"...I was looking at an elegant young roughneck, a year or two over thirty, whose elaborate formality of speech just missed being absurd." (Fitzgerald 48)
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- Gives us more information on Gatsby, such as his age and tone of voice.
- Not really what we expected Gatsby to be like.
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- Introduces a character (Gatsby)
- Displays irony
"Sometimes they came and went without having met Gatsby at all, came for the party with a simplicity of heart that was its own ticket of admission." (41)
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- Nick said that he thought he was the only one who had been invited, and he only went because he was invited. This shows that he was very "proper", compared to the others.
- People are just trying to find a party. They do not really care who hosts it.
- Gives Gatsby a sense of mystery.
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- Provides background information
- Presents imagery