... Gatsby joined the army, but after he returns, Gatsby devotes his life to be reunited with Daisy. They still love each other after five years of separation. In the first stage of the relationship, Gatsby and Daisy are madly in love with each other. Jordan Baker, a good friend of Daisy's, recalls the day in which she ... was going overseas," once again, the soldier being Gatsby. After Gatsby leaves, time passes and things change. Daisy becomes engaged to a rich man named Tom Buchanan. Jordan Baker, still recalling these events was a bridesmaid, "I came into her room half an hour before th...

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... quarrels and disagreements irrupt about the love Jay wants to show Daisy she is forced to choose between two men, one from her old life and one from the new life she is living. Nick continues to abide by his many morals, however, shuns them when in contact with Gatsby and the rest of ... , and complete selflessness. Nick is a sincere individual and observes the fallacies in the lives of his new found opulent friends. For example, he realizes that Jordan Baker is an incurable liar and cheater in the game of golf. He sees that her fraudulence is a great defect in her personality, yet he i...

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... life, is also a story of Nick's own development in the story. In the beginning Nick is already a sophisticated observer of characters but reserves his personal judgement, remaining uninvolved in the sense that he is not willing to act upon what he feels are the faults of the other individuals around him. Some example is when he realizes Jordan baker ... he is still willing to tolerate the defects of these individuals. The turning point of his development occurs when he sees the reactions of Jordan and the Buchanans to Myrtle Wilson's death. At this time, nick finally stands back and deve...

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... began to change. Before, men were thought to be more superior to women. However in F.Scott Fitzgerald's, The Great Gatsby the three main characters, Daisy, Jordan, and Myrtle, are modern women. Although modern, they are portrayed as dishonest and unflattering. In The Great Gatsby Daisy Buchanan is portrayed as shallow, ditzy, ... chooses Tom over Gatsby. She lets Gatsby take blame over killing Myrtle which in the end gets Gatsby killed. Jordan Baker is different from the other girls in the novel and most women of the 1920s. Jordan is portrayed as hard, independent, and confident. She does...

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... , written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and is narrated by a character named Nick Carraway. The story follows a man named Jay Gatsby, who is Nick's neighbour; he is a man who has wrapped his life within the past five years around his sole desire to be with a woman named Daisy Buchanan. The Great Gatsby is a novel of tragedy, love and rich vs. poor. In this ... notion of the American Dream is. One of the motifs used was dishonesty, more specifically, dishonesty of the rich. In Chapter 3, Jordan mentions that she cheated in a golf tournament to win and Nick thinks about what kind of person she is...

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... . Readers are presented the story as Nick obtains and due to his "reserved judgement" we are able to make up our own minds e.g. through Jordan Baker's comment, "Tom's got a woman in New York" yet Nick was also told Baker is deceptive. Fitzgerald does not waste any space by telling readers all the events that happened in that time frame but rather structure it ... Gatsby. Although Nick narrates, building up the character of Gatsby throughout the novel, he is a well chosen witness to recount because he is actually involved in major events in Gatsby's life. That way, readers are shown the p...

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... . The author F. Scott Fitzgerald outlines the unique life style lived by those men but especially the women living in this time frame. Women in the 1920's were often considered to be very feminine and have no part in any mens business. This is displayed with the characters of Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker and Myrtle Wilson. Although jordan was considered to be quite masculine in ... to come and visit as he believe's that he will have a chance in once again winning her heart back as he has now got the riches to support her luscious life style. Although he does win her heart back there in o...

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... affair, but says nothing of it and tries to overlook it constantly. Myrtle Wilson, who is unhappy with her marriage, finds a sort of new life in the arms of Tom who apparently has had various affairs while away in New York during his marriage to Daisy. There is also the questionable love ... 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 mora...

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