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    Research Paper The Sun Also Rises and the Great Gatsby are both very interesting books written in the 1920’s. The characters of Lady Brett Ashley and Daisy Buchanan also influenced many women in that time period on how they acted‚ dressed‚ and the choices they made in their everyday life’s. Lady Brett Ashley is a very tart character. She goes after men and has sex with them and then they provide everything for her. She is probably the most unsympathic character in the whole story. She uses men then

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    In the case of the characters Tom Buchanan and Daisy Buchanan‚ in the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ love is not the glue that holds their marriage together. Instead‚ the marriage of Tom and Daisy is crafted by wealth‚ social class‚ and carelessness. Through the narration of another character‚ Nick Carraway‚ Tom Buchanan is portrayed as being a smug man who has little regard for the feelings of others. We learn this as information is revealed regarding the affair in which

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    dies. These animalistic characteristics seem to be portrayed throughout Gatsby’s character. He acts in manner as if Daisy were to not love him‚ he would die. In the book The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald‚ the main character Jay Gatsby becomes obsessed with the Daisy Buchanan and her love. He changes his entire persona to make himself a man that would fit best with her. Although Gatsby thought that Daisy’s love was the ultimate prize‚ his desperation is what lead to his own death. He was by no means

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    Many people would think Fitzgeralds book‚ “The Great Gatsby” is a love story‚ but when one looks closer into it‚ it becomes more questionable. When looking at certain facts thought out the book the theme of romance does not come into picture. We find out that Gatsby bought his house so that Daisy would only be across the bay‚ though his last memory of her was when her saw her for the last time five years ago. Even the weather thinks they are in love as the room is filled with sunshine when they see

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    The Great Gatsby: What Makes Daisy So Attractive? “Her voice is full of money” (Fitzgerald‚ 120). This quote‚ said by important personality Gatsby‚ explains Daisy’s character and demeanor. Daisy Buchannan is one of the main characters in the novel The Great Gatsby. The wife of Tom Buchannan and the dream of Jay GatsbyDaisy embodies the immoral and shallow values of the upper class East Egg. Although she is not very sincere‚ to most Daisy is attractive‚ beautiful‚ and sexy. What makes Daisy

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    interpretations. The American Dream Gatsby is chasing consist of; wealth‚ social acceptance‚ and the love of a desirable woman. Fitzgerald‚ in his novel The Great Gatsby‚ crafts a unique style of exploring the connection between Jay Gatsby and the American Dream. Tom Buchanan is man that had already gained the social status that Gatsby wanted to acquire in the novel. Mr. Gatsby desperately tries to befriend Tom Buchanan in order to gain social status and live the American Dream. Gatsby being a socially awkward

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    In F.Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ he created some unique characters whose differing personalities moved the story along. One such character is Tom Buchanan. Tom is mostly a flat character in the story‚ but serves as part of a problem later in the story. What makes him interesting is that he’s married to one character‚ but another character want Tom’s wife. Tom is a chauvinist because he is disloyal‚ rude‚ and selfish in the story and reflects one going against moral values of the middle

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    society. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ the author contrasts old and new money’s social statuses‚ conveys how materialistic ideas cannot result

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    show Daisy’s personality in chapter 5 of the novel. This is the chapter where Nick invites Daisy to tea‚ at Gatsby’s request‚ and it describes their very awkward meeting. As you mentioned‚ one of Daisy’s traits is "undecided" and "superficial". You can use two quotes to back this up from this chapter. When Nick invites her to tea‚ he tells her not to bring her husband‚ Tom. She replies: I called up Daisy from the office next morning‚ and invited her to come to tea. “Don’t bring Tom‚”

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    Two men long for Daisy. Two men are in love with her. It would seem that these two men would be very similar in mannerisms to fall for a girl like Daisy‚ but actually‚ these two men fall on totally opposite ends of the behavioral spectrum. There is Tom Buchanan who is the more dominant male figure and arrogant wiseguy‚ and then there is Jay Gatsby who is the more reserved and morally refined man of newly gained wealth. While both characters share a deep rooted love for Daisy‚ their characters differ

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