The idea of parts of the body public fighting each other was like the idea of a man's punching himself in the face. It was a physical blasphemy that suited this era as an index of how far it had all gone.

Paul Cornell
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In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald describes a world where physical violence has been taken to an extreme. In the book, the idea of parts of the body public fighting each other was like the idea of a man's punching himself in the face. It was a physical blasphemy that suited this era as an index of how far it had all gone. In this quote, F.

Scott Fitzgerald speaks about the way people used to fight physically in earlier times and compares it to our current society. To them, there was no more need for such violent actions than there is to use your hand in such a way that you may harm yourself

Source: Rogues

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