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…showed last 75 words of 470 total…use of character dialogue makes this passage in The Great Gatsby an effective tool to understanding many of the other concepts in the book. Fitzgerald uses this passage superficially to show that the characters are having an affair, but also to tie them into the chain of liars that circles every page of the book. It helps the reader to understand the corruption of the lives of those in East Egg, West Egg, and beyond.