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How is the fruit described at the beginning of Chapter 3 similar to Gatsby's guests?

At the beginning of Chapter 3, Nick observes that each Friday, a fruiterer from New York sends five crates of lemons and oranges to Gatsby's house. Each Monday, after a weekend of parties, "these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulp-less halves" (43). Gatsby owns a device by which the juice of 200 lemons can be removed in half an hour.


The guests are similar to the fruit because, after a weekend of carousing, they also leave Gatsby's house in a state of waste and destruction. Just like the fancy food that arrives at Gatsby's house, the guests are just for show. Gatsby doesn't care much which guests or what food arrives at his house. He only cares that they present a facade of having a good time and meeting the expectations of the upper crust, particularly Daisy. 

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