... receives an invitation to one of Gatsby's legendary parties. Nick attends and he meets Jordan Baker there. While at the party, Nick finally meets his neighbor, Jay Gatsby- who asks to speak to Jordan alone. After this party, Jordan reveals to Nick many facets of Gatsby. Gatsby reveals that he knew Daisy in Louisville ... love by Nick. Later, Daisy hosts a dinner party for Tom, Gatsby, Nick, and Jordan. Tom notices the passionate looks Gatsby sends to Daisy and becomes infuriated. He begins to ask Gatsby probing questions about his personal life then suggests that all five of them go int...

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... many literary devices. One of the device he used is characterization. The main characters of this novel are Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan and Jordan Baker. Nick Carraway is the narrator of the story and is a protagonist. He is from Minnesota and he came to West Egg, to learn bond business. Nick ... a wealthy copper tycoon. He teaches Gatsby to earn money illegally and changed his name to Jay Gatsby. He lives an extravagant life but he is an unhappy person betrayed by the love of his life, Daisy. After earned all money Daisy wanted him to have, he moved to West E...

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... the success of Drouet as a salesman because of his charismatic nature and flamboyant charm; likened also to Carrie's success with men and in theater life because of her tact and expertise with artifice and performance, Captain's success on behalf of the beggars was because he puts up a good ... , none of these successes brought her close to happiness or satisfaction. She still suffered from the chronic dissatisfaction that she has worked all her life and career to escape. Carrie's end is even comical and made worst because unlike the dissatisfaction of a consumer society in wanting more ...

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... quarrels and disagreements irrupt about the love Jay wants to show Daisy she is forced to choose between two men, one from her old life and one from the new life she is living. Nick continues to abide by his many morals, however, shuns them when in contact with Gatsby and the rest of ... , and complete selflessness. Nick is a sincere individual and observes the fallacies in the lives of his new found opulent friends. For example, he realizes that Jordan Baker is an incurable liar and cheater in the game of golf. He sees that her fraudulence is a great defect in her personality, yet he i...

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... life, is also a story of Nick's own development in the story. In the beginning Nick is already a sophisticated observer of characters but reserves his personal judgement, remaining uninvolved in the sense that he is not willing to act upon what he feels are the faults of the other individuals around him. Some example is when he realizes Jordan baker ... he is still willing to tolerate the defects of these individuals. The turning point of his development occurs when he sees the reactions of Jordan and the Buchanans to Myrtle Wilson's death. At this time, nick finally stands back and deve...

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... began to change. Before, men were thought to be more superior to women. However in F.Scott Fitzgerald's, The Great Gatsby the three main characters, Daisy, Jordan, and Myrtle, are modern women. Although modern, they are portrayed as dishonest and unflattering. In The Great Gatsby Daisy Buchanan is portrayed as shallow, ditzy, ... chooses Tom over Gatsby. She lets Gatsby take blame over killing Myrtle which in the end gets Gatsby killed. Jordan Baker is different from the other girls in the novel and most women of the 1920s. Jordan is portrayed as hard, independent, and confident. She does...

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... , written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and is narrated by a character named Nick Carraway. The story follows a man named Jay Gatsby, who is Nick's neighbour; he is a man who has wrapped his life within the past five years around his sole desire to be with a woman named Daisy Buchanan. The Great Gatsby is a novel of tragedy, love and rich vs. poor. In this ... notion of the American Dream is. One of the motifs used was dishonesty, more specifically, dishonesty of the rich. In Chapter 3, Jordan mentions that she cheated in a golf tournament to win and Nick thinks about what kind of person she is...

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... a great decline in moral values. As a sign of further decadence, rampant dishonesty is effortlessly shown by Myrtle, Jordan, and Tom. According to Nick Carraway, "[Jordan Baker] was incurably dishonest. She wasn't able to endure being at a disadvantage (Fitzgerald 63)." Jordan's frequent dishonesty shows that she will lie to protect or assist herself, and that she possesses very little regard ... sole purpose of saving himself and his wife, Tom tells a lie that ultimately gets Gatsby killed. Tom becomes so self-centered and dishonest that he effortlessly compromises the life of another ...

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... . Readers are presented the story as Nick obtains and due to his "reserved judgement" we are able to make up our own minds e.g. through Jordan Baker's comment, "Tom's got a woman in New York" yet Nick was also told Baker is deceptive. Fitzgerald does not waste any space by telling readers all the events that happened in that time frame but rather structure it ... Gatsby. Although Nick narrates, building up the character of Gatsby throughout the novel, he is a well chosen witness to recount because he is actually involved in major events in Gatsby's life. That way, readers are shown the p...

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... . The author F. Scott Fitzgerald outlines the unique life style lived by those men but especially the women living in this time frame. Women in the 1920's were often considered to be very feminine and have no part in any mens business. This is displayed with the characters of Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker and Myrtle Wilson. Although jordan was considered to be quite masculine in ... to come and visit as he believe's that he will have a chance in once again winning her heart back as he has now got the riches to support her luscious life style. Although he does win her heart back there in o...

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... alone" (Way 33). These comparisons show how Fitzgerald and Gatsby tried to relive the past and trying to obtain the unobtainable. In Fitzgerald's adult life he became broke and owed debts. Gatsby, too was penniless before starting to work for Dan Cody and then Wolfsheim. Fitzgerald's written works became ... annoying habit of always saying "Old Sport" a lot. He was also a bootlegger like Gatsby. Jordan Baker was a great golf champ. Fitzgerald based Baker on the 1923 Women's Golf Champ, Edith Cummings. Herman Rosenthal was the true-life guy, that Wolfsheim mentions, who got murdered outsi...

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... affair, but says nothing of it and tries to overlook it constantly. Myrtle Wilson, who is unhappy with her marriage, finds a sort of new life in the arms of Tom who apparently has had various affairs while away in New York during his marriage to Daisy. There is also the questionable love ... class lifestyle which Gatsby so desperately yearns for, which would explain his want for her. We also see the character of Jordan Baker pursuing her goals using dirty methods in the novel; Jordan cheats in golf tournaments to win and fulfil her goal. This theme also raises some philosophical and mora...

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... Gatsby; it was his lifestyle he detested and how people exploited it while generating gossip of his past. The "foul dust in Gatsby's dream" were the shallow people, such as Jordan Baker and Daisy Buchanan, who would eat his food, drink his alcohol and collectively mock him. These people can be linked to a deadly virsus, which feasted upon a vulnerable young man who ... lost the love of his life to man who never loved her. In many ways the reader is instructed to feel sorry for Gatsby in his unsuccessful attempt to reacquaint with Daisy. The way he would ... ...

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... ; something like this was to their lives. Furthermore, it is clear whom Fitzgerald refers to, when he describes the rich, due to their names. This can be seen through how Jordan Baker's name refers to two 'twenties car manufacturers, and other references, such as "the Baedeker girls" of Baedeker Travel Guide Fame, or "the Chrysties," presumably of ... " partner, Tom. Roger Lewis writes that this was "poignancy further increased by the futility of his money in achieving this end", and this echoes parts of Fitzgerald's life, as he couldn't originally marry the woman he loved because he...

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... year-old Daisy Fay was in her white roadster in front of her parent's gorgeous mansion with a Lieutenant from the local base. Little did she know, what life-altering actions she put in motion. The sight of Daisy made the Lieutenant fall head-over-heels for her. This Lieutenant was a young Jay Gatsby. After their ... Tom Buchanan, who was an athlete born of old money much like Daisy. With Gatsby at War, Daisy was pushed by her parents to begin a new life with Tom. Even though she still tried to cling on to hope of Gatsby's return, she reluctantly agreed to become Mrs. Buchanan. The night ...

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... all men should have equal opportunity to be successful. Since the founding fathers created the Declaration of Independence, the idea that all men have the right to life, liberty, and a pursuit of happiness plays a key role in the dream of wealth and the ideologies of society in the 1920s. The philosophy that ... crowd excited in his mansion. During the party that Nick was invited to, Nick Carraway had the chance to meet with Gatsby while he was with Jordan Baker. Meeting with Gatsby, Nick mentions his politeness and his charm, something that Nick finds rare especially in the upper class w...

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... American Dream. The true meaning of the American Dream is lost by the characters in The Great Gatsby, and leads them to the downfall of their life trying to obtain it's illusionary goals. For Jay, in The Great Gatsby, the interpretation of the dream is that through wealth and power, one ... in turn, haunts them in the end through the adulterous acts of their spouse. The first time we come into contact with an adulterous act is when Jordan Baker informs Nick about Tom's affair. She informs Nick that, "Tom's got some woman in New York" (15). It is obvious that they are not ... has disrespe...

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