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Gatsby And Houdini

Harry Houdini and Jay Gatsby were both famous figures of the Roaring Twenties in America. Both men very much reflected, although in different ways, the wild, risk-taking standards of their times. Houdini was renowned for his incredible escapes and magic tricks. Gatsby, the main character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, was a playboy and prominent member of Long Island society. Although different in many ways, both of them worked to find happiness in their personal lives. Both men were devoted to feminine characters: Houdini, to his mother and Gatsby, to his beloved Daisy. Neither could ultimately maintain his love. Despite their different personalities and interests, in struggling to find their roles in 1920’s society, both Harry Houdini and Jay Gatsby shared some important similarities.

Harry Houdini lived very modestly and became very interested in spiritual matters. He made his living performing death defying stunts in front of large crowds of people. In his book Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow writes of Houdini: "His life was absurd. He went all over all the world accepting all kinds of bondage and escaping." (Doctorow, p. 6) Some of the stunts were being lowered into the Detroit River while handcuffed inside a chain cask

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