However, Daisy's true character is anything but those things. Daisy's character is that of a "vampire", she "smashes up things and then retreats back to her money and lets other people clean up the mess". Her "vampire" like character is shown by her selfishness, reliance on men, and the way she needs great wealth in her life, as a vampire would need blood. When measuring the priorities in Daisy's life, money and social class come first, before love and family. ... Daisy's selfish and materialistic character is her ultimate downfall. ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

However, Daisy's true character is anything but those things. Daisy's character is that of a "vampire", she "smashes up things and then retreats back to her money and lets other people clean up the mess". Her "vampire" like character is shown by her selfishness, reliance on men, and the way she needs great wealth in her life, as a vampire would need blood. When measuring the priorities in Daisy's life, money and social class come first, before love and family. ... Daisy's selfish and materialistic character is her ultimate downfall. ...

• Word Count: 851
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Each one of the characters in the novel, have a certain dream that they want to live. ... It brings out the point that Americans measure happiness on money, material objects and material achievements, instead of purpose, dignity or love. ...

• Word Count: 526
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

During the writing process Fitzgerald was inspired by his own life and some of his own characteristics can be found in the two male lead characters. ... Most of the characters in the novel are members of the upper class and are very rich. ... These characters, the newly rich, are the citizens of the West Egg. ... „He hadn't once ceased at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes. ... The characters from the East Egg, such as Daisy and her husband Tom Buchanan, represent the old aristocracy. ...

• Word Count: 956
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Fitzgerald uses wealth and social status to define Gatsby's character, which is exemplified by his lavish parties and the dignitaries who attend them. ... Nick says in his narration, "he hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes- (97). ... However, this power to dream is Gatsby's greatest quality because it gives a dimension to his character that is not apparent in anyone else in the novel. ... However, he is able to see through this dislike of Gatsby's char...

• Word Count: 1340
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Jay Gatsby, the novel's title character, exemplified The American Dream through his accumulation of substantial wealth, however shadowed from the public were his true means of acquiring immediate fortune. ... Gatsby's mysterious figure brings about abstract hearsay concerning his character. ... "He hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes." ...

• Word Count: 900
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Everything revolves around Daisy; he even "revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes." ... The very phrases were worn so threadbare that they evoked no image except that of a turbaned 'character'- (Fitzgerald 70) When asked by the narrator about his Midwest origins, "Gatsby ignorantly, but elegantly, tells him San Francisco, geography losing to the pretensions of the romantic imagination." ...

• Word Count: 1325
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In his book "The Great Gatsby-, using the character of Gatsby, Fitzgerald shows how Gatsby's dream led to his irresistible need for material wealth, ultimately leading to the death of a great man. The main character in the book, Jay Gatsby, was affluent, but it was all part of a dream, a dream that never expires, a dream that stayed with Gatsby till his dying day. ... "He hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes-(Fitzgerald 96-97). ...

• Word Count: 2638
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Whilst striving to attain the dream the central characters of the texts exhibit different emotions; exhaustion and energy. ... Another character that oozes with energy is Myrtle; who seems alive and vibrant. ... He parades his house and possessions in front of Daisy. " I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes." ... He appears to be a dubious character; he mentions that his cuff links were composed of the "finest speci...

• Word Count: 3225
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School