The Great Gatsby

Why does Gatsby throw all his shirts on the table?

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Gatsby is showing off. As for daisy, it seems silly of course to cry over shirts. But it is not the shirts themselves that overwhelm her but what they symbolize: Gatsby's extraordinary dedication to his dream. Wouldn't you be moved to tears to find yourself the object of so much adoration?

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