Daisy Buchanon stated “I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world‚ a beautiful little fool.” (Fitzgerald 21) In doing so‚ Daisy voices her hopes for her two-year-old daughter to Nick Carraway (cousin) and Jordan Baker (friend). As a reader‚ this quote provides much leeway for thought and analysis. One might find themselves trying their greatest to interpret this quote while reading the first chapter of The Great Gatsby. When reading the first chapter and especially
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Leticia Duran Wakefield English 100 30 march‚ 2013 Deadly Green Daisy Struggles with multiple battles throughout her life‚ many of them changing her and disrupting others around her. Her biggest struggles are money‚ marriage and lost true love. These are very similar to what everybody deals with‚ but the big difference here is the amount of money that is carried throughout this story‚ it seems to dictate every choice that is made. You are very innocent as a child‚ wherever you are and whatever
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in "The Great Gatsby" is Daisy Buchanan. Daisy is a consistent liar throughout the novel. She is having an affair with Gatsby who claims that he loves her but is married to Tom who is a big jerk. She loved Gatsby from a young age but when Gatsby was sent off to war and Daisy said that she would wait for him‚ she dishonors her word and decides that she is going to marry Tom Buchanan. Tom is the bad guy in the story. He never does anything right and is basically the enemy of Gatsby. Gatsby believes
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If someone asked you to describe Tom Buchanan from “The Great Gatsby” in one word‚ what word would you use? Arrogant? Cocky? Well‚ the truth of the matter is that you would need a lot more than a word to describe him. He has physically and verbally abused other people and he thinks that he can get away with anything because he is Tom Buchanan. His immoral actions and a lack of character show how unethical and corrupt he is. Tom Buchanan is an unscrupulous and depraved character with a sense of entitlement
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The Great Gatsby: Symbols of Honesty and Dishonesty within its Characters The 1920’s are known as the Roaring Twenties where there was economical prosperity and moral decline. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby displays many symbols throughout the text of this moral decline‚ one being honesty versus dishonesty‚ these symbols are represented within the characters Jordan Baker and Nick Carraway. Jordan Baker is a symbol of dishonesty and vice versa so is Nick Carraway but rather for honesty. Nick’s truthfulness
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Tom Buchanan is the husband of Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tom can be described as an extremely wealthy brute of a man. He is very athletic and successful. Tom is also very selfish‚ and he will do anything to get what he wants. In addition he has absolutely no shame in anything that he does and he thinks very highly of himself. Tom is very judgemental and often forces confrontation. These characteristics can be found in many spoiled and greedy celebrities‚ one
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MONOLOGUE: JORDAN BAKER What? You got something you want to say to me too? Yea‚ well get in line‚ there’s a lot of people trying to get a word in. I mean‚ who do they think they are to judge me? The world made me dishonest not the other way around. Do they really think that I fancy cheating my way through life? I don’t wish to be this way but is there any other way I can survive in this society? I live in the public eye. I have to take more care than the rest of them to protect my image‚
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novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Jay Gatsby falls in love with Daisy Buchanan‚ who is unhappily married to Tom Buchanan. This unhappy marriage leads Daisy feeling unsure who she should be with. Although at one point it seemed like she was leaning towards the side of spending her life with Gatsby‚ he ultimately fails in his attempt at ‘winning’ Daisy. He does this by being too obsessed with Daisy‚ by losing his temper with Tom‚ and by going about things too fast First‚ Gatsby ultimately
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Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ the main character Jay Gatsby is the tragic hero in the novel. Gatsby is a rich man who falls in love with a woman from his past‚ but could not be with her; instead‚ he ended up alone and was killed. Gatsby was a poor young man who fell in love with a wealthy lady‚ Daisy Buchanan. Daisy was in love with Gatsby as well‚ but because of war‚ he had to leave her so they were not able to see each other again for years. She ended up marrying Tom Buchanan because he was from
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Purpose of Tom Buchanan in “The Great Gatsby” Tom Buchanan is a football player from Chicago whose family is extremely rich‚ he studied at Yale with Nick‚ and he is the husband of Daisy (Gatsby’s lover). He came to New York‚ and lives in East egg which is the place for the “Old rich”. Tom Buchanan is a very arrogant person with no real moral values‚ and a hypocritical bully. He is incapable of feeling guilty or emotional and he represents racism in this novel. In the novel‚ “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott
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