... that he was masking something different from what the rest inhabitants of the Eggs were hiding. Gatsby's secret conversation at the party with a woman called Jordan Baker, a sophisticated but dishonest woman who had cheated on her first golf tournament, is an important clue to what Gatsby was hiding- perhaps the secret ... motivations behind his life of opulence and display of ostentatious living. Gatsby in that meeting disclosed to Jordan who is a friend of Daisy, the whole affair of his love for Carrie and how he had bought the mansion on West Egg solely to ... her. Gatsby urged Baker...

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... himself from mistaking the glittering appearance for the true state of things. The light-dark symbolism is employed with great care. It is not accidental, for example, that Daisy and Jordan, when they are introduced to the reader in the first scene of the novel, are dressed in white. In this scene, in which almost all of the color symbols are ... after a short flight around the house." White traditionally symbolizes purity, and there is no doubt that Fitzgerald wants to underscore the ironic disparity between the ostensible purity of Daisy and Jordan and their actual corruption. But Fit...

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... of the wealthy upper-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 moral questions such as whether or not it ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... the net"(8). Here, Daisy herself is the American dream, since her voice causes excitement within men in the same manner in which the American Dream provokes excitement. Also, when Jordan elaborates that Daisy never desired to attain love ", yet there's something in that voice of hers"(77), she demonstrates how elusive Daisy is and how deceiving her voice ... is, since when Jordan's analyzing the situation, she suddenly is distracted by Daisy's voice. This excitement and distraction, which is what Daisy provokes on Gatsby, is the naiveté caused by the illusion of ... ...

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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 ... ...

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... them up toward the frosted wedding-cake of the ceiling, and then rippled over the wine-colored rug, making a shadow on it as wind does on the sea." Daisy and Jordan "were both in white, and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house." In this scene, there ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate