of Gatsby's lifestyle and the parties he throws. All the dancing and laughter and happiness represents the constant elation and joy of Gatsby's life and those affected around him and how although real, it's portrayed as too good to be true. This reminds me of when I go to the orchestra and the musicians play many different pieces of classical music and it feels like I'm being transported to grand social scenes such as this in France or Italy at the time the pieces were composed.

This shows the irony of the rigid structure of Gatsby's home and how he wants everything to be in place, yet his parties and social lifestyle are so unstructured and carefree, devoid of rules and regulation. This reminds me of New Girl and how Schmidt's OCD forces him to require perfection in their household and if everything is not in its place, he freaks out.

This shows Gatsby's expensive taste and idea about the extent of his wealth if he is able to ship an entire ancient library overseas for the purpose of his home. This reminds me of the video we watched with the Queen of Versailles where the wife created the home to look just look Versailles to not only impose her family's wealth on others but also give the idea of her as royalty.

This section shows that the narrator expects dishonesty from the women he interacts with, implying that he's either experienced it many times in the past or that this is the persona that society has created about women. This reminds me of how my mom says "tell me the truth and I promise I won't get mad", and even when she gets mad I am not surprised because I expected it in the first place.

Gatsby as an influential man who is known by all, but no one truly knows why or how he's risen to such status. Since everyone has heard different stories about him, no one knows what is true for sure and cannot risk speaking it as if it's a fact of the matter.This shows Gatsby's mysteriousness and untraceable persona. This reminds me of Jason Bourne because he is a very mysterious man whom no one can seem to catch in the movie and evades all means of identification, yet is known by all.

This instance inconsequentially juxtaposes both the personality and the demeanor of the narrator with Gatsby, Gatsby as a dynamic, popular, powerful man with an abundance of companions, and the narrator as alone and devoid of company and seemingly devoid of purpose in this circumstance. This reminds me of the movie She's All That, where this student sho is very popular becomes very close with a girl with very little friends and social significance at all build a very close connection with one another.

This shows the grandeur of Gatsby's parties and the acclaim he holds throughout West Egg. He is so popular that he's not even able to directly communicate with the people he actually invites to his parties, which represents his power and influence as well. I have been to parties similar to this where many people show up unannounced who were not invited, and sometimes I am not even able to greet the one who invited me in the first place.

This shows that during a performance the musical accompanists are always supposed to follow the performer to ensure that they perform as best they can. During a performance, it matters not how or what you rehearsed, but rather how one adapts to inevitable mistakes in front of other people. When I performed in Into The Woods, characters made mistakes with their musical cues when singing frequently, but our musical director shifted every time in order to accomodate us.

This shows that the longer the party goes on, the more new people partygoers meet and the more they are willing to mingle with one another and the more the social structures of the party shift. It also shows the rapidity of the lifestyles of those attending and hosting the party, and that wasting time is never an option, that everything is for a purpose. I often go to parties and move around different social groups at the party to talk to as many people as possible, so I relate to this very much.

This reminds me of those friends who can't take a compliment yet still yearn for others' approval. They try so hard to be accepted by others because they can't accept themselves for who they truly are, but they don't want to admit it, similar to Mrs. Wilson, so they act as if the admiration is meaningless. This reminds me of numerous friends of mine who can't accept a compliment yet are always trying to receive them.

This shows the importance of how one comports oneself because it reflects how they were raised and where they come from, especially in this book where social status and wealth are of utmost importance. This reminds me of 16th century France and how dominant the social hierarchy was in determining one's significance in relevance to others.

This shows Mrs. Wilson's need to be informed at all times and more of a nosy aspect of her personality. The scandal magazines and the TOWN TATTLE show that she needs to know everyone's business all the time, maybe even unfulfilled with her own life so she must keep tabs on others. This reminds me of Aunt Petunia from Harry Potter, who also was extremely nosy and in everyone's business on Privet Drive.

This series of opposing characteristics together to describe one person represents the conflicting personality of Mrs. McKee and explains her self-contradiction in many points in the book. This reminds me of the beginning of Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, where the author writes a series of polarizing descriptions for two different cities, complete opposites, yet still entirely connected.

This reminds me of when I travelled to Paris and Rome a couple years back ona family vacation and street vendors wouldn't stop trying to sell us unnecessary goods and swindle us out of our money. My mom's wallet even got stolen at one point on the trip, though we retrieved rather quickly. This shows that though Catherine may be wealthy, she is not skilled in good choices in spending money and saving money and is not able to distinguish good purchases from unwise purchases, showing her lack of experience with real people in the real world.

This quote shows society's dependence on alcohol as a means of escape from the reality of their circumstances as well as a way to have more fun as a result of looser morals and less inhibitions. This quote reminds me of when sometimes at social gatherings, my parents' friends will be drinking wine around them but my parents don't drink alcohol and they all have the same amount of fun regardless of their state of inebriation.

This again displays the abundance of wealth in the book and the lack of concern for money by those occupying West Egg. It also shows their lack of value wealth has in a specific way for them, meaning that they have so much wealth in the book that expensive taste is expected and they don't appreciate them as much. This reminds me of Suite Life of Zack and Cody and how London Tipton is so rich, that she only wears her dresses one time before throwing them away and throws away dirty money.

This itself represents the constant ebb and flow of the city, the everchanging movements in the book and in real life concerning giant metropolitan areas and the rapid succession in which it all occurs. This reminds me of when in movies, in the prologue or epilogue of it, the producer often speeds up the movement of all the characters and focuses on a specific topic of significance at the beginning or end of the film to show the passing of time.

This reminds me of when I'm in a big city and I'm taking the subway to travel certain places, and I see so many people with their morning coffee in hand either reading their paper or barely managing to stay awake, similar to many high school students I know as well. This conveys the fatigue of the narrator after the overwhelming turn of events he's witnessed concerning Daisy and the McKees and his inability to cope with it all.

This moment is such a dramatic depiction of the Doctor J.T Eckleburg, and represent his mysterious nature and the sheer magnitude of his of his influence and his power. It also speaks to his secretivity and lack of clarity of who he is. This reminds me of one I'm driving through foggy weather and I can't see more than 100 feet in front of the car, and out of nowhere appear these huge buildings throughout the city, sudden and imposing, similar to the face of Eckleburg.