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Narcissism – emperor of New York, cult of personality
Gatsby is a huge personality in New York it is almost as if he is the emperor of New York with the chockhold he has on the public with his parties. Gatsby has a cult of personality surrounding him. Everyone knows him and wants to be in his favor, but no one knows who he really is.
Kuzco is the Emperor of his empire and everyone loves him.
Duality – real and talked-of self
As I said earlier, no one knows the real Gatsby. There is Jay Gatsby, which people know of, not about, and James Gatz which no one really knows at all.
Kuzco has his human body and his llama body. Everyone in the empire knows his human body because he is the emperor, but the overall public does not know that he was ever turned into a llama.
Both Gatsby and Kuzco have two personalities or bodies where the public knows about one but not the other. Both their real selves are the ones no one knows about, James Gatz and Kuzco and a llama.
Consumerism – pool construction in the village
There is a lot of consumerism in TGG. The cast goes to the city to drink and have parties, and we see consumerism in their daily activities. This is reminiscent of when Emperor Kuzco wanted to build a pool in the middle of a peasant village because he did not care about the villagers.
Learning lessons – have to have your wants taken away to realize their meaning
Gatsby had to have his American Dream taken away to realize what really mattered to him and Kuzco had to have his human body and power taken away to realize that he had to become a better person to be a good ruler.