... web of lies. Stripped of every trapping for example, Carrie's relationship with Drouet and later Hurstwood, is that of prostitution. Carrie does not love them; she compromised the Victorian idea of social morality of her time, engaging in a sexual and cohabitating relationships with these men, only because of ... cousin, to organize for a reunion between him and Daisy. Gatsby's portrayal of himself to Jordan as a lovesick, hopeful romantic trying to win back the object of his love called for Nick's sympathy. Gatsby proceeded to invite Nick to dinner in New York. As they drove past the ci...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... his primary lover Daisy. However the traffic accident of Mrs Wilson caused by the car brought about the ruin of Gatsby and Wilson, which are what they finally paid for love. The two different idealists, for their respective ideals, were killed by their own ideals at last. Therefore car becomes the symbol of ruin, implying the disillusionment of ideals based on ... because she didn't know "what will we plan?" all the day. Daisy belongs to the kind of frequently appearing heroines in Fitzgerald's works who are "with lovely and appealing appearance, romantic but parasitic and apathetic." A...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate