1. Great Gatsby - Common Traits Shared by the Novel's Women
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby has endured as a classic glimpse into a period of time that is now referred to as the Roaring 20s - an American decade marked by extravagance, self-gratification and indifference. As Americans strove to find and ... Tom Buchanan hasn't married her sister Myrtle Wilson is because Daisy is a Catholic and doesn't believe in divorce. Nick knows that Daisy is not Catholic. Later on, Nick advises the reader: "Dishonesty in a woman is never something you blame deeply" (p. 63). At the end of the novel, before Nick leaves to return to the Midwest, he visits Jord...
- Word Count: 2520
- Approx Pages: 10
- Grade Level: High School