the story was no less than a figment of Fitzgerald’s imagination. This is not the case however‚ as F. Scott funnels many of his thoughts and ideas into the characters in the book. There are quite a few stunning similarities between his character Daisy‚ and his own wife Zelda. He incorporates his general attitudes toward money as he displays the financial behaviors of his characters to model his own. Most importantly‚ he bases much of the plot and characterizations on his time living in Great Neck
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wealth until the scene where Gatsby and Tom fight over Daisy. “He and this Wolfsheim bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter” (Luhrmann‚ 2013). By that point‚ Tom had gathered too much information about Gatsby‚ and Gatsby couldn’t deny that everything Tom was saying wasn’t true. This shows that a lot of men‚ not only Gatsby‚ had earned their profits in illegal ways. Tom Buchanan’s attitudes throughout the film are also pretty accurate
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to accept. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ this idea was used to convey a love expressed between two characters. The story was narrated by Nick Carraway‚ a man who became friends with a neighbor by the name of Jay Gatsby. Nick’s cousin‚ Daisy Buchanan‚ and her husband‚ Tom Buchanan‚ lived across the lake from them in a neighborhood referred to as East Egg. As Nick began to know Gatsby‚ he found how he loved the woman across the lake. The novella continued to revolve around a few key pictures
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outside of the suburban ‘safe-zones’‚ can also be found in The Great Gatsby. When Nick Carraway is in the company of higher class people‚ such as his cousin Daisy‚ or at Gatsby’s parties‚ it seems fitting that he does not seem to show his interest in men. But when he’s in a suburban area‚ such as the building in which the apartment of Tom Buchanan’s Mistress is‚ he is more at ease with himself and is comfortable enough to sleep with a complete stranger in his flat.
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He does this by showing Nick‚ the one involved in most if not all the events of the novel‚ completely appalled at the actions of people that have made their lives in the East. This is particularly shown when Nick initially refuses to shake Tom Buchanan’s hand. He has correctly deduced that Tom was the one who told Wilson that Gatsby’s car was the one that ran Myrtle over‚ and out of his ‘provincial squeamishness’ he did not shake hands. He does ultimately shake hands‚ but only out of pity and as
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Roaring Twenties were not as romantic as they seem to the average spectator of the twenty-first century through staged movies and prose. The character Daisy Buchanan perfectly encompasses this theme of beauty on the surface‚ but wicked deceit underneath the façade. She is the epitome of unfaithfulness and love for the material rather than the moral. Daisy uses her beauty as a way to control the people around her and influence their opinions about her and Tom Buchanan‚ her husband‚ and Jay Gatsby‚ her
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“They moved with a fast crowd‚ all of them young and rich and wild‚ but she [Daisy] came out with an absolutely perfect reputation. Perhaps because she doesn’t drink. It’s a great advantage not to among hard-drinking people. You can hold your tongue‚ and‚ moreover‚ you can time any little irregularity” (Fitzgerald‚ The Great 77)
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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 to men. They want everything‚ but do nothing. This kind of women has no dignity. Women don’t have to climb the social ladder with
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explaining to Nick how she is able to drive badly as long as everyone else drives carefully. This quote represents the writing technique of foreshadowing‚ which is being used in one of its finest form. Fitzgerald is foreshadowing to chapter seven where Daisy kills Myrtle Wilson because of her reckless driving. Fitzgerald uses foreshadowing to strengthen the plot of his book. In chapter nine‚ Nick begins to recall the past and relive his old memories. His must relieve his lingering thoughts of the past
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Once Daisy accidently murdered Myrtle‚ it seems she once again went back to Tom for safety and security‚ leaving Gatsby (who she just confessed her love for) to wait outside her house in the dark. Being married to Tom‚ Daisy had known she would not be held accountable or convicted of the crime. In everyday society because there are people that have wealth handed to
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