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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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    After the party‚ Nick and Jordan meet again and he grows to be curious with her. Eventually he comes to realize all of the events in which Jordan Baker has been overly dishonest and careless. He states‚ “When we were on a house-party together up in Warwick‚ she left a borrowed car out in the rain with the top down‚ and then lied about it” (Fitzgerald ). Jordan was careless when borrowing a car and after damaging it she proved herself to be dishonest and careless by lying about leaving the top down

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    Gatsby are round‚ especially Jordan Baker. Jordan Baker‚ a major influence on the novel was not only well described and complex‚ but also unwavering when it came to what she liked the most: golf‚ she would go to sleep early so that she could properly rest the night before the tournament. “’Ten O’clock‚’ she remarked apparently finding the time on the ceiling. ‘Time for this good girl to go to bed’. ‘Jordan is going to play in the tournament to-morrow‚’ explained Daisy‚ ‘over at Westchester’” (Fitzgerald

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    Casey Byrd Period 4 February 21‚ 2008 Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby Comparing how life is like in this present day to back in the 1920s‚ it’s easy to see how society has changed; the ways and standards of the people back then have changed predominately. The economy was booming and with World War I taking place‚ this time period had an affect on the young people of its decade. An example of this would be F. Scott Fitzgerald. In his time‚ those who were coming of age were named "The Lost Generation"

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    The woman behind the character of Daisy Buchanan Lives stories were always an option for writers. It represented the mean to embody their experiences and their bellowed‚ as in the case of F. Scott Fitzgerald. The author added a personal touch with each work‚ with his bellowed‚ Ginevra King. She was the woman behind his characters as in Judy Jones in "Winter Dreams" ;in Isabelle Borge in This Side of Paradise; most notably‚ Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby . Fitzgerald also recreated

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    In the novel of the Great Gatsby‚ two main characters named‚ James Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan used to be in a relationship in the past. Their love for each other was so valuable‚ but Gatsby wasn’t the right type of man Daisy was looking for‚ and he knew it was best for him to leave. Unfortunately‚ both went their separate ways. During the novel‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald mentions how the love Daisy and Gatsby once had was very special. Their love for each other was described as a love that nobody else

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    Daisy Buchanan was one of the most ironic characters in the book The Great Gatsby. She appeared to be a nice‚ pure‚ and innocent woman in the beginning‚ but her true colors came out later near the end. Her words and actions began to show who she really was‚ making her major characteristics and physical attributes ironic. Daisy Buchanan showed a great lack of morality through her carelessness and recklessness‚ which was mainly because of excessive amounts of money and a lack of roots. One way in

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    society‚ to represent its complexity. In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses characterization to offer commentary on high society during the Roaring Twenties. Fitzgerald begins his commentary in his introduction of the character of Daisy Buchanan‚ a typical woman of the time. Her very name emphasizes to the reader her fragility and delicate nature while described as‚ “opening up again in a

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    is achieved through hard work in order to obtain a lavish lifestyle. In this novel of material excess and extravagance‚ Daisy Buchanan is a static character whose traits are shown through indirect characterization. In the way that Daisy’s speech is revealed throughout the novel‚ it reveals that she is a

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    Ms.Meyer English III 18 April 2013 Compare and Contrast: Daisy and Myrtle The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This novel features Jay Gatsby‚ George Wilson‚ Nick Carraway‚ Jordan Baker and Tom Buchanan along with many others to show the hopes‚ the struggles and the romance the characters went through each and every day. Due to the mixing of the two social classes: the rich and the poor‚ we learn about the causes and effects of what they face. In the book‚

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