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    This sets the scene for the tragic love story between " The golden girl"‚ Daisy Buchanan and war hero‚ James Gatz (Gatsby). The Great Gatsby is an interesting novel due to the ideas it presents that our society can still relate to today. Media manipulation‚ money before love and fame because of nothing more than wealth‚ are all ideas presented in the novel and they are all ideas that our society is notorious for today. Daisy and Gatsby were pre-war lovers that become separated by the war and the overbearing

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    character Daisy is seen as an appealing character that many assume to be very simple-minded and unintelligent. Although looking deeper into the character’s choice of words one can suggest otherwise. Daisy is in fact extremely manipulative‚ sarcastic‚ and fully aware of her place in the world as a woman of that time. “That’s the best thing a girl can be in this world‚ a beautiful little fool.” Based on this quote‚ one can infer that Daisy is not a fool; in fact she is a very bright girl. Daisy is a beautiful

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    Adlai E. Stevenson once said‚ “…the truth is often unpopular…” Stevenson’s statement suggests that the reality of a situation is not always preferred by those involved. The actuality of a situation may be so harsh that people may not want to hear it or believe it. More often than not‚ people hate to hear the truth because it defies the better image that they have in their heads about the situation. Margaret Atwood and F. Scott Fitzgerald portray this quote in their novels‚ The Handmaid’s Tale and

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    happiness and respect from his peers. Furthermore‚ Gatsby also tries to impress others with such trivial possessions as his clothing‚ as when Daisy emotionally comments"‚ (His) beautiful shirts… It makes me sad because I have never seen such beautiful shirts before"(98). Crying over articles of clothing is preposterous‚ yet it is not the shirts that overwhelm Daisy. Their symbolism of Gatsby’s unlimited wealth and faith in money is truly saddening. Also‚ Gatsby realizes that Daisy’s main and only concern

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    situated at the end of Daisy’s East Egg dock and barely visible from Gatsby’s West Egg lawn‚ symbolizes Daisy Buchanan‚ Gatsby’s love interest. The green light is a light at the end of the dock at her house and Gatsby tends to stare at it and think of her and what could’ve been. It’s an unattainable dream and a hazy‚ unpredictable future.

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    The Great Gatsby portrays three different social classes: “old money” (Tomand Daisy Buchanan); “new money” (Gatsby); and a class that might be called “no money” (George and Myrtle Wilson). “Old money” families have fortunes dating from the 19th century or before‚ have built up powerful and influential social connections‚ and tend to hide their wealth and superiority behind a veneer of civility. The “new money” class made their fortunes in the 1920s boom and therefore have no social connections and

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    of Gatsby. The chapter also presents us the relationship between Tom and Daisy Buchanan. Furthermore‚ the housing is deeply described by Fitzgerald‚ “A sunken Italian garden‚ a half-acre of deep‚ pungent roses‚ and a snub-nosed motor boat that bumped the tide offshore”. This presents an image of wealth and the strong themes of money linked with social class due to the immense description of the expansive home Tom and Daisy took for granted. The author’s description of the houses shows the difference

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    Beginning an affair‚ the two plot to stand up to Daisy’s abusive husband Tom‚ and run away together. When the plan finally has the chance to come to fruition‚ however‚ Daisy is unable to tell Tom that she does not love him. The reason for this is not because Gatsby is undeserving‚ but because he is so insatiable‚ and unstoppably ambitious to the point that he doesn’t know what he truly wants‚ that he is unable to actually

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    dishonest. Nick sometimes misreads situations which also makes his narration untrustworthy. He thinks Daisy has ‘everything’ she wants so he sees in her eyes the “absence of all desire” – but we later find out that she has had “a very bad time”. At the beginning Nick is very traditional‚ highly moral‚ naïve and open-minded. Characterisation - Daisy Think of the connotations of the name Daisy – a delicate white flower. This image is continued later in the

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    Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ lying and deception leads to the ultimate downfall of many characters. The first character encountered in The Great Gatsby that deals with lying is Daisy Buchanan. Daisy is first seen in chapter one when Nick goes over to her house to catch up with her and her husband‚ Tom. Daisy is a woman of many emotions‚

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