... and cousin of the narrator, Nick Carraway; Daisy Fay Buchanan, and a "sensuously" (28) captive wife of an impoverished character, George Wilson; Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle and Daisy have many similarities; however, there are subtle differences between them. Daisy Fay's lighthearted and sensitive personality causes her to be defenseless towards ... on men shows Daisy's many character flaws. However, she is not the only woman who has these certain qualities. Contrary to Daisy's personality, Myrtle Wilson has a superficial and robust charisma. When she is first introduced in The Great Gatsby, sh...

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... in Mr. Buchanan when he discusses his attitudes towards the superiority of the white race as well as his secret affair with Myrtle Wilson. "Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand" (39). Myrtle speaking of Daisy's name was enough to enrage this "hulking" man, as Daisy describes Tom (17). To add, Jay ... ...

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... in California, and underlies the idea of grandiose promise betrayed by brutalized reality- (Kermit Moyer 227). Ella Kaye, was based on Nellie Bly, a mistress to the yachtsman (Bruccoli 212). Myrtle Wilson's name has a number of interesting features (Stark 60). In the American College Dictionary, Myrtle is the generic name of an evergreen that, "is used as an emblem of love and ... - the amalgam was never complete in my mind- (qtd. in Burnam 106-07). " Fitzgerald invests Gatsby with many of the characteristics of the heroes of myth and romance . . ."" (Rose Gallo 39). Matthew J. Bruccoli...

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... mess they had made" (187-88). In those few words Fitzgerald summarizes the essence of Tom and Daisy's entire being. Another character whose entire being revolves around money is Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle stands at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder and money seems to be her only desire in life. She makes it abundantly clear when she speaks of her wedding ... I made a mistake. He borrowed somebody's best suit to get married in and never even told me about it, and the man came after it one day when he was out" (39). Myrtle has hoped for money however, all that her husband gave her was ele...

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... of Ashes; once someone is stuck there that is their final resting place. This is the place where the deaths and dreams for Jay Gatsby, Myrtle Wilson, and George Wilson, these characters die due to misconception and anger. Once a character is placed in the Valley of Ashes it is only a matter of time before ... point. This location is like the light at the end of the tunnel. While in New York City Tom Buchanan has a scandalous affair with Myrtle Wilson. She doesn't care about anyone except those who will help guide her on the correct path to improve her life, as she thought Tom would have...

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... you have Billy Flynn a master lie weaver. He spins lies for a living keeping women out of jail, for a hefty price. Part I: Character Analysis George Wilson, from the novel The Great Gatsby, is a shy, little man, who is dominated by his wife whom is way out of his league; and then we have ... (Fitzgerald, 123-124), he is pushed to limits and becomes psychotic. "It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener say Wilson's body a little way off" (Fitzgerald, 162) He couldn't take the thought of his wife's lover killing her and then being able to live ... their socia...

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... his arms out toward it, as if to grasp the green light. Tom Buchanan takes Nick into New York, and on the way they stop at George Wilson's garage. Tom has been having an affair with his wife, Myrtle, and Tom tells her to join them later in the city. The garage is in ... the 'valley of ashes,' as Fitzgerald describes it, a vast, desolate area. Other than Wilson's garage, the only other feature of note is a large advertisement for an optometrist, two large eyes that look over the barren area. When Tom and Nick arrive ... McKee. They gossip about Gatsby, who they believe to be related to t...

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... as better or worse than it really is (dictrionary.com). When Tom takes Nick to meet his mistress Myrtle, he talks about George Wilson, who is Myrtle's husband. He states, "Wilson? He think she goes to see her sister in New York. He's so dumb he doesn't know he's alive" (26 ... ). This is an example of exaggeration because someone cannot be so unintelligent that they do not know they are alive. Tom says this about Wilson because it is so obvious to everyone else that Myrtle is cheating on George except to George himself. He exaggerates the fact that he is dumb ... chooses to remain with B...

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... was evil for he felt betrayed and abandoned by his lovely wife, but being a man he saw nothing wrong with betraying his wife with another. George Wilson portrayed the last face of evil, for he represented jealousy and revenge. Although his jealousy was not misplaced the extent to which he exacted his revenge ... Daisy and Tom, torturing Jay with her incessant rants and her infidelity. Jay saw the small George Wilson and felt sympathy for him, he was an innocent in it all, but he ended up suffering the most. Wilson personified the feeling that lies hidden deep within all, churning and gro...

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... valley of the ashes where the most tragic occurrences take place; Tom has his affair with Myrtle, Daisy kills Myrtle with Gatsby's car, and George Wilson decides to murder Gatsby. The Valley of Ashes is a dismal place representing the moral descent of mankind. As a result of the continuing growth of capitalism ... advertisement that presents its undying presence looming above the ash-heaps, takes on significance when grief stricken George Wilson refers to it as God. While looking at the giant eyes after Myrtle's death, Wilson reveals he had taken his wife to the window just before she di...

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... other Neauveaux riche characters, such as Meyer Wolfsheim. Also the near death of the American dream can be seen in the working class people of Wilson and Myrtle. Unbridled materialism can be terrible and can have ghastly and horrid affects on the society, and of course, the American dream. ... to do with. Therefore, the working classes can work their entire lives and get absolutely nowhere. An excellent example of this inherent societal truth is Wilson. Wilson lives in the valley of ashes, representative of the land past the river Styx in Greek mythology, more commonly known as the Land...

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... green. The other car, the one going toward New York came to rest a hundred yards beyond, and its driver hurried back to where Myrtle Wilson, her life violently extinguished, knelt in the road and mingled her dark blood with the dust. (144-145) Since Fitzgerald obviously has no difficulty ... this case, any description of the accident is totally omitted. In fact, you cannot even be certain, until the end of the second paragraph, that Myrtle Wilson was, in fact, hit by a car. The same lack of detail is evident in Fitzgerald's depiction of Gatsby's death: The chauffeur " he ... there is a re...

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... and Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker, and Gatsby are all responsible of abandoning their morals for one reason or another. The people in poverty like Mrytle Wilson loses her perception on life and does many inappropriate acts. Many circumstances may have contributed to the outrageous acts that took place, or it just ... new money" Gatsby has to offer, she rudely avoids him. Daisy's lack of morals are clearly revealed in a hit-and-run which fatally kills Mrytle Wilson. Her refusal to take the blame for the tragic event shows how much she cares for others. Gatsby ultimately accepts responsibil...

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... eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckelburg. The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckelburg are seen on a billboard advertisement in the ash-heaps around the house and garage of George Wilson. These gigantic blue eyes without a face look out at the valley of ashes from behind a pair of yellow eyeglasses. This billboard advertisement takes on an added ... significance in Chapter 8. A grief-stricken George Wilson refers to it as God. While looking at the giant eyes after Myrtle's death Wilson reveals he had taken his wife to the window just before she died and told her, "God knows ... what you've been doing, everything y...

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... . F. Scott Fitzgerald revealed the negativity of this time period, opening viewers eyes to adapt to the lifestyle of society that wasn't so glamorous. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, Myrtle Wilson, and Tom Buchanan are all symbols of people in the lost generation in America during the early 1920's. Jay Gatsby was a man acknowledged for his riches, over the top parties ... 't repeat the past? Why of course you can!" (Fitzgerald 110) Gatsby was a fool to love by the false faces and emotions of society; a traditional man who didn't belong. Myrtle Wilson was a money hungry spouse and mistres...

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... Tom Buchanan's mistress...Myrtyle. Myrtyle and her husband live at her husbands place of work...a mechanic's garage.....Tom Buchanan previously made great efforts to get Nick to "see his girl." Wilson is interested in purchasing Toms car....There home is rather drab and does not seem to be fitting to a person as extravagant as Myrtyle...Myrtyle even dresses extravengently in her ... ." Myrtlye is a dashing person with noticeable features of which include her partyish clothes and demeanor.She totally ignores her husband,Wilson, upon here meeting with Tom and Nick and walks directly toward...

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... professional golfer who cheated in her first tournament in order to win. Jordan is cynical, boyish, and self-centered. Jordan is beautiful, but also dishonest. Myrtle Wilson: Tom's lover, which has a lifeless husband (George) that owns a run-down garage in the valley of ashes. Tom treats her as a simple object ... incredibly jealous of Daisy. After with a fight with her husband, she runs out into the street and is hit and killed by Gatsby's car. George Wilson: Myrtle's husband, the lifeless, exhausted owner of a run-down auto shop at the edge of the valley of ashes. George loves and ide...

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... . Throughout the novel, moral decadence is displayed by many members of the wealthy, ruthless upper-class society. For example, blatant adultery takes place throughout the novel. Tom Buchannan and Myrtle Wilson, both of whom have marriages with other people, arrange a meeting together in New York (Fitzgerald 30-31). Both Tom and Myrtle treat their spouses as their inferiors, and neither really ... people most commonly lie to advance or protect themselves. Lying not only promotes one's self, but it also deceives and takes advantage of others. Long after George Wilson kills Gatsby, Tom adm...

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... is constantly stressed within the American Dream. One feels as though their place is not good enough, and all they wish for is to move up in the world. Myrtle Wilson is a great example of a character who tries to attain the American Dream. She lives with her husband, George, in the Valley of Ashes, which is lower than the lower class ... . Just being in his presence makes her feel like a completely different person. An example of this on page 30 reads: "I like your dress," remarked Mrs. McKee, "I think it's adorable." Mrs. Wilson rejected the compliment by raising her eyebrow in disdain....

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... hopes give way to the dust of disappointment. Certainly Gatsby's dreams turn to ashes; and it is dramatically appropriate that the custodian of the Valley of Ashes, George Wilson, should be Gatsby's murderer. That Wilson is the demise of Gatsby's dream- and that the dream gives way to ashes- is made clear through descriptive detail. Over the desolate area, known as the ... also has occasion to brood over the ashes of the past, over the solemn dumping ground of worn out hopes" (Lehan 121). The death of Gatsby comes ironically from George Wilson's total misunderstanding of the world from ...

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... , of judgment. So who is doing the judgment? That is, in part, what the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg are there for. These eyes are from a billboard that looks over a wasteland including Wilson's garage. The eyes are always mentioned whenever Nick is there. They look over the situation, objectively, but offer a kind of judgment on the characters and their actions. They are placed ... near the Wilson's because that is where some of the most selfish acts take place such as Tom's affair with Myrtle Wilson. The relationship between the two can be described as a superficial relationship. Tom's secre...

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... for eleven years. And Toms the first sweetie she's ever had-[Pg 37], show how much Wilson is disregarded in their opinion. She fails to realize that despite their problems Wilson still loves her and in the end it is not Tom who actually mourns her, but Wilson. Yet during her life she treats him almost as if he is a burden and because ... ...

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... . Jordan frequently bends the truth on various subjects. During the evening, Nick receives information from Jordan regarding his cousin's marriage. He learns about Tom Buchanan's affair with a woman named Myrtle Wilson, who lives in the valley of the ashes. Myrtle is an independent woman who is desperately trying to get ahead in life. In the same night, Nick gains knowledge about ... the city and head back to East Egg, Gatsby and Daisy in Gatsby's car, while the others drive Tom's coupe. As Gatsby and Daisy are driving home, they pass George Wilson, Myrtle Wilson's husband, and his garag...

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... success. The difference in the attitudes between people in diverse social classes, not physical appearances, creates too many dissimilarities for a healthy relationship to work out. Myrtle, the wife of George Wilson, of the lower class, tries to jump into a higher social class through her affairs with Tom. Tom Buchanan is the reason that Myrtle tries to raise her social level to ... . Nick points this out to Gatsby, but he denies it, and he eventually falls victim to his own dream. "Jay Gatsby, has risen from much the same stratum as Myrtle Wilson. The limitations of this background fina...

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... Baker at that time. She is a professional golf player. After visiting East Egg, Nick and Tom Buchanan, who is Daisy's husband goes to New York. Tom takes his mistress Myrtle Wilson to an apartment where they have a party. After a while, Tom slaps Myrtle for not obeying him. After they are back from the New York, Nick got an invitation to Gatsby ... the way, Daisy hits Myrtle on purpose and leaves her like that on the road. Later Tom, Nick and Jordan discover that it was Gatsby's car that hit Daisy. George Wilson, who is Myrtle's husband, was very angry about her wife's death. He went to...

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