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That Awesome “Platonic Conception” Jazz

That Awesome “Platonic Conception” Jazz. A Note on Plato. Greek Philosopher, 427-327 BC Contemplated Perceptions of Reality Human Views of Reality vs. Forms. A “Platonic Conception”. “Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself”

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That Awesome “Platonic Conception” Jazz

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  1. That Awesome “Platonic Conception” Jazz

  2. A Note on Plato • Greek Philosopher, 427-327 BC • Contemplated Perceptions of Reality • Human Views of Reality vs. Forms

  3. A “Platonic Conception” • “Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself” • A Highly Idealized Point of View • What Gatsby desired to become • “The sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent” • He remained “faithful to this conception” in his actions throughout life.

  4. What he Didn’t Anticipate Elements of Gatsby’s Conception • Wealth • Fame • Popularity • Thus, the parties • Being Abandoned by Daisy • Being Seen as Classless • Not everybody shares his romanticism

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