The Great Gatsby

What does it mean to be superficial? What is superficial in this chapter? Why? Chapter 1

What does it mean to be superficial? What is superficial in this chapter? Why? Chapter 1

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Superficial is presenting only an appearance without substance or significance. Certainly everything about Tom and Daisy Buchanan are concened with superficial things. In Chapter 1 Tom talks about a book that espouses racist and white supremacist ideas, to which Tom wholeheartedly subscribes.

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