What does it mean?

Question: Trimalchio??? Anyone? If you have the book, it is on pahe 108 of the Great Gatsby and i have no idea what it means.

Answer: Trimalchio was a character in an acient Roman Book called Satyricon. Trimalchio was a slave that was freed and through hard work he became rich and he would like have really big parties for everyone. So Trimalchio is a lot like Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald was actually originally going to call the 'Great Gatsby' 'Trimalchio in the west egg' .

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