Connection - The Great Gatsby

"This high school that you went to, did they make you read The Great Gatsby?"
You groan as you remember the book.
"I see you didn't like it too much. Still, I hope this connection will make sense to you."

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"If he were absent from the room an hour, a perceptible dulness seemed to steal over the spirits of his guests; and his reentrance was sure to give a fresh impulse to the vivacity of conversation" (191).

"Jane observes this effect during Mr. Rochester's party at Thornfield Hall. Mr. Rochester's charisma is reminiscent of Mr. Gatsby's charisma as portrayed in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Mr. Gatsby would throw lavish parties and constantly keep his guests entertained. He was the life of the party, similar to Mr. Rochester's role at his own party."

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"It is a connection I would've made too, so I guess that book wasn't pointless after all."

Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Signet Classics, 2008. Print.