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    Daisy Buchanan - Nick’s cousin‚ and the woman Gatsby loves. As a young woman in Louisville before the war‚ Daisy was courted by a number of officers‚ including Gatsby. She fell in love with Gatsby and promised to wait for him. However‚ Daisy harbors a deep need to be loved‚ and when a wealthy‚ powerful young man named Tom Buchanan asked her to marry him‚ Daisy decided not to wait for Gatsby after all. Now a beautiful socialite‚ Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg

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    In the Great Gatsby when Gatsby decides to pursue Daisy I believe that it is wise. When Gatsby decides to pursue Daisy she is already married to Tom Buchanan. Daisy’s tells Gatsby that she is not happy with her marriage. She says she is not in love with Tom. In the past Gatsby had a relationship with Daisy. They were separated when Gatsby went to war. Daisy still has some feelings for Gatsby. Tom is also having an affair with a girl named Myrtle. The Money and power in the Great Gatsby has a large

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    Daisy Buchanan is one of the main characters in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald written in the 1900’s. Daisy believes that she is in love with two men. One man named Jay Gatsby‚ who she dated when she was a teenager and never let go of. When Gatsby was away at war‚ she married a different man named Tom Buchanan. The reason she married Tom because of his money‚ where as Gatsby was a poor and they were unsure if he would ever be able to come back home. Daisy wasn’t able to tell anyone

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    was not that Daisy betrayed him‚ but that he could not let go of the past. To what extent do you agree?’ Whilst Daisy was the spark that led to Gatsby’s many tragedies‚ it was Gatsby himself that added fuel to it until it got out of control‚ ultimately ending in the ’real tragedy’‚ his death. The series of unfortunate events that led to his ’real tragedy’ was due to his past with Daisy that hurt him both mentally and physically‚ causing him to become corrupted and infatuated with Daisy‚ his willingness

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    Daisy Buchanon stated “I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world‚ a beautiful little fool.” (Fitzgerald 21) In doing so‚ Daisy voices her hopes for her two-year-old daughter to Nick Carraway (cousin) and Jordan Baker (friend). As a reader‚ this quote provides much leeway for thought and analysis. One might find themselves trying their greatest to interpret this quote while reading the first chapter of The Great Gatsby. When reading the first chapter and especially

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    In the book The Great GatsbyDaisy is very similar to Criseyde in Troilus and Criseyde. They both come from affluent families and have broken love stories. Nick mirrors Pandarus in this book by aiding Gatsby and Daisy’s reunion with a tea party. Where as Gatsby mirrors Troilus‚ the secret lover‚ Tom mirrors Diomede‚ the one the girl stays with. Both Daisy and Criseyde are persuaded into something‚ either falling in love or falling out of love with someone. Both girls wish to be unaware of the harsh

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    because we get to know that Daisy is a shallow and a materialistic person. Daisy is born in a wealthy family and during World War I‚ she fell in love with Gatsby and promised to wait for him for marriage. Although Daisy and Gatsby loved each other‚ when they were young‚ but she still married Tom and not Gatsby. The reason for it was that Tom was rich and Gatsby was poor. She knew that Tom could give her better and wealthier lifestyle than Gatsby. It proves that Daisy is a shallow person. In my

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    the Great Gatsby‚ there exist two main female leads‚ Daisy and Myrtle. Daisy‚ much akin to Myrtle married a man whom she does not love; however‚ not all about these two are similar for they too have differences such as physical traits and social status which are slowly unveiled as the book progresses. It is said‚ “Neither of them can stand the person they’re married to.” Both Myrtle and Daisy are involved in an affair with another man; Daisy takes a liking towards Gatsby as Myrtle

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    is the same place that is under a threat of an ever-potential war. Just a few weeks ago our northern neighbor initiated an attempt to launch a rocket into the air - an attempt that‚ despite its drastic failure‚ nonetheless created an atmosphere of great tension. Nowadays there seem to be people in this country‚ too‚ who advocate war with our northern counterpart‚ and one of the most significant reasons for this advocacy is animosity towards it. But Korea is a country that has undergone a modern

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    At this point‚ many might disagree that Daisy was victimized or dehumanized at all and that she destroyed Gatsby and only married Tom for his money‚ but readers need to realize that Daisy’s pain is concealed inside because of the image she is forced to have for Nick‚ Gatsby‚ and Tom which makes Daisy a victim in the way the men describe her‚ idealize her‚ or exploit her and betray her‚ all while not allowing her a chance to express her true self is in fact a form of dehumanization‚ in the most violent

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