... money fails to entice Daisy away from her husband, and the death of Myrtle is an event that cannot be erased by any amount of money on Tom's part. More then anything, the ending of the novel reinforces to the reader that money is a superficial desire and that, inevitably, it cannot be responsible for bringing ... that Fitzgerald has created continually act in a superficial way. Tom Buchanan is an excellent example of a trivial and superficial man. He displays this in the first chapter of the novel, with the comments he makes about the threat to white supremacy. To further emphasis his sup...

• Word Count: 6164
• Approx Pages: 25
• Grade Level: High School

... an affair with his friend, Hurstwood. In many ways like Drouet, Hurstwood too belongs in the web chain of the duplicitous and hypocritical world of Sister Carrie. Hurstwood on his part pretended that he didn't know that Carrie and Drouet are unmarried; he never told Carrie that he was a married man; he neglected the needs of his wife and children, taking ... to pop its jagged head in almost every scene in Sister Carrie. We see that Julia is dissatisfied with her husband's relative wealth and social standing. She aspired to be part of the upper, elitist class by marrying her daughter Jes...

• Word Count: 7760
• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: Undergraduate