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   smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their   
   money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that held them   
   together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made   
   ...," but Daisy wanting a puppy "for the apartment" that she and   
   Tom use but don't live in is a perfect example of not thinking   
   things through, of caring only about what she wanted right then,   
   and not even thinking about who would take care of the puppy when   
   she returned to the Valley of Ashes and Tom returned to Daisy. Not   
   that Tom would ever take care of the puppy anyway--in fact, the   
   puppy would be lucky if Tom just put it outside to fend for itself   
   rather than throwing it out a window.   
      
   No, to Myrtle the puppy was just like the dresses and jewelry that   
   Tom gave her--something to be kept in the apartment to be pulled   
   out and worn, or used, or displayed when she wanted, and forgotten   
   the rest of the time. (She does have a dog collar in her drawer in   
   the Valley of Ashes, but it is studded with diamonds and easily   
   portable.)   
      
   The scene right after the puppy sequence emphasizes this. We see a   
   row of society women at some sort of event, each holding their   
   dogs--all fancy-looking dogs--that are clearly spoiled pets. There   
   is no way Myrtle could bring the puppy back to the Valley of   
   Ashes, or spoil it there if she did.   
      
   Also, note that Meyer Wolfsheim says Gatsby was educated at   
   "Oggsford College". Aside from the pronunciation, it's not Oxford   
   College, it's the University of Oxford, which consists of   
   forty-three "colleges" of varying sorts. [-ecl]   
      
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                                        Evelyn C. Leeper   
                                        evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com   
      
      
              Censorship, like charity, should begin at home,   
              but unlike charity, it should end there.   
                                              --Clare Boothe Luce   
      
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