Faith Anez-Robinson Mrs. Kraus College Literature 10 October Characters of Gatsby Through out the years the American culture has changed significantly. The values and goals have gone from very conservative, to more carefree outgoing lifestyles. This is especially true for women during the 1920s. Even though women did not have as many rights as men did at the time, they knew how to make up for their disadvantage.
At the end of Daisy’s dock is a green light, every night he stares across the bay into that green light. This may seem stalkerish to some people but in all reality to Gatsby the green light represents a goal. This goal is a representation of his hopes and dreams of being successful and being with Daisy. Gatsby soon figures out that he has moved next store to Daisy’s cousin Nick, and because of this Gatsby becomes good friends with Nick to become closer to Daisy. In the dictionary stalking is unwanted or an obsessive attention by an individual or group towards another person.
“Million Dollar Man,” sung by Lana Del Rey describes the relationship between Daisy and Gatsby because it discloses the conflicts within their relationship and their feelings. The song title itself accurately describes Gatsby’s character because he is a wealthy “million dollar man” who is sought after only for his wealth and status. The first two lines of the song relate to when Gatsby and Daisy had to say their goodbyes because Gatsby was leaving to fight in the war. It can be inferred that during their last few moments together, Gatsby told Daisy about how much he loves her and how she is “the most exotic flower” to him because Daisy reciprocated the same feelings and agreed to wait for his return from war. The lines “I don’t know how you convince them and get them, but I don’t know what you do, it’s unbelievable,” refers to how no one is certain of how Gatsby obtained his wealth due to his business dealings being illegitimate, yet he continues to fool everyone into overlooking the truth.
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, we meet a character named Jay Gatsby, we see how he can’t move on and how he is stuck in the past. Reading The Great Gatsby made me realize that I am going to have to move on in life and you can't stay in the past or it will hurt more than you realized. Many scenes show that Jay Gatsby is stuck in the past and that he can't move on, and we see closer to the end of the book that this affects him. In the story, we see how Gatsby loves Daisy even after not seeing her for years. Daisy has since moved on and is now married to Tom Buchanan.
The Change of Gatsby’s Identity All people on earth have their own identities, it defines who they are as a human being. Identity is not fixed, as a person grows and learns more about themselves and the world, their identity changes. Experiencing hardships in life will also help shape one’s identity. After reading The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald, the development of the identities of various characters is clearly demonstrated. In particular, the development of Jay Gatsby’s identity is shown most prominently.
In the book, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatz tried to relive his past life. He changed his values, attitude, and his entire life for her. Gatsby left his hometown and began to live in across Daisy’s dock and became a bootlegger. His search for the love of Daisy continues and eventually led to his demise. Gatsby carried his values and actions over to his present life.
In the novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays women in an extremely negative light. The idea Fitzgerald gives off is that women are only good for their looks and their bodies and that they should just be a sex symbol rather than actually use their heads. He treats women like objects and the male characters in the novel use women, abuse women, and throw them aside. I believe that Daisy, Jordan and Myrtle are prime examples of women in The Great Gatsby being treated poorly.
F. Scott Fitzgerald utilizes names to represent his characters' various personalities throughout the novel. This is most evident in Tom Buchanan's two lovers, Daisy and Myrtle. A daisy is a popularly planted flower type but flowers, albeit beautiful for a period of time, will eventually decay. This symbolizes the character Daisy because she begins with the appearance of being innocent and beautiful but it is later revealed that she is unfaithful and wanted money more than true love. This is evident in the hotel room where Daisy revealed her love for Tom in addition to her love for Gatsby.
Quote: “Her voice is full of money.” (Fitzgerald 120.) Context: It was one of the hottest days yet.
Malak Aldajain Marjory Hutchison de Medina ENGL2250 June 6th, 2016 A Character Study Daisy in The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a widely-known piece by Scott Fitzgerald, a prominent American author. The novel is known for its well-developed characters and is regarded a masterpiece by many scholars. The story is primarily focused on an individual named Jay Gatsby and his relationships with Daisy Buchanan.
In "The Great Gatsby" characters like Daisy and Myrtle portray the restrictive gender roles throughout the 1920's. Revealing that these characters are limited to live to their full potential, Fitzgerald ultimately supports the restraints of the patriarchy. He presents Daisy as a “good girl” and Myrtle as a “bad girl”, eventually leading them to the same future of relying on a male figure. Daisy conforms to the restrictive gender roles of the 1920’s, while also challenging the limits of these roles. Female roles are defined as obedient, fragile, and oblivious.
Jay Gatsby, a man of many feelings towards a variety of things. He was a romantic character in the book, The Great Gatsby, in a world of reality. He funded all of his initiative, not caring about the correct way to earn it, just in order to impress a woman with his wealth. All of the choices he made in his life were for Daisy Buchanan, the lady of his dreams. Gatsby exaggerating to impress, Daisy continuously on his mind and being his trophy correspond to being a romantic dreamer whose pursuit is heroic.
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, the protagonist Jay Gatsby pits himself against an evocative past that engendered both unpleasant and pleasant events to occur. Each fragment of Gatsby’s past played a fundamental role in how he interacted with certain characters and situations, his social status, as well as how individuals regarded him. An individual’s past possesses the power to haunt their present and future because people are inclined to live their lives according to what they’ve experienced. Fitzgerald further demonstrates this by revealing to the audience of Gatsby’s past about his former love Daisy Buchanan, origins, and the lessons learnt by Dan Cody.
The importance of reading The Great Gatsby is shown through how the women were treated in the 1920s through their status of the women caring about wealth and acceptance, and how the women use their beauty as an advantage in order to live a better life, and their unique personalities and attitudes of the women reflect and construct the American Dream. All ranks of social status are read in the novel from the women in the novel, there is a gap of wealth and acceptance. How their differences creates hope within citizens of Americans that the dream is possible. How Daisy was born into a wealthy family and her status represents the goal of the American Dream that everyone wants to achieve. This also interpret the American dream by not working hard for it, and how Daisy is lucky to be born into a wealthy family and she did not have to do the hard work.
The New Era Woman The Great Gatsby takes place in the 1920’s where there was a vast change in social life. Women were gaining more and more rights. They were able to voice their opinions on matters and people take hem more serious. As so, the role of the women in The Great Gatsby is seen completely exactly from what the new type of women was in the 1920’s.
