“I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.” Garrison Keillor, the American author, storyteller, humorist, radio actor, voice actor, and radio personality, who Fitzgerald heavily agreed with throughout the novel, expressing that reality is not something that he would not pursue. Myrtle Wilson and Jay Gatsby, two characters in denial of reality, manifest this truth. Throughout the novel, these characters make choices that prove this quote to be true and ultimately show their…
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