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    Admirable Characters In The Great Gatsby there are both admirable and despicable characters. Daisy Buchanan lives in East Egg‚ which is the place in town where all the people with old money live. Daisy Buchanan is the most despicable character in the book. She gives herself the traits of being careless and selfish. Daisy can be described as a selfish woman because she only cares about herself and money. Gatsby can be considered the most admirable character in the book. Jay Gatsby is a wealthy young man

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    Alexis Romano Mr. Emra Honors American Literature (5) 23 January 2012 Portrait of Daisy Buchanan Wife of Tom Buchanan‚ cousin (once removed) of Nick Carraway‚ and love interest of Jay Gatsby are all titles once held by Daisy Buchanan‚ an intriguing character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic “The Great Gatsby.” Throughout the novel‚ Daisy oozes thoughtlessness; she has an unspoken essence of charm‚ but once she gets the attention she craves she acts on another personality trait of hers‚ her

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    Daisy Buchanan is Nick Carraway’s cousin‚ as a beautiful young women‚ she was loved by Gatsby and many others before the war in Louisville; they both fell in love with each and promised that they will get married once he returned only because Gatsby lied about his background about being in a wealthy family. Daisy couldn’t wait much longer because of how much she wanted to be loved by someone‚ she decided to marry a wealthy‚ young man‚ Tom Buchanan‚ once he asked her to marry to him. Daisy now lives

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    The Great Gatsby is a book full of conflict and surprises. Daisy and Myrtle were the two important woman characters in the story. They are two interesting woman who turns the story upside down. There’s many differences between the two characters. Daisy had her own view on the world‚ about a girl’s perspective. “That’s the best thing a girl can be in this world‚ a beautiful fool.” (D. Buchanan). She is a blond headed woman from Louisville‚ she is the wife of Tom Buchanan. Daisy and Myrtle were different

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    The Great Gatsby is a renowned American novel that creates a lasting‚ enduring impact on those who read it. F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the author of this novel‚ captured the very essence of American society during the roaring twenties within this novel. He was able to reveal the corruptness of the rich and show the stark differences between the upper and lower classes of society. The novel represented the major theme about the American Dream that is achieved through hard work in order to obtain a lavish

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    The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald is 1920s literature criticizing the "roaring twenties" by pointing out it was full of dishonesty‚ crime‚ alcoholism‚ wealth inequality‚ and partying. The book follows Nick Carraway‚ the Buchanans‚ and Jay Gatsby as they venture through the darker characteristics of the gilded 1920s. Unfortunately‚ Gatsby meets an early demise by receiving a gunshot to the torso by a man named George B. Wilson. Wilson was mad because Gatsby performed a hit and run on Wilson’s

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    progresses. • Jay Gatsby (originally James Gatz) — a young‚ mysterious millionaire with shady business connections (later revealed to be a bootlegger)‚ originally from North Dakota. He is obsessed with Daisy Buchanan‚ whom he had met when he was a young officer stationed in the south during World War I. The character is based on the bootlegger and former World War I officer Max Gerlach‚ according to Some Sort of Epic Grandeur‚ Matthew J Bruccoli’s biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Gatsby is said to have

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    The Great Gatsby – Tom Richardson Fitzgerald makes me feel about Tom Buchanan in a negative light through what Tom does‚ says and what others say about him. The first time Nick Carroway meets Tom Buchanan in person in Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby” we are shown a very clear impression of him. Nick described Tom as a “violent body”; already this shows Tom is a man of action who lets his actions speak for him. Nick continues to describe Tom by saying he is “always leaning aggressively

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    In chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby Nick is invited to one of Gatsby’s extravagant parties. He arrives only to find he doesn’t know where Gatsby is‚ and then he runs into Jordan Baker. Together they set off to find Gatsby and they head to the library where they find “Owl Eyes”‚ a drunken man trying to get sober. After talking to “Owl Eyes” for awhile they head outside again where Nick unknowingly starts a conversation with Gatsby. After revealing himself‚ Gatsby tells Jordan that he would like to speak

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    The Great GatsbyJordan Baker and Nick Carraway are implied as

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