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Daisy was an extremely arrogant person. Daisy showed her arrogance by the way she thought so highly of herself and that she was better than everybody else. In the movie Daisy tells Gatsby that “a rich girl can never be with a poor man.” When Daisy said this she was portraying that she couldn't risk being with him because it would make her look bad. Daisy said that knowing Gatsby loved her and that he would go find a way to be with her, he even changed his name, but she was too proud to realize that all she really needed was him not him to have money.
Despicable Daisy What makes a person despicable? Daisy is one of the most despicable characters in the novel The Great Gatsby by F.Scouts Fitzgerald. While Daisy appears to be an admirable character Daisy has killed. Whereas gatsby the truly admirable character only tries to show daisy love. Daisy is considered one of the most despicable characters for her murdering Myrtle.
Throughout the narrative, Nick becomes disgusted by careless people which results in his desire to condemn others for their selfish actions and his choice to go back home. Ewing Klipspringer is a very careless character in The Great Gatsby. He benefited probably more than anyone from Gatsby, he was always at the parties and basically lived there. People even called him the boarder, as in a boarding house or hotel. Even though Klipspringer was living rent-free and benefiting from Gatsby, he never went to Gatsby’s funeral.
Gatsby loved Daisy, in his way. In chapter 6, after Gatsby’s party which Tom and Daisy attended, Jay reveals to Nick how he and Daisy fell in love. He explain that when he kissed her, he fell deeply in love with her. Weather one kiss can being about that kind of enduring love is questionable and certainly a strong argument can be made that what Jay loved was the idea of Daisy more than Daisy herself. She was, after all, beautiful and rich.
Great Gatsby The Webster dictionary describes responsibility as the state of being the primary cause of something and therefore, able to be blamed or credited for it. Tom, Daisy and Gatsby are three characters in the literary work The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald who take no responsibility for their actions, due to this fact the lives of others are destroyed. Daisy a beautiful temptress is the type of woman that seldom takes responsibility for any wrong doing within her life.
When the idea of the 1920’s comes up the first thought is “the roaring twenties” with parties, wealth, and dancing. Often the issues of the time are forgotten. However, The Great Gatsby stands as a window into the social system of the 1920’s. With references to racism and prohibition, Fitzgerald created a story that gives a sense of society at this time. However, the most evident issue is the sexism often portrayed.
In F. Scott Fitzgerald novel “The Great Gatsby”, the character George Wilson shoots Gatsby dead. But who is really to blame for his demise? Daisy Buchanan is the real person to blame because she lead gatsby to believe she would leave Tom for him and because she should have admitted to her mistakes. Daisy Buchanan plays her share in the blame for Jay Gatsby’s death because of the way she treated Gatsby. Daisy leads Gatsby on by letting him think she was gonna leave her husband while they run away together “... she realized at last what she was doing - and as though she had never, all along, intended doing anything at all” (132).
In addition to Tom Buchanan’s hatred for Gatsby, Tom can be labeled as responsible for Gatsby’s death as a result of Tom’s affair, his lie, and his carelessness. While Daisy did lead Gatsby on with a minor relationship, her decision arose from Tom’s unfaithful love for her as he had an affair with Myrtle Wilson. If Tom had shown Daisy undying love for her, there would not have been a reason for Daisy to have feelings for Gatsby once again. When George went out in search for Myrtle’s killer, he stopped at the Buchanan’s house. During their conversation, Tom mentions that Gatsby had been responsible for hitting Myrtle with the car and killing her.
The narrator of the story, Nick Carraway proclaims himself to be “one of the few honest people” that he has known and he says that because his father told him “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone… just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you’ve had,” so he is “inclined to reserve all judgments.” He moved to “West Egg” on Long Island from the Middle West to “learn the bond business” because in his eyes, the Middle West became “the ragged edge of the universe.” He has an internal conflict on his feelings of New York. West egg is “new money” and East Egg is “old money.” He enjoys “the racy, adventurous feel of it,” but ultimately believes there is a “quality of distortion” about it.
Does money buy happiness?Daisy Buchanan for example believes affluency equals happiness. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald, the story follows a group of socialites and their interactions with the trials and tribulations of life. Through Daisy Buchanan thirst for wealth, she sacrifices her happiness. Daisy surrendered the tenderness of love and bliss when she decided to wed Tom Buchanan. She was first in love with Jay Gatsby “ They were so engrossed with each other… the officer looked at Daisy ….
In the novel, one character who stands out the greatest as trying to fulfill his dreams is Jay Gatsby. He has the most determination out of all the characters in the book. Gatsby begins to become well known when he starts to become rich. He lives in a giant mansion, and hosts extravagant parties due to him, believing wealth will solve his problems. One of the reasons he strives to be successful and rich is so that he can win over the love of his life, Daisy, and pursue happiness.
In The Great Gatsby, buy F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby is irrevocably in love with Daisy Buchanan. When he met her before he left for the war, he wanted nothing more than to stay and be with her and make a life for them. But Daisy's flawed mind made her unable to choose between Gatsby and Tom. Daisy should've picked Gatsby, because everything he did, was for her, to make her happy. His love and loyalty towards her is everlasting.
A woman who is in love with two men that are both equally wealthy, who does she end up choosing? Citizens in modern-day America think the only possible way for them to experience happiness is to be very wealthy. Daisy Buchanan shows readers of what modern-day people think about having in their life. From F. Scott Fitzgerald book The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan reveals that the only way to find happiness is within money, even if that means making a lot of wrong decisions, which is even more true in modern-day America. One moment when Daisy Buchanan is showing that she is choosing money is when she is at Gatsby’s for the first time.
Gatsby is obsessed with his own idea of who Daisy is and what he remembers her as, “Almost five years! There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams - not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion” (page 95). Gatsby goes through great lengths in order to become who he thinks Daisy would want, “He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths--so he could 'come over' some afternoon to a stranger's garden” (page 63).
In the start of the Industrial Revolution, it allowed for big business to thrive, however big businesses started to rise and the stock market started to boom. However in 1929 the stock market crashed because millions started trying to invest or borrow money to buy stocks causing prices to soar and the market to plunge down losing 50% of their stock value. The New Deal, created by President Franklin D Roosevelt, allowed for prosperity post Great Depression creating new jobs, new public projects, and programs that benefited all Americans. In the start of the Industrial Revolution, it allowed for big business to thrive, however big businesses started to rise and the stock market started to boom.
