During the 1920's the view on women 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 ... and that is where she died. In The Great Gatsby all the women had different characteristics, but something they had in common was dishonesty. Fitzgerald seemed to think that men were superior to women, and that showed throughout the novel. Although the women had negative characteristics they also had admirable qualities....

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... future, she faces a certain and unpleasant future that may well repeat her mother's sad life story d) I think it is difficult for our generation today to imagine how heavily the Irish were burdened by poverty and hopelessness. Fortunately we have never had to face such a situation. But in general I think that I wouldn't have been as strong as Eveline. I probably would have left ... me the feeling that Zelda's only chances of achieving a certain degree of prosperity in her life is to marry. Obviously the text was written in period of time when women were much more disadvantaged than men....

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... institution and diagnosed as a schizophrenic. Another shot at Fitzgerald came in 1932 when his wife wrote an autobiography called Save Me the Waltz. Her book portrayed him insignificantly and strained their relationship even greater. At this time in his life he was now dealing with the stresses of his marriage, alcoholism, and recurring bouts of childhood tuberculosis. Not too mention, many ... ...

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... became very ambitious and set off to become rich and famous. He eventually enrolled as a military officer stationed in Louisville, Kentucky where he met the love of his life, Daisy. Their love did not last long given that he had to go fight in WWI. Daisy, though did promise to wait for him until his return. She later breaks that promise ... ...

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