THE GREAT GATSBY QUOTES 1. I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world‚ a beautiful little fool. Explanation Daisy speaks these words in Chapter 1 as she describes to Nick and Jordan her hopes for her infant daughter. While not directly relevant to the novel’s main themes‚ this quote offers a revealing glimpse into Daisy’s character. Daisy is not a fool herself but is the product of a social environment that‚ to a great extent‚ does not value intelligence in women
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your decision making‚ yourself image and judgment calls. In the first chapter of the book‚ when Nick meets up with daisy‚ they shortly talk about Daisy’s daughter‚ but her comment is not like a mothers wishes for her daughter‚ she bitterly says‚ “I ’m glad it ’s a girl. And I hope she ’ll be a fool-that ’s the best thing a girl can be in this world‚ a beautiful little fool.” Although‚ Daisy is not a fool herself‚ she is called witty‚ but yet acts like she has barley any thoughts. (Fitzgerald‚ 22)
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Women are shown in a terrible light that casts the majority of them as tempting‚ submissive‚ passive‚ and petty. The gender of roles in the Great Gatsby is portrayed within the characters‚ particularly in Tom and Daisy Buchanan‚ Jay Gatsby‚ Jordan‚ Nick‚ and Myrtle Wilson. The traditional gender roles in the Great Gatsby
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Even though he is the narrator of the book he does not have too big of a role in the storyline. Fitzgerald chose a great way to tell the story by using Nick as an observer of the story and also taking place in it at times. Nick gives the readers a better view on the story. However‚ while Nick is a spectator‚ his role is needed. Nick begins his story with an important point; that he has no bias in the favor of Gatsby when he says‚ “Gatsby turned out all right at the end‚ and it was what preyed
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introduced to two couples. Nick and Laura epitomize the stereotypical “newlywed” relationship‚ meaning that they are still too fresh in love to realize each other’s shortcomings and question their love. Mel and Terri‚ on the other hand‚ have been together for five years‚ and though they still claim to love one another‚ a mutual underlying resentment for the other becomes evident as the story progresses. Knowing this‚ Nick and Laura are characterized as the young “fools in love”‚ and therefore‚ their
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Even though Gatsby has worked hard‚ he makes his money by bootlegging. His purpose is in attaining the love of Daisy‚ a girl whom he had a relationship before the war. The multiple people who attend Gatsby’s parties show the greedy want for wealth. As Nick explains in Chapter 9‚ the American Dream was originally about discovery‚ the pursuit of happiness‚ and individualism. However‚ in the novel‚ easy money and relaxed social values have corrupted this dream. The main plot shows how Gatsby’s dream of
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out as showing signs of corruption brought on by wealth‚ it would be Tom Buchanan. Throughout the novel nick defines tom as an arrogant character by putting emphasis on his demeaning manor and his inability to respect anyone but himself. Some may argue that Tom ’s football days and his physical size may add to the arrogant nature associated with Tom. However in the comments made about him by Nick and by the comments made himself it is made clear that the power of money has blocked his sight of everything
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from anxiety or to not pay attention to what one does. There are several characters throughout the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald that could be labeled as careless. Nick Carraway witnesses these careless people and the choices they make while he is living in New York. It is because of these people that Nick ultimately realizes that he is one of the most honest people that he knows. Careless characters in The Great Gatsby make the decisions they do because they are blinded from reality
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You may fool me‚ but you can’t fool God! Standing behind him‚ Michaelis saw with a shock that he was looking at the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg.”(152) George relates the eyes to the eyes of god‚ however if this is the representation of the eyes of God watching over them‚ then George has a sad and faded relation to what God is. These eyes are just sitting watching everyone‚ and are not helping the characters throughout the novel. The eyes of T.J. Eckleburg can also symbolize the way Nick looks at
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Discuss the Ways in Which Fitzgerald Develops the Theme of Image vs. Reality in the Great Gatsby One of the main ways in which this conflict between what is real and what is simply a facade is presented is in the form of James Gatz‚ or Jay Gatsby. Fitzgerald emphasizes the theatrical quality of Gatsby’s life‚ which is an important part of his personality and one of his major character traits. Gatsby has literally recreated himself‚ even changing his name to one of his own invention. It is never
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