In “The Great Gatsby”‚ Fitzgerald illustrates how women‚ no matter what social status they are classified in‚ will still have to sacrifice and struggle to find a way to feed their desire for money. Daisy Buchanan‚ an upper class woman sacrifices her love for Jay Gatsby to keep her social standing and wealth. Jordan Baker‚ a wealthy woman gives up her own sexuality to gain fame and money which she thinks she deserves. And finally‚ Myrtle Wilson‚ a lower class housewife sells her own body for her desire
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of The Great Gatsby‚ everyone’s wrongs begin to come to light‚ but punishment varies. Gatsby‚ a character the novel attempts the reader to like‚ announces his love of Daisy and his intent to take her away from Tom. This leads to a series of events which include him being murdered by Wilson for killing his wife‚ while Daisy is actually responsible for that. Daisy‚ a character set up to be pitied by the reader‚ also plans to leave Tom for Gatsby‚ but she kills Myrtle and ends up getting Gatsby murdered
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George Wilson seems to find himself being held hostage by his awful past continuously throughout the novel. Firstly with his inability to let go of his wife Myrtle who clearly no longer has love for him. This causes him to do outrageous things for example he tells Michaelis that “I’ve got my wife locked up in there”(Fitzgerald 143). He takes precautions by locking Myrtle up in the bedroom in the event that she may escape and leave him. This clearly shows that Wilson is so attached to Myrtle that
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The novel‚ Great Gatsby‚ taught some people are more valuable than others. Myrtle was more important to George than to Tom‚ Gatsby was more valued to Nick than to Wolfssheim‚ Daisy was more important to Gatsby than to Tom. Myrtle was more important to George than to Tom. “QUOTE” (Great Gatsby). When Myrtle was killed‚ George became withdrawn from everyone‚ he was shaken up‚ and couldn’t cope with what just happened. George kept repeating “oh my gaud” over and over‚ as if the phrase could bring
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to a gigantic mansion owned by a man named Jay Gatsby. One day‚ Nick drives over to East Egg to have lunch at the Buchanans; Daisy Buchanan is his cousin and Nick formally knew her husband‚ Tom from Yale. Nick
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in “The Great Gatsby” and “The Bell jar‚” In The Great Gatsby female characters are presented via social class and relationships with other characters. The Great Gatsby presents the various characteristics of women in the 1920s through the variety of woman characters which represent different aspects of life. The main characters which are presented in the novel are Daisy‚ Myrtle and Jordan. These three women represent class physical and revolutionary differences
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In “The Great Gatsby” by Scott Fitzgerald‚ Myrtle Wilson plays a role in not only her own death‚ but also the tragic demise of J. Gatsby. In chapter 2 she is described as “in her middle thirties and faintly stout” (29). Myrtle Wilson is the wife of degenerate garage owner George Wilson. She expresses her feelings for her decision on marrying George as “The only crazy I was was when I married him. I knew right away I made a mistake” (34-35). As a result‚ she bemoaned being married to her husband.
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Reactions to Myrtle Wilson’s Death in The Great Gatsby In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Jay Gatsby is a passenger in the car which strikes Myrtle Wilson‚ which is driven by Daisy Buchanan. After the car hits Myrtle‚ Daisy continues to drive‚ but collapses on Gatsby‚ forcing him to drive. At the Buchanan’s house‚ Nick Carraway talks to Gatsby‚ who "[speaks] as if Daisy’s reaction [is] the only thing that [matters]" (136). Due to his incessant love for daisy‚ he only focuses towards
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The Great Gatsby is a novel of art that renders a in debt society populated by rich Americans. The center of the novel is very straight forward. It is emblematic and persisting. The Great Gatsby has turned out to be one the country’s most famous and comedian arts. There are plenty ways to show the Great Gatsby’s play so that it can be more pertinent to a present-day audience. The characters‚ costumes‚ set‚ and the acting where pivotal and eye-catching in pulling off the desired effect. They were
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In the book the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. They’re three women named Daisy‚ Jordan and Myrtle. All three of these women have differences but in a way all three women are similar.To compare and contrast between Daisy‚Jordan and Myrtle we need to know the charter trait of each charter. Each lady have different lives Daisy is a rich women that loves hiding from her problems behind a wall of money‚ Jordan is a women that live for the fine things in life and prefers money then people feelings
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