# Did Fitzgerald write like a hack in The Great Gatsby?

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**Created:** [March 2, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-fitzgerald-write-like-a-hack-in-the-great-gatsby/439862 "2008-03-02T18:09:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-fitzgerald-write-like-a-hack-in-the-great-gatsby/439862/41 "2008-03-06T00:09:55Z")

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[QUOTE=Manda JO]  
These are not superfluous, they are _ironic_:  
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I think you are probably right. I am going to start the novel again.

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