... "'I married him because I thought he was a gentleman.' She said finally. 'I thought he knew something about breeding but he wasn't fit enough to lick my shoe.'" (Fitzgerald, 39). With the hope of being accepted into an upper social class, Myrtle's morals and prior beliefs are gone, being replaced by the ... "(Vogue, December 1999). He too abandons his morals; illegally earning the money that he believes will win back the heart of his lost love Daisy. When they had a love affair long ago, she wouldn't marry him because of his financial standing. The details of his business are sketchy, wh...

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... "'I married him because I thought he was a gentleman.' She said finally. 'I thought he knew something about breeding but he wasn't fit enough to lick my shoe.'" (Fitzgerald, 39). With the hope of being accepted into an upper social class, Myrtle's morals and prior beliefs are gone, being replaced by the ... "(Vogue, December 1999). He too abandons his morals; illegally earning the money that he believes will win back the heart of his lost love Daisy. When they had a love affair long ago, she wouldn't marry him because of his financial standing. The details of his business are sketchy, wh...

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... Fitzgerald portray Gatsby as the one who is "Great" or is Nick Carraway the true hero of the novel? Nick Carraway provides the eyes and ears with which Fitzgerald shows us a period "described as a corrupt, amoral and violent time, in which loneliness, frustration and lost spiritual values are typical." Within this bleakness Fitzgerald has chosen to write about Jay ... He loves Daisy and he believes that she"ll make him happy. Gatsby still lacks the fame and reputation the Buchanan name carries. That's what it comes down to. Love doesn't matter. We as readers want Gatsby to succeed. Fitzg...

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... she presented herself to be happily married but in truth she felt trapped in her marriage. She also presented herself to be foolish and shallow but in my opinion she was quite the opposite. One reason I believe this, is the comment she made about her daughter, right after her birth she wept and ... Tom's apartment in the city. Myrtle changes into a fancy dress before the party and right away it is evident that some of her bouncy vitality is lost and she becomes more artificial. Her laughter, speech and gestures are all changed. The party is full of falseness and vulgarness. People that ...

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... had to say about Gatsby, because as he would prove in this book, all he wanted in life was to have Daisy back. He lost her earlier in life, and must get her back by bettering himself and doing all he can to satisfy her needs, which in this case ... of his/her society. Gatsby proves to us that his desire in life is to have and keep Daisy's love for himself, and also feels this is the only thing he needs to live. He realizes that the only way to get Daisy ... 's love is to have lots of money and now considers money as a need as well. The unfortunate part about the whole thing ... money is...

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... committing horrendous crimes against humanity to obtain his status before the end of his life but I believe that the only crime he had committed was to love someone who was already bound by the vows of marriage. Any man here today would want to be loved by the woman that he loves and ... for a great life. Upon Gatsby's return to America, he had changed his past and had become a self made millionaire to try to win his first true love back. His goal gave him a purpose in life and sets him apart from the rest of the upper class. His constant attempts to obtain Daisy from the ... perfect lif...

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... everyone is perferct. For most people theses flaws don't always lead to tragic events. Unfortunitally for the characters in the book The Great Gatsby, this is not true. Certain character flaws that these characters poses lead them in to bad trouble, and even for some death. There are many different flaws that could be argued as ... parties, and have fun, that when it all ended they were mad that it had to stop and not at all sad at the fact that they had lost a friend. Greed had driven these people to act this way. They all wanted to have fun, and enjoy life, and really didn't seam to ca...

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