However in F.Scott Fitzgerald's, The Great Gatsby the three main characters, Daisy, Jordan, and Myrtle, are modern women. ... In The Great Gatsby Daisy Buchanan is portrayed as shallow, ditzy, and foolish. ... She lets Gatsby take blame over killing Myrtle which in the end gets Gatsby killed. ... Myrtle Wilson is portrayed to be foolish and adulterous. Myrtle is married to George Wilson which owns a car garage in The Valley of Ashes. ...

• Word Count: 552
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

In Fitzgerald's book, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald illustrates the theme, "Outward appearances can be deceiving." ... At first, we are lead to believe that she is a very happy person, as Gatsby's love. ... We see that Gatsby is pursuing the woman he loves. But Daisy ends up inadvertently causing Gatsbys death by killing Myrtle in the car accident, which set Wilson into a psychotic mood. Gatsby himself has an outside appearance that is deceiving. ...

• Word Count: 338
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Eckleburg in The Great Gatsby Henry David Thoreau once said, "Men have become the tools of their tools." This statement very closely follows the underlying meaning of the Great Gatsby. ... That idea, is indirectly portrayed throughout the Great Gatsby through the symbolic character of Dr. ... They are placed near Wilson's because that is where some of the most selfish acts take place: Myrtle's death, Tom's affair. ... Throughout the Great Gatsby every tragedy, use of color, and major occurrence relates to Dr. ...

• Word Count: 708
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Fitzgerald uses this form of writing in his novel, The Great Gatsby. The writings and characters of The Great Gatsby, arguable an American literature masterpiece, were greatly influenced and mirrored Fitzgerald's private and social life. ... Although Gatsby was compared a great deal to Fitzgerald he also had characteristics of other people Fitzgerald knew. ... Jordan Baker was a great golf champ. ... This is similar to Tom and his relationship with Myrtle. ...

• Word Count: 1897
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School