... upper class woman which every woman in the 1920's wanted to be, Jordan is a high-middle class woman who analyzed the role of a flapper girl and dishonesty, and Myrtle represents the low class and plays the role of trying to be a rich woman who is always in search of improving her ... is responsible for Gatsby's fate when George Wilson murders him. Furthermore, Jordan is a high-middle class woman who analyzes the role of a flapper girl and dishonesty. A flapper girl was the "new woman" of the 1920's. Flapper girls changed their ways by going from long dresses to short skirts, long hair t...

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... to New York to become a writer (after finishing a stint in the armed services). Similarly, the women Nick encounters reflect Fitzgerald's view of women based primarily upon his relationship with Zelda - a girl he met while stationed in Alabama who ended up following Fitzgerald to New York where the couple became engaged to be married. Zelda ended up breaking their engagement when she ... felt when Daisy's daughter was born: "I asked the nurse right away if it was a boy or a girl. She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept. "All right," I said, "I"m glad it's a girl...

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... in great detail. Jay Gatsby's dream and hope is to win Daisy back, as Gatsby seems to think that she is the perfect girl for him. Daisy appears to be a rich, beautiful girl who has a perfect life, but in reality all she cares about is money. Gatsby also appears to be rich and charming. However, ... is ruined by the hunt for wealth and materialism. First, Gatsby's dream and hope is to win Daisy back, as Daisy appears to Gatsby as the perfect girl for him, so he is blindly in love with her. He even compares her to money when he says, "Her voice is full of money" (The ... to repeat the pas...

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... who hide from reality and put-on an affectation as airheads; which is what Daisy's character is. This is evident when she says, "I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she's a fool – that's the best thing a girl can ever be in this world, a beautiful little fool" (22). Regardless of her cheerful character, Daisy is usually described in the colour white; a colour ... happiness. "'Go ahead,' answered Daisy genially, 'and if you want to take down addresses here's my little gold pencil. 'She Looked around after a moment and told me the girl was 'common but pretty', and I knew that exc...

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... meet with Ginevra after a twenty-year absence, 2 he proclaimed to his daughter, with mixed feelings of regret and nostalgia: "She was the first girl I ever loved and have faithfully avoided seeing her up to this moment to keep the illusion perfect, because she ended up by throwing me over ... true love, she certainly was not his last. In July 1918, while stationed in Montgomery, Alabama with the military, Scott met a gracious, soft-voiced girl named Zelda Sayre at a country club dance. Scott recalled that night that, "she let her long hair hang down loose and wore a frilly dress ... Zel...

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... inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals' song of it.high in a white palace the king's daughter, the golden girl..." (127). The description of Daisy being a golden girl tie in with the things that Gatsby has. Colors are used as symbols throughout the novel. Example: golden hairbrush. To Gatsby, Daisy is nothing more than ... another benefit in his collection of luxury. "She was the first "nice" girl he had ever known" (155). The most important part of the quote is the quotation marks around the word nice. Gatsby thinks Daisy is nice because she is mone...

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... as Daisy, pushed morality aside in the purist of personal gain. One thing that really caught me was when she said she hoped her little girl would be "a pretty little fool". She wanted her little girl not to have strong opinions, to go with the flow of the social elite, and to be ignorant to what she really wants and rather do ... what society tells her she wants. It is a girl like this who passes up true love, allows her husband to cheat on her, and goes only where the money is. Sadly not only does she want this type of ... ...

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... to fix everything just the way it was before . She"ll see" (117). This statement by Jay Gatsby optimizes his drive and desire to recapture the love of his dream girl. After 5 years away from his darling Daisy Fay, a stunning, privileged woman, Gatsby is brought back to her in The Great Gatsby. The author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, tells the tale of Gatsby ... 's return from war to the girl he left behind and the effects of his devotion to return to the way things were before. A simple dream of love began when a youthful Jay Gatsby met a young blonde who ... Tom's back and connected as they h...

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... women in society. When her daughter was born all she said was, "I hope she"ll be a little fool. That's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." (pg 21) She finds it more important for a girl to be pretty and careless rather than being concerned with the things going on. Metaphorically speaking Daisy's name and attitude relates very ... Daisy's cover up her outside nature, innocence. The inside of the flower is a golden yellow, which represents money. On the inside Daisy was simply concerned with money, and being a rich girl. So just like the flower that is i...

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... she doesn't really care about her daughter which was backed up when she 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"(21). Whenever company comes over, she beckons for the little girl to come and put on an act for everyone. This is symbolic of Daisy's life; she ... ...

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... ; he does not care if he hurts someone. At one time, he was very rude when paying only ten dollars to a dog seller on the street. " Is it a boy or a girl?' she asked delicately, that dog. That dog's a boy. (Dog-seller) It's a bitch, said Tom decisively. Here's your money. Go and buy ten more dogs with it. (Pg. 28) This shows ... to be successful. Daisy is the woman who uses her money and beauty inside of her mind to achieve things. She 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.""(P.21) Daisy does ...

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... , Gatsby's and Daisy's romance seems to have been rekindled for a while, as Gatsby proudly flaunts his luxurious house for Daisy. Unbeknownst to Tom, who is having an affair himself with a girl from New York, Myrtle, Daisy and Gatsby begin to meet regularly. However, Tom eventually realizes Gatsby's intentions for Daisy, and confronts him. After an argument, it is clear that Tom ... through the same basic experiences as Gatsby, with a few minor changes. Dexter became rich by opening a chain of laundries which were used by rich people. Soon, he met a very pretty girl, Judy Jones, to whom ...

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... hates everything about him. As the novel progresses Gatsby goes from being a very hidden character then as the story goes on he begins to crumble when he loses Daisy, the girl of his dreams. Fitzgerald builds up the hopes for Gatsby achieving his American Dream but then the reader slowly watches his dream fade away because he cannot move from the ... money-that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals' song of it High in a white palace the king's daughter, the golden girl"(120). Once he achieved his wealth Gatsby flaunted his money to impress D...

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... ;making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand"[Fitzgerald 37]. When Myrtle, his mistress, gets startled at the fact that she is just a worthless girl to Tom, she rants about Daisy creating a vast scene with a fierce conclusion and a broken nose. He hits a woman like it is nothing and does not think twice about it, showing ... wasn't ready to raise a daughter because she is immature herself. In respect to her daughter, she says: " 'And I hope she'll be a fool – That's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool "' (Fitzgerald ...

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... thrown at his house, "it was gas blue with lavender beads." (p. 43) Again, the extension of Gatsby is the blue of dreams. Of course the dress wasn't worn by the girl though, because "it was too big in the bust and had to be altered (p. 43). The alteration that was likely needed was probably to bring it back into reality " ... ...

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... was. Fitzgerald demonstrates in The Great Gatsby that money is valued over things like marriage, children, family, and love. For example, " All right...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"(17). What Fitzgerald may be trying to say here is instead of Daisy wanting her child to ... ...

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... of what the men want. We can see notions of these evidently at work when Carrie got a pseudonym in the play at the Earl, to perform the role of a poor girl who got elevated to a higher social standing. The renaming of Carrie here is a metaphor and subtle reminder by Drouet and Hurstwood of their role and influence in her social elevation ... 's fellow beings. For example, once Hurstwood could no longer support Carrie, she detested him and thinks of him as him as lazy. While Hurstwood declined, Carrie found a job as a chorus girl and soon afterward as a well-paid actress. Carrie then move...

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... money-- that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals" song in it... High in a white palace the king's daughter, the golden girl...." In this passage, we gain further understanding into the character of Daisy. Gatsby observes something that we as readers are forced to imagine and consider. This passage marks the beginning ... that once he finally achieves his goal, he realizes that she, too, has flaws. Daisy has been changed since Gatsby last knew her, she is no longer the innocent, carefree girl she might have once been. She married, and it ch...

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... People- 70). After that she officially broke off the relationship (Lehan "Careless People- 70). Fitzgerald came away from Ginevra with a sense of social inadequacy, a deep hurt, and a longing for the girl " beyond attainment- (Lehan "Careless People- 71). Fitzgerald ties Ginevra in with the character of Daisy and many other women in his novels. Kenneth Eble is quoted as saying, "the details ... , rhyme with his name, Jay Gatsby, Daisy Fay and Ella Kay- (qtd. in Bruce Stark 61). A daisy like Daisy Fay is white on the outside; her clothing, white roadster, white girl hood, and yellow on th...

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... you make just enough to do the things you want like go surfing or hang out with your kids. Or maybe it is getting rich so you can get the girl of your dreams. The undefined end to the American dream can lead to greed and corruption, or the idea that nothing is good enough and that you always need more ... Gatsby from achieving his dream no matter how rich he gets. Gatsby made his illegitimate fortune fast all in hopes that he could eventually end up wealthy and with the girl of his dreams daisy. Gatsby got so caught up in his dream that it took over his life and mostly always focused on...

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... be a part of it. She understood that Daisy's popularity was not based solely on her good looks, but rather on what her family's money made her to be: a beautiful rich girl. However, to be a part of that society one has to sacrifice certain things - moral values and feelings. Throughout the novel Fitzgerald shows the reader that Jordan Baker succeeded at that ... money---that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals" song of it . High in a white palace the king's daughter, the golden girl ." (127). Since Daisy never had to strive for anything in...

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... she is jaded from her excessive lifestyle and subsequently striped of a moral conscience. When notified of her daughter's birth, Daisy states: "All right, 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 (21)." From this passage it is inferred that Daisy cares not for character but for status. She ... ...

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... it reveals a soft spot in the great man's life. This is an important part due to the fact that we see Gatsby as a filthy rich guy, that can have any girl he wants, but yet he is hooked on a married woman. We also find out what the green light on the other side of the harbor is, showing that Gatsby is ... real name was James Gatz. He was born to a North Dakota farmer and was sent to a small Lutheran school called St. Olaf College. One day, when he was on Little Girl Bay, he saw the yacht of millionaire Dan Cody in danger of being broken up by a storm, and rowed out to warn him. Cody was ...

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... white", she powders her face white, and she mentions her "white girlhood". The millionaire describes this perfect princess figure to be "high in a white palace the king's daughter, the golden girl." On the other hand, Fitzgerald portrays the way of life in West Egg as a wretched place when "four solemn men dressed in suits are walking along the sidewalk with a stretcher ... far away, that might have been at the end of a dock." To Gatsby, this green light at Daisy's house symbolized hope and a chance to relive the past with his dream girl. In The Great Gatsby, colors are employed through...

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... " lives Tom Buchanan's mistress...Myrtyle. Myrtyle and her husband live at her husbands place of work...a mechanic's garage.....Tom Buchanan previously made great efforts to get Nick to "see his girl." Wilson is interested in purchasing Toms car....There home is rather drab and does not seem to be fitting to a person as extravagant as Myrtyle...Myrtyle even dresses extravengently in ... a letter and some pearls from the guests which she does not wish to adorn. However after their honeymoon, all seems fine and soon after they arrive back, Daisy has a baby girl. The family then traveled Eu...

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