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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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    In the book the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. They’re three women named DaisyJordan and Myrtle. All three of these women have differences but in a way all three women are similar.To compare and contrast between DaisyJordan 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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    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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    Tom Buchanan 3) Tom beginning and end Tom Buchanan in the beginning of the novel is described to us as a intimidating‚ controlling‚ and a physically big character who doesn’t care about anyone and isn’t happy with anything‚ his actions related to his description as he cheated on his wife Daisy for Myrtle and didn’t show feelings towards anyone and to top it off applied racism. Tom didn’t change a lot through the novel as toward the end he was still controlling and powerful mentally and wealth

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    Throughout the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ it is apparent that Daisy and Tom had an unstable relationship. Both Daisy and Tom came from affluent backgrounds and the upper class of society. Tom had a large ego and Daisy was in love with having a lavish and extravagant lifestyle. They were both consumed with money and everything that went along with being wealthy and having an upper class position in society. Their whole relationship was based upon money‚ not true love. Tom came from old money and

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    In the novel “The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Daisy is described ieaders in various ways. In the beginning of the story Daisy is described “by far the most popular of all the young girls in Louisville”. This quote described by Fitzgerald tells the reader that Daisy holds a degree that she has immense beauty which has blinded many men. It means that she holds the popularity status because of the beauty she has. She is also described as “ a beautiful little fool.” This

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    woman behind the character of Daisy Buchanan Lives stories were always an option for writers. It represented the mean to embody their experiences and their bellowed‚ as in the case of F. Scott Fitzgerald. The author added a personal touch with each work‚ with his bellowed‚ Ginevra King. She was the woman behind his characters as in Judy Jones in "Winter Dreams" ;in Isabelle Borge in This Side of Paradise; most notably‚ Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby . Fitzgerald also recreated their

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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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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was full of deception and lies‚ mainly from the female lead‚ Daisy. Daisy repeatedly lied and deceived both her husband and her lover. Daisy begins her path of destruction with her husband‚ who wasn’t all the innocent. Although Daisy married him‚ it wasn’t long until she fell out of that love and was craving more. Daisy was stuck in a loveless marriage with a daughter she couldn’t leave. To try and make things better‚ she lied. She lied to everyone; her husband

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    When the Joad family‚ Gatsby‚ and IM are reborn it leads to a sense of blind hope. When the Joads arrive in California‚ the water that they bathe in symbolizes a new start for the family. They believe that California will be a place where satisfaction and happiness is achieved. Steinbeck writes‚ “He cupped his hands full of water and rubbed his face...dusty water ran out of his hair and streaked his neck” (284). The “water” represents purity and holiness and when he washes himself “dusty water”

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