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Blog Post #24

Write about anything having to do with The Great Gatsby that you have not already discussed or wish to expand upon. In other words - what interested you about this novel and what do you have to say about it? Something that I thought about while reading The Great Gatsby was the possibility of Daisy staying with Gatsby after the hotel scene. I think that it would be very different if they stayed together. I feel as if the death of Myrtle wouldn't have happened. If it did I think it would have been Tom who accidentally killed her because he would have been angered because Daisy chose Gatsby in this case. I also think that things between Gatsby and Daisy would be tense because she already stated that she loved Tom once. In conclusion, I believe that things would be more calm if Daisy stayed with Gatsby rather than Tom.
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