When measuring the priorities in Daisy's life, money and social class come first, before love and family. ... Daisy may not love Tom the way that she does Gatsby, but obviously the money and social status that Tom represents is more important to her than true love. ... When Gatsby first met Daisy in Louisville Gatsby had to lie about his wealth and social status in order for him to win Daisy's heart. ... Daisy is somewhat delusional in the fact that she thinks that the money and social status can bring her happiness. ... Instead she "feed" off of Tom's social status and wealth,...

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When measuring the priorities in Daisy's life, money and social class come first, before love and family. ... Daisy may not love Tom the way that she does Gatsby, but obviously the money and social status that Tom represents is more important to her than true love. ... When Gatsby first met Daisy in Louisville Gatsby had to lie about his wealth and social status in order for him to win Daisy's heart. ... Daisy is somewhat delusional in the fact that she thinks that the money and social status can bring her happiness. ... Instead she "feed" off of Tom's social status and wealth,...

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Many of the characters in this novel are striving towards greater wealth and status. ... Those who are already on the top of the financial and social ladder are a mockery to the American dream as well, they are careless and self-absorbed. ... The theme of social status and class is very important in this novel. ... Nick and Gatsby live in West Egg which is for people who have the money but don't have status to back it up. ... knows she can never really be with him because he lacks the status that she needs. ...

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Many of the characters in this novel are striving towards greater wealth and status. ... Those who are already on the top of the financial and social ladder are a mockery to the American dream as well, they are careless and self-absorbed. ... The theme of social status and class is very important in this novel. ... Nick and Gatsby live in West Egg which is for people who have the money but don't have status to back it up. ... Daisy has fun with Gatsby but knows she can never really be with him because he lacks the status that she needs. ...

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In Fitzgerald's novel the most common dream was wealth, power, and social status. ... Strong social class lines were drawn during this era and more often then not people of lower status believed that their ills and perils would be relived if they had the opportunity to reach higher social status. ... y of the social elite of the 20s and even possibly today, would say other wise, money cannot buy true happiness. ... The social elite in this era seemed to be more then willing to sacrifice morality in order to gain more wealth. ... The people who had the wealth appeared to live precociously,...

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Through the status that wealth is associated with, he can live the lavish life he feels is necessary to win the love of Daisy. ... Generally, when people get married it is because they love one another, but in The Great Gatsby, the upper class' weddings are mainly for social purposes. ... It is obvious that they are not truly in love but they are married because their social standings make them perfect for one another. ... Success is often measured by how much you have worked in your life, this also represents status. Daisy's status is high, one of a wealthy woman, but she has no...

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She also claims high status in New York City and refuses to socialize with those of lower status, like the Millers. ... Costello takes the family's familiarity with Eugenio to be an example of their lack of social breeding. ... Most of the action involves Daisy's social missteps, followed by discussion of those missteps. Characters constantly refer to their social statuses and are engaged in bettering their places. Such social maneuvering was crucial in late nineteenth century society, both in Europe and in America. ...

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As Jay Gatsby displays throughout the novel, The Great Gatsby, he will do anything and everything to rekindle the love he had with Daisy including changing his social status to please her. ... Gatsby, in order to make his dream of loving and being loved by Daisy reality, he resorts to wearing the "gold hat" and "bouncing high" to minimize their difference in social statuses. ... However, he doesn't throw these parties because he enjoys the social event, as he often doesn't attend his own parties. ...

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The characters in this novel, all lose their morals in attempt to find their desired place in the social world. ... She loses all sense of morality by hurting others in her futile attempt to join the ranks of Tom's social class. ... With the hope of being accepted into an upper social class, Myrtle's morals and prior beliefs are gone, being replaced by the false impression that by betraying her loving husband, this new social world will embrace her. ... The different characters each through their actions betray their morals to achieve a different status in society. ... In the end, gi...

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The characters in this novel, all lose their morals in attempt to find their desired place in the social world. ... She loses all sense of morality by hurting others in her futile attempt to join the ranks of Tom's social class. ... With the hope of being accepted into an upper social class, Myrtle's morals and prior beliefs are gone, being replaced by the false impression that by betraying her loving husband, this new social world will embrace her. ... The different characters each through their actions betray their morals to achieve a different status in society. ... In the end, gi...

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When Gatsby became acquainted with Dan Cody, it further pushed Gatsby's desires for the wealthy social class. ... Daisy and Tom are "old money" while Gatsby is "new money" and not accepted into their social class even still. The American Dream seems to be an illusion assimilated with wealth and status. ...

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That has become important to her, whereas the women Gatsby has lusted after all these years cared more about love than wealth or status. ... People change, and let status and money affect them in some way, even those people who we believe will never change, do. ... Perhaps the greatest lesson which can be learned by reading "The Great Gatsby" is not one of social status or morals, but rather to question and ponder everything, because if real life is anything like the story (and I believe that it is) then there could be hidden messages anywhere....

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Gatsby becomes infatuated with Daisy Buchanan's aura of wealth and status when first introduced to her in 1917. ... While his ultimate goal is Daisy, Gatsby is also determined to acquire wealth and status because those are Daisy's characteristics that truly intrigue him. ... As a means to raise his status throughout Long Island, Gatsby throws lavish, weekly parties in which "people [are] not invited "they [go]- (45). ... At that point, Gatsby will too have risen to a high enough social ranking that Daisy will not feel out of place with him. ... Gatsby chases Daisy and wi...

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Fitzgerald exhibits the moral deterioration, the desire to obtain the "American Dream", and how American ideals are different with the actual social conditions that exist in society, through Nick Caraway's eyes in the novel The Great Gatsby. ... Gatsby fought to fit himself into another social group, the one of "old money", and made his fate rest upon it. ... Tom was a man of complete social status. ...

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Fitzgerald portrays the newly rich as being vulgar and lacking in social graces and taste. ... He was willing to do anything to gain the social position he thought necessary to win Daisy. ... People in East Egg have no worries because they already have a status, while the people who have just received wealth still have a ways to go before establishing themselves as a success. This causes people in East Egg to be snobs and bullies because they have a social security while West Eggers do not, they must build friendships and touch people's hearts by being nice and understanding to gain th...

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Scott Fitzgerald clearly shows the different social roles of women in 1920's society. ... All she cares about is her social status, what place she takes in the eyes of society and money. ... Unlike Daisy she is free of social judgment and does not depend on anyone, but herself including men. ... Jordan was not an exception, she was a feminist, as she seeks a life without judgment, she wants to be free sexually and socially, she is seeking independence, social and psychological. ... They started to realize that without a social revolution, women will not be able to establish an equal place...

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Driving Ms. Daisy Arguably, there are multiple candidates for protagonist in "The Great Gatsby," but Daisy Buchanan stands above the rest. The protagonist is clearly Daisy because of her conflicts with the other characters, the sympathy invoked by Daisy and her situation, and the novel's revolut...

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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitsgerald, is about the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its imaginative goals. The attempt to capture the American Dream is common in many novels. This dream is different for different people, but in The Great Gat...

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Automobiles became the symbol of status, the thing everyone needed to have. ... But what seemed to be overlooked was the reality of social class divisions. ... He believes that money is the key to unlocking the door to a higher social standing in the upper class East Egg, and ultimately, to the object of his dream, Daisy Buchanan. ... Gatsby does not believe in social boundaries. ... But the social boundaries get in the way, and Daisy would rather keep the prestige of old money. ...

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She then married Tom, who had a higher social status than Gatsby at the time. ... A professor would choose this novel to show their students how social stratification exists in our everyday life. ... Just like in any social group. ... He made his way up the social ladder through determination and hard work....

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On the other hand, in reality the pursuit of wealth and materialism along with relaxed social standards have spoiled this dream. ... In addition, Gatsby's dream of winning Daisy is spoilt by the difference in their respective social statuses, and the uncontrollable growth of materialism that characterizes Daisy's lifestyle, as she is always impressed by wealth and valuable possessions such as when Daisy sees Gatsby's enormous house and she is very thrilled and amazed by this, as she says, "That huge place there?"... On the contrary, the reality was that the 1920s was actually an...

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It shows that Daisy is a very innocent woman that does not have any mean intentions and does never mean to cause harm as long as it does not affect her status. ... This group of people includes Daisy, Tom, Gatsby and many other people belonging of the same social class. ...

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The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about the corruption of the American Dream, and the downfall of those who try to reach its goals. The attempt to capture the American Dream is a theme in many novels. The novel shows that the 20th century is a wasteland and a corruption of the ori...

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So this representation is possibly giving Gatsby that it is a good idea to go ahead with trying to gain status in society and rekindle his love with Daisy without hesitation. The green light is important within the novel because it is a symbol of hope in regards of Gatsby's hopes and dreams of increasing social standings and winning Daisy back. ...

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Often with wealthy families, sanctioned marriages of nobility that have more to do with power and social arrangements occur, and Daisy and Tom's marriage is an example of this. ... Her dream would be to have Tom, but she knows that Tom would never leave Daisy for someone of Myrtle's status, so the closest thing she has to that is George. ...

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