Myrtle Wilson is a very important character in The Great Gatsby. Myrtle is‚ in her mid thirties and faintly stout but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can" (29). She is the wife of George Wilson‚ who buys and sells cars for a living. They do not have a lot of money and Myrtle is extremely unhappy. Myrtle is part of the lower class and does not have a lavish lifestyle like she wants. Myrtle never really loved George. She married him because she thought he was kind and a gentleman
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The diary of Daisy Renton - Asha Rusbridge Entry 1 I have been blacklisted‚ fired from two jobs in just a year. Both for reasons that are ridiculous‚ first of all because I wanted to get a pay rise I mean what I am supposed to do when I have so little money‚ just carry on like everything is ok. The other girls in my work needed the money to‚ they just had no confidence to be able to speak up and say the truth. The second reason was by far the most stupid and frustrating reason‚ this girl just did
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When first comparing the strategies utilized by the female Athletes in A Hero for Daisy‚ and the activism utilized by athletes in the 1968 Olympics‚ it seems that these two acts of activism for change are very different. For example‚ one deals with gender equality in sports‚ while the other relates to the widespread and historical oppression of African-Americans in the United States. However‚ there are numerous similarities between the two protests including their utilization of their platform‚ their
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that this all started with me. I didn’t start this; my father is the reason for the terror everyone in my small-secluded town felt. But no one knows that‚ except me... and I don’t know what I’m going to do. maybe I should explain. My name is Youssef Jordan. I am a very successful surgeon. People wait months‚ sometimes years to make sure I am the one to do their surgery. I have never failed‚ never killed one of my patients. I am an icon in the cruel world of medicine. I claim to owe most of my success
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She is another victim of patriarchal society. As we all know‚ in the early 19th‚ traditional woman have no job to do‚ so they have to attach themselves to a man in order to live. Myrtle Wilson is a common woman with great ambition. But she can’t achieve it with her own hands‚ so she decided to become Tom Buchanan’s mistress. But in modern China‚ though men and women are equal in the society‚ some of women still attach themselves
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was a little girl‚ her family spent every Sunday morning together on the lawn. They drank her mother’s lemonade and enjoyed each other’s company. But not this Sunday. This Sunday would be the worst day of Georgiana’s life… and the last.” Georgiana Daisy Summerlin was born in London‚ England in 1900 to Oliver and Ava Summerlin. She was beautiful‚ with eyes as blue as the Caribbean Sea and golden hair. Her father was a Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army during the Great War. Lieutenant Colonel Summerlin
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Daisy Buchanan is Nicks cousin and is introduced to the story when Nick goes to her house for a visit. The house is a huge Georgian Colonial mansion situated in East Egg‚ overlooking the bay. She lives there with her husband‚ Tom‚ and her 3 month old daughter. It is clear from everything about them that they extremly rich and well off‚ but their money has made them arrogant. They feel that they‚ espically Tom‚ are better and more suprior than eveyone else and look down on and condesend to anyone
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criticisms she has received from others. Self-reflection—especially on body image—prompts internal “anguish” (Rowling 134) as Myrtle generalizes the taunts of her long-gone bullies to all those she encounters‚ as evidenced in one particularly hostile outburst—“D’you think I don’t know what people call me behind my back? Fat Myrtle! Ugly Myrtle! Miserable‚ moaning‚ moping Myrtle!” (134) Occasionally‚ however‚ Myrtle’s self-image heightens‚ manifesting as aggressive and inappropriate flirtation; for example
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a NBA player in the Naismith Hall of Fame‚ “If you look up greatness in the dictionary‚ it will say Michael Jordan.” Michael Jordan and Lebron James both boast legendary NBA careers. They are considered to be the top two basketball players of all-time. Both wear the famous number 23. Jordan’s brand accounted for 8% of Nike’s revenue in 2015. Lebron’s brand only accounted for .4%. Jordan played three years at the University of North Carolina ‚ and Lebron came straight out of high school. Lebron was
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appearances‚ or where they really stand in the social ladder‚ they are constantly thinking about themselves; and while some despise each other for what they are‚ others only dream about being them-people like Myrtle Wilson. Through Fitzgeralds choice of diction and detail‚ he conveys Myrtle as a low class dreamer‚ only desiring the acceptance from the upscale socialite friends of her boyfriend Tom; and Tom as a self-absorbed‚ wealthy‚ and power craving aristocrat. Tom Buchanan‚ the wealthy and self
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