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they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made... 去书内
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    This line serves as a conclusive critique of the old aristocracy throughout the novel, laying bare the root of Gatsby’s tragedy: it is not merely the disillusionment of love that destroys him, but privileged elites like Tom and Daisy who possess wealth yet no sense of responsibility. It also lays a somber undercurrent for the fatalistic lament of "boats against the current" at the book’s closing.

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