Plot Flaws In The Great Gatsby

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they will tell Tom of their affair. It was very hot and all present were obviously uncomfortable. Suddenly Daisy asked, “Who wants to go to town?”(125). They eventually agree and all go to town. They end up getting a hotel room in downtown New York City which was just as hot if not hotter than where they had already been. Daisy and Gatsby tell Tom of their encounters and then they all decide to go home. Why did this needless act that could have occurred back at the Buchanan’s occur? Its only purpose was to set the stage for the hit and run incident that takes place on the trip home. It was merely an easy, but awkward way to get the characters where Fitsgerald wanted them. Another flaw in the plot line was that of obvious sequence manipulation. An example of this was when they decided to go to town in chapter seven. Tom, Nick, and Jordan go in Gatsby’s car, and Gatsby and Daisy go in Tom’s. Then on their return they have the same car arrangements. This was very unusual particularly ...

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