The "Breast" - Ally

The Word “breast”: The word breast symbolizes nurturing and the giving of life.” “a fresh green breast of the new world”(chapter 9 p180). The word breast is used to describe that the way the new world once offered a new life to the Dutch. “Michaelis and this man reached her first, but when they had torn open her shirtwaist, still damp with perspiration, they saw that her left breast was swinging loose like a flap, and there was no need to listen for the heart beneath”(Chapter 7 p137).The symbol of the word “breast” is that Myrtle is selfish, unfaithful, and is no longer nurturing towards her husband.

The Book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Alysia Villegas