| “See!” [the Owl-eyed man] cried triumphantly. “It’s a bona fide piece of printed matter. It fooled me. This fella’s a regular Belasco. It’s a triumph. What thoroughness! What realism! Knew when to stop too didn’t cut the pages. But what do you want? What do you expect?” |
| This is the first truth we are given about Gatsby, given by a drunk man. Gatsby never read a single one of his books in the room, using it only as a show to hide his poor upbringings. |
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Michael Niziolek |