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The title of the book "The Great Gatsby" comes from the character Nick Caraway in the story and is in reference to the character 'Jay Gatsby'. Jay Gatsby is 'great' because he manages to live a life of happiness and optimism simply by convincing himself that life is full of hope and goodness and by ignoring the corruption and darkness in the world around him. This makes him great because few people are able to ignore the bad things in life and focus only the good. F. Scott Fitzgerald meant to make the title ironic because although Gasby is great he is also fake and impossible. The character called 'Jay Gatz' changed his name to 'Jay Gatsby' in order to make himself the perfect persona for the woman he loved (Daisy). When he changed his name he made himself from being an ordinary person into this almost super-human bundle of optimism and hope who strives for perfection in everything. Because of this he started to believe his own lies and couldn't invision a way that Daisy would be able to reject him (to the extent that he blanks out the fact that she's married!). Ultimately this means that when Daisy does reject him the character of 'Jay Gatsby' falls apart and only Jay Gatz is left. He then symbolically dies to show that after the creation of 'Jay Gatsby', 'Jay Gatz' can no longer survive in the real world. Long story short, it's called "The Great Gatsby" because Gatsby is great. Gatsby is great because he is larger than life in his optimism. This is ironic because it is this optimism that ultimately kills him.

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The cover pictures two glassy female eyes and voluptuous rose lips, a sea green tear dropping off and the lights of city in the dark. The eyes and the lips are most likely Daisy, to quote, "the girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs." The eyes could also represent the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg. The green tear could have correlation to the green light. In the irises are two reclined nude figures. These could represent the wealthy, as this books strips away their outer shells to reveal their true natures.

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The cover of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald features a pair of eyes and a mouth hovering within a vivid blue background. The eyes are often interpreted as symbolic of the themes of observation, perception, and the idea of the American Dream. The mouth hints at secrecy and hidden truths, embodying the themes of facade and illusion present in the novel.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel, The Great Gatsby is called so because of the main character (which is not Nick, as many do believe) named James Gatz, who is madly in love with the married Daisy Buchannan, whom he used to date when they were younger. Gatz and Daisy were separated by Gatz' military obligations, and when he left the military, he changed his name to Jay Gatsby and began to run a bootlegging operation and have expensive parties in order to draw Daisy back to him. Eventually she does find him again, and that's when things really get interesting.

Gat is slang for gun. Gastby wears a pink suite. Gatsby is as dangerous as a gun.

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In the book Gatsby is an expansive, generous and caring human being. This qualities and his ability as a performer make him truly great so the title fits the character very well and describes the kind of human he is.

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