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Gatsby's Playslist


      Gatsby is a stalker.
      WHATTTTTT Saumyaa how could you say that????
      Well hey I'm just saying it as I see it. Let's look at the facts all compounded together, but said in a different manner.
      When Jay Gatsby was a private in the army he met Daisy Fey and thus begins his journey. When he found out Daisy had 'left' him and married Tom Buchanan he blamed his background and then got into organized crime to amass wealth. He somehow knows where Daisy is living and builds/buys a mansion right across the river from her. Every night he stares at the green light at the dock of her house and throws extravagant parties in aims of getting her attention. He somehow finds out that his neighbour is Daisy's neighbour and then starts using his in hopes of finally, just finally meeting Daisy. After their grand affair Gatsby still can't believe that Daisy ever loved someone else, and the final scene with the two, he is standing outside her house in the cold weather, with an eye on her window.
      Definitely someone I'd avoid.
      So what is it that makes Gatsby look all romantic and amazing and tragic, instead of creepy, intimidating. I mean  first of all it was the 1920s so there was no boundaries, but even today when we talk about Great Gatsby we only say 'Oh what a poor lad, got killed for loving someone.'
     Is it because Gatsby's character is played by Leonardo DiCaprio, and he is a pretty face to look at? Is it because Gatsby's rich? Why is it that people forget the fact in today's world he would be considered a borderline stalker and an all around creepy fellow.
      So after much wait here be the playlist.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2GNdRsjRCv4vcd5iz5o7aZ?si=zwAN4SiSS6Oj-JAWf64nxA
(P.S some of the songs are not pg-13)
   
    

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