a center for trade of course‚ but also for humanizing‚ improving‚ instructing" (Conrad 548-64). The character Marlow‚ from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad‚ can be seen as similar to Nick Carraway‚ a character from Scott F. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Both men are beginning a new journey in their lives; with Marlow beginning his trip in Africa and Nick starting his new life in New York City. At first they are both incredibly naive and oblivious to their new environment and the true natures
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Prompt: Compare and contrast these two works—The Great Gatsby and “Strawberry Wine”. Do you notice similar imagery (colors‚ objects‚ words‚ etc.) between the two pieces? Are there similar themes? Do you think the woman has an unhealthy attitude toward her first experience at love? What about Gatsby? Support your position‚ providing reasons and examples from the two works. Your paper must have a clear thesis statement. The body paragraphs must be at least seven sentences‚ and remember to use
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The Characters Who Made the 1920’s Roar The roaring twenties‚ a time period of great change in society‚ has become synonymous with desire for great wealth‚ the emergence of new cultures for men‚ women‚ and society‚ in addition to a recreation of the American Dream. Fitzgerald uses his major characters in the novel as a microcosm of high society‚ to represent its complexity. In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses characterization to offer commentary on high society during the Roaring
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4‚ 2014 Daisy‚Love and Hate In “The Great Gatsby”‚ Daisy is a beautiful young woman from Louisville‚ raised by her rich family. To this extent‚ Daisy seems to represent the paragon of perfection but actually‚ she is totally a realistic woman. So‚ the readers have love-hate feelings for her. Love for Daisy is admittedly understandable. Daisy has beautiful appearance and charming voice. “she was the first ‘nice’ girl he had ever known” (141). As a young debutante in Louisville‚ Daisy is extremely
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Why Tom Over the Romantic Gatsby? In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ we are presented with two very different but similar men‚ Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby‚ who find themselves stuck in a love triangle with the desirable Daisy. In the novel‚ Gatsby tries to win her over while her husband‚ Tom‚ tries to turn her away from him‚ in order to have her for himself. Despite the fact that they are both wealthy and well settled‚ Daisy chooses to be with Tom over her long lost love because she and
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Two men long for Daisy. Two men are in love with her. It would seem that these two men would be very similar in mannerisms to fall for a girl like Daisy‚ but actually‚ these two men fall on totally opposite ends of the behavioral spectrum. There is Tom Buchanan who is the more dominant male figure and arrogant wiseguy‚ and then there is Jay Gatsby who is the more reserved and morally refined man of newly gained wealth. While both characters share a deep rooted love for Daisy‚ their characters differ
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Daisy Buchanan is Nick’s cousin and Toms wife. She lives with the rich old-money population of New York on East Egg. From Nick’s first visit‚ Daisy is associated with otherworldliness. For example‚ the first image we have of Daisy in Chapter One is as one of a pair of women‚ lying on a couch and surrounded by fluttering‚ moving material - from the curtains to their white dresses‚ nothing is safe from the breeze blowing through the room. This sense of constancy in a sea of movement - indicated by
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Academic English 10/31/12 In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ there are many characters throughout the story. However‚ Daisy Buchannon seems to stand out the most to me. She is a beautiful‚ young girl with many different sides to her personality. She can be innocent‚ and then she surprises everyone with her promiscuous and careless attitude. Her personality and looks pull in a man named‚ Jay Gatsby‚ who unfortunately falls in love. Daisy‚ soon becomes the central corruption of Gatsby’s
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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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30 November 2007 Myrtle and Fitzgerald’s Wasteland Myrtle Wilson is Fitzgerald’s vessel for illustrating the modern wasteland. His conception of the wasteland as an unavoidable‚ vulgar part of the 1920s society is parallel to his characterization of Myrtle as an unavoidable‚ vulgar character that refuses to be ignored. He uses her to point out what he sees as the faults of modern society. Myrtle is materialistic‚ superficial‚ and stuck living in the physical wasteland referred to as "the valley
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