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About five o’clock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate—first a motor hearse, horribly black and wet, then Mr. Gatz and the minister and I in the limousine, and, a little later, four or five servants and the postman from West Egg in Gatsby’s station wagon, all wet to the skin. As we started through the gate into the cemetery I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground. I looked around. It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsby’s books in the library one night three months before 去书内
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    This excerpt describes Gatsby’s deserted funeral under heavy drizzle, a sharp contrast to his once glamorous parties full of guests. Only Nick, Gatsby’s father, a minister, several servants, the postman and the owl-eyed man attend. Daisy, the love Gatsby devoted his whole life to, does not send a single flower or note, cold and indifferent. The owl-eyed man is the only party guest who shows up, proving he truly saw Gatsby’s sincerity behind the fake wealth. Rain sets a mournful tone, symbolizing the sorrow and disillusionment of Gatsby’s broken American Dream. All his luxury and devotion end up meaningless to the upper class. The line “Neither could anybody else” bitterly reveals the selfishness and emptiness of the rich, who only enjoyed his parties but abandoned him in misfortune. It is a heartbreaking satire on hollow materialism.

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