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Atonement within The Great Gatsby, by F
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Briony’s many mistakes throughout the novel shapes
her path for the rest of her life
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This was one of the causes of
Robbie being sent to prison, but Briony, having seen the letter and the scene
between Robbie and Cecilia, believes the worst about an innocent man
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This is
shown through her writing phase, where she wanted to perform a play that she
had written for her brother
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This could be a result of her earlier childhood, where she would have had to fight
for the attention of her parents’, as there would have been three children in the
household rather than just her
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Briony’s
‘sympathetic villain’ is the reason she becomes and nurse and ‘ha[s] no identity
beyond her badge’ (276)
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This is similar to Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, as, even though they
only lived across the bay from each other, he had no identity to her and she
didn’t even realise he lived there
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When
living at home, Briony was always under the scrutiny of her mother, Emily Tallis,
so the purpose of working as a nurse was to work for her independence’ (278)
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Whilst being out from under their
influence, she is able to shape herself and, finally, try and work for her own
atonement
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This is in a vain
hope of getting Daisy to see him as someone noteworthy
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Gatsby wishes to
protect Daisy from all the hardships in the world, which he believes mainly come
from Tom Buchanan, her husband
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By informing her of his house’s position, he is effectively telling
her that if anything bad happens, she can always come to him, which is what he
is hoping and dreaming for
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The reader
empathises with Gatsby, as he believes that he is in love with a married woman
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He is so close to her and yet he would never be able
to have her because he is not rich or powerful enough
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edu, 2013), and that, along with
his mysteriousness, is what ensnares Daisy
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The Great Gatsby ‘truly highlights the
scandalous and risky nature of the Roaring Twenties’ (Easybib, 2013) due, in
part, to the parties that Gatsby feels he must throw in a last-ditch attempt to rip
Daisy away from her husband
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Fitzgerald uses
allegory in the novel in order to create a deeper meaning
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However, underneath the surface
Gatsby is attempting to repeat the past so that he could once again be with Daisy
instead of Tom
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Daisy, on the other hand, was in love
with the idea of love and excitement rather than actually being in love with him
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He ma[de] a
small investigation of [Gatsby]’ (77) because he did not like the idea of Daisy
committing adultery with someone of a lower status
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However, this is merely hypocrisy on his part as ‘the first
betrayal that takes place is Tom’s betrayal of Daisy…when he has an affair with
Myrtle’ (schoolworkhelper, 2013)
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Bibliography

Doubleday (2002) – http://www
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com/ew/article/0,,251269,00
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salon
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hollywood
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edu (2013) – http://www
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edu/~jwladyb/Gatsby
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thedailybeast
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html

Easybib (2013) – http://content
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com/students/topics-pages/the-greatgatsby/


Schoolworkhelper (2013) – http://schoolworkhelper

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