... largest house, and the finest clothes. Jay has everything except the object he most desires, Daisy. Gatsby believes he can win Daisy over with wealth, that he could achieve the ideal she stood for through his material possessions. One look at Gatsby's past and it could be seen that he was destined to get ahead in life. Mr. Gatz told Nick ... ...Sitting down behind many layers of glass in a sort of leather conservatory we started towards town" (68). The use of the symbolic automobile can be seen as a demonstration of how an ideal based on materialism alone can be destructive. This was the...

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... of the characters lived in their own world of make believe. A theme that is reoccurring through out the story is, "A confusion with the real with the ideal never goes unpunished" by Goethe. This replicates how many of the characters mistake fantasy for reality. Money was the underlining cause of the illusionary world that the ... He gets so wrapped up in his desires and expectations that he never stops to realize that Daisy may actually be in love with Tom, her husband. Though Daisy may have loved Gatsby once, there was no real way for Gatsby to ever get Daisy back again. Gatsby had a ve...

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... had low self-esteem because he could never have the belongings that would satisfy his love's wants. Myrtle was given all the love in the world by her husband William, but she wanted what he couldn't give her: money. Daisy Buchanan was offered a life of satisfaction and love by Gatsby's standard. She came from ... have been the end of a dock."" Even after throwing lavish parties Daisy had never come. She may have been a materialistic high-roller, but she had a husband and child to look after. They symbolized her ties to where she had come from, a family of old money that had a class of t...

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... to show off for company, but when everyone has gone she becomes a bored housewife. She appears innocent and harmless, when actually she is an overall weak character for she puts material matters before her morals, depends on men, and hides her real selfish, uncaring personality under a fake ... Gatsby's dream of perfection. Money obviously tops Daisy's priorities above everything else, even family. She lives in a very respectable house in an elite neighborhood with a financially stable husband. She lets these things conquer her and she intends for them to conquer her daughter as well. "...

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Why did Daisy choose Tom in the end??? In the novel "The Great Gatsby", Daisy Buchanan was faced with an enormous decision. She had to choose between Tom; her husband and Jay Gatsby; her lover. Gatsby seemed to be the ideal man of his time. Fabulously wealthy, handsome, charismatic and intriguing, he seemed to be able to offer everything a woman could want. All he ... wanted in return was Daisy's complete unconditional love. Tom, on the other hand could offer Daisy money, security and freedom. Ultimately Daisy chose the latter. The roaring 20's was an era of total decadence ... in a while I ...

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... this point, the author forces the society to take a look at Daisy and see how foolishly the people of this time are acting, just like her. Tom Buchanan, Daisy's hulking husband, is bathed in a spiteful tone by Fitzgerald, who shows contempt for this character's materialistic values and disregard for good character. While describing the meeting between Nick Carraway, the narrator, and ... that a person who sets their mind to something can accomplish anything, including breaking the materialistic corruption of society and develop a morally straight mentality. By strongly emphasizing this, ...

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... in West Egg. Carraway lives in a modest bungalow, which is overshadowed by Gatsby's extravagant estate. In his magnificent manor, Gatsby indulges in an excessive and exaggerated lifestyle including many lavish parties: "In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and ... worry attract Gatsby's attention and gradual obsession. Gatsby realizes that his own capacity for hope made Daisy seem ideal to him. He does not realize that he is pursuing an image that has no true, lasting value. This realization would have made the world look entirely different to...

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... the one person in the book who is linked to every character and in turn connects them all to each other. Although he is more of an observer than anything in this novel, and is inclined to reserve his personal judgments, he also tries to remain uninvolved and is reluctant to act ... rents a house in the West Egg district of Long Island. One weekend Nick gets together with his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom Buchanan, a rich man who lives in West Egg who is having an affair with a woman named Myrtle, the wife of George Wilson, a Gas Station owner. On this night Nick is introduced ... . N...

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