Nick's cousin, Daisy Buchanan lives in East Egg, and is also a character of this play. ... She plays Golf and she represents the new women of 1920's. She is a selfish and dishonest women because she cheated while playing golf in a tournament. ... Myrtle is very poor so she sticks with Tom out of town lying to her husband. ... Like Gatsby, sometimes I feel like I will do anything to get my man if something happens to our relationship. ...

• Word Count: 1547
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

But it's no surprise why the people of the Valley of Ashes disillusion themselves in this gloomy town. ... Color plays a major part of the symbolism in the novel. ... Although Scrimgeour saw his styling as a problem, he also states, "The Great Gatsby is of course brilliant and its historical position as one of the earliest American novels to attempt twentieth century techniques guarantees it a major position in our literary hierarchy." ...

• Word Count: 1284
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Tom and Daisy ARE money: " and then drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together. ( p.12) "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed things up and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made." (p.186) Even for Myrtle it is the acquisition of vulgar objects which lifts her out of the poverty of her situation: "At the news-stand she bought a copy of Town Tattle and a moving-picture magazine...she let ...

• Word Count: 1337
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Much of our literature is based on the time of which it was written. Society as a whole, its people ad events as well as the author's living environment, play a big role in how a piece of work turns out. ... They"re both small-town westerners trying to make it in a big Eastern city. ...

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

Although most people view this period as a happy, enjoyable, innocent time in our countries" history, Fitzgerald had an opposing idea. ... In Fitzgerald's novel, the town is split into two sections which are East and West Egg. ... They "play both sides of the fence" so that they won't fail to spot any opportunities that could benefit themselves. ... If everyone applies these lessons to their lives, we can improve our society and ourselves. ...

• Word Count: 1839
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

"The victor belongs to the spoils" -Anthony Patch (p.188) "There is only one lesson to be learned from life... That there's no lesson to be learned from life." -Gloria Pa...

• Word Count: 2828
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School