... promised Gatsby when he got back from war they would get married, but she did otherwise. Tom is having an affair with Myrtle, and Daisy acts clueless to the fact that he is constantly adulterous. When she sees Gatsby and how wealthy he has become she falls for him all over again. This proves that she only married Tom for his money. "I did ... 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. S...

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• Grade Level: High School

... make Eveline want to escape. b) Eveline's father is a shadowy but menacing bully who has ruined her mother's life and is set to ruin hers. Eveline's father is the repressive authority in her life. She is helpless to break away from him. c) The weight of poverty and family responsibilities bear down on this young woman heavily; her financial situation is very bad. She is trapped ... in an ugly situation, responsible for her siblings and the aging father who abuses her. Paralysis is a common theme in Dubliners, and poor Eveline finds herself unable to move forward. She hasn't got enough c...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Boarding School in Hackensack, New Jersey, before enrolling at Princeton in 1913. After nearly four years of bad grades and poor health Fitzgerald dropped out of Princeton without a degree and joined the Army as a second lieutenant. It was while he was on duty in the Army outside of Montgomery Alabama where he met his soon to be wife Zelda Sayre. F. Scott Fitzgerald was never ... even deeper blow was thrown at his marriage when his wife became involved with a French naval aviator. The couple then returned home in 1931 to try and get back on track. Unfortunately in the early 1930's his w...

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• Grade Level: High School

... ."(104) he also "never accepted them as his parents at all." (104) . As he grew older he became very ambitious and set off to become rich and famous. He eventually enrolled as a military officer stationed in Louisville, Kentucky where he met the love of his life, Daisy. Their love did not last long given that he had to go fight in WWI. Daisy ... breaks that promise when she marries Tom Buchanon. On hearing the news and upon his return home, Gatsby rededicated his life with even more fervor towards attaining wealth and social status that will recapture the heart of Daisy. Forever enthrall...

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• Grade Level: High School