... to be everything that Tom was. Jay had experience in the upper-class culture during his teen years when he had spent some time with a wealthy man named Dan Cody. When Gatsby was 17, he met Cody while Cody was dropping anchor in Lake Superior. They bonded through their 5 years they circumnavigated the continent ... Cody's lady friend. His lesson in culture was complete and he next looked to making money. Reaching Chicago, Gatsby was found by Meyer Wolfshiem. Meyer was a street smart, organized crime member who had a hand in rigging the 1919 World Series. He saw something in Gatsby that sp...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... She fell in love with Gatsby and promised to wait for him. However, Daisy harbors a deep need to be loved, and when a wealthy, powerful young man named Tom Buchanan asked her to marry him, Daisy decided not to wait for Gatsby after all. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the stylish East Egg ... run-down garage in the valley of ashes. Tom treats her as a simple object of his desire. Myrtle is incredibly jealous of Daisy. After with a fight with her husband, she runs out into the street and is hit and killed by Gatsby's car. George Wilson: Myrtle's husband, the lifeless, exhauste...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... truth on various subjects. During the evening, Nick receives information from Jordan regarding his cousin's marriage. He learns about Tom Buchanan's affair with a woman named Myrtle Wilson, who lives in the valley of the ashes. Myrtle is an independent woman who is desperately trying to get ahead in life. In ... him to live up to a certain moral code in which he obviously can not. For instance, Tom simply treats Myrtle as an object of his desire. Tom's social attitude could be attributed to the incident in which Myrtle and Tom begin to argue about Daisy. Tom demands that Myrtle refrain f...

• Word Count: 1420
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School