Read the following theme:

Arrogance leads to one's downfall.

how is this theme best shown in The Great Gatsby?

A. Myrtle hopes to live a life separately from Tom and George, but she loses her life in the end.

B. Tom hopes to control both Myrtle and Daisy, but they end up controlling him in a subtle way.

C. Gatsby thinks he can recreate his past relationship with Daisy, but both Daisy and the rest of the world have changed.

D. Nick thinks that he can be friends with the famous Gatsby, but he only winds up as his servant by the end of the story.

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Carmen Rich

10 January, 10:37

Read the following theme:

Arrogance leads to one's downfall.

how is this theme best shown in The Great Gatsby?

A. Myrtle hopes to live a life separately from Tom and George, but she loses her life in the end.

B. Tom hopes to control both Myrtle and Daisy, but they end up controlling him in a subtle way.

C. Gatsby thinks he can recreate his past relationship with Daisy, but both Daisy and the rest of the world have changed.

D. Nick thinks that he can be friends with the famous Gatsby, but he only winds up as his servant by the end of the story.

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Valentino Avery · Answer 1

Yea ill go with C as well but if it's wrong he said it

Haylie Rowe · Answer 2

The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s. On the surface, The Great Gatsby is a story of the thwarted love between a man and a woman. The main theme of the novel, however, encompasses a much larger, less romantic scope.