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   Alexander Koryagin:   
      
   AK> So in normal language the sentence will look like this:   
   AK>   
   AK> "... I closed the door because the rain was increasing."   
      
   It has a different meaning for two reasons: "close" can mean   
   more than just pulling to, and there  is  no  indication  of   
   increasing rain in the original.  In that sentence, Gatsby's   
   language *is* normal, euphonic, and brief.   
      
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