... to the end of Daisy's window, this to me represents the true American dream. "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us".(189) Gatsby's optimism and dreams I believe is that yearning of love and pursuit of happiness in life. The Great Gatsby ended with Gatsby waiting in his mansion on an autumn afternoon for a phone call from Daisy. Autumn is ... a season of maturity or decline. For Gatsby it signified a decline because the dream that revived between him ... and Daisy had suddenly gone sour. His wait for a call and refusal to give up on...

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... . 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, and foolish. Daisy cares about her appearance and wealth more than anything. She married Tom Buchanan for his wealth ... and his rank within the social class. Before she married Tom, she was in love with Gatsby. She promised Gatsby when he got back from war they would ... the Amer...

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... , Fitzgerald "began a destructive lifestyle marked by drinking, partying, and overspending"(Magill 1032). In May of 1924 Fitzgerald and his wife spent five years abroad in Europe. During this time he became good friends with Ernest Hemmingway, who helped promote his work. Also while he was in Europe his masterpiece The Great Gatsby was published. However, besides befriending Hemmingway his trip is most ... recognized as one of excessive drinking and instability. An even deeper blow was thrown at his marriage when his wife became involved with a French naval aviator. The ... few that did...

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... that she is responsible for keeping the family together, as her mother did before her. Her father is an unfair man, who makes his daughter work and then keeps her wages. Rather than appreciate her work, he ridicules her. Mostly the circumstances of her family make Eveline want to escape. b) Eveline's ... father is a shadowy but menacing bully who has ruined her mother's life and is set to ruin hers. Eveline's father is the repressive authority in her life. She is helpless to break away from him. c) The weight of ... may well repeat her mother's sad life story d) I think it is difficult ...

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