Stott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby includes two women: a "charming" (14) young woman and cousin of the narrator, Nick Carraway; Daisy Fay Buchanan, and a "sensuously" (28) captive wife of an impoverished character, George Wilson; Myrtle Wilson. ... Contrary to Daisy's personality, Myrtle Wilson has a superficial and robust charisma. When she is first introduced in The Great Gatsby, she is described as a very captivative and seductive woman. ... Similarly, Myrtle's character in The Great Gatsby is more course and indelicate than Daisy. ... Also, Myrtle turns...

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In The Great Gatsby, F. ... When Tom takes Nick to meet his mistress Myrtle, he talks about George Wilson, who is Myrtle's husband. ... Tom says this about Wilson because it is so obvious to everyone else that Myrtle is cheating on George except to George himself. ... In the end, Daisy chooses to remain with Buchanan, and Gatsby is murdered by the deranged husband of Myrtle Wilson, Buchanan's mistress, who had been accidentally run down and killed by Daisy. Buchanan serves as Gatsby's executioner; he allows George Wilson to believe that Gatsby had killed Myrtle (Trask 2)". ...

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When posed with the question, "How does Fitzgerald convey the theme of the American Dream throughout The Great Gatsby?" ... Jay Gatsby, the protagonist of The Great Gatsby, seems to represent this American Dream. ... Fitzgerald mentions Gatsby wearing a pink suit at one time in The Great Gatsby. ... Myrtle Wilson is a great example of a character who tries to attain the American Dream. ... There are many issues that can be analyzed within The Great Gatsby. ...

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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby, written by F.Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel about American lives amongst society in the 1920's. ... The Great Gatsby exemplifies how materialistic living from day to day is idealistic in pursuit of happiness. ... Gatsby and Myrtle Wilson are two characters who reach for higher living. ... Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, strives to achieve an accurate hypothesis of life during the nineteen twenties. ... Jay Gatsby goes to great lengths to recapture the past by regaining daisy's love. ...

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The Great Gatsby Group Pressure on the Individual: An individual has many pressures put on him/her from society. ... I think what he does with Myrtle is totally wrong. ... Triangles: the effects of jealousy are different on Tom, Gatsby and Myrtle. ... The way it affected Tom is he wanted something different but he didn't want to go out and marry Myrtle or break up the marriage. ... It affected Myrtle by making her want Tom and envying Daisy because she has him and Myrtle wants him and she cant have him. ...

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The Great Gatsby Essay In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. ... This statement reflects the main issues in The Great Gatsby such as aimlessness, carelessness, materialism and corruption. ... Every character mentioned in this novel is dishonest except for Wilson and Nick Carraway. ... Gatsby lies countless times about his past, Jordan cheats in golf and Myrtle lies to her husband about visiting her sister. ... All the characters in the novel excluding Wilson and Gatsby have almost no family values whatsoever. ...

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Exploring the theme of "appearance vs. reality" 18/4/03 in "The Great Gatsby" In "The Great Gatsby", the theme of "appearance vs. reality" is explored in great detail. ... He even compares her to money when he says, "Her voice is full of money" (The Great Gatsby 115). ... Also, Daisy is actually a killer, because of her self-centredness and carelessness that leads her to running down Myrtle Wilson on the road while she is driving the car. ... She is also responsible for Gatsby's death, because she lets Gatsby take the ...

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The Roaring-twenties, characterized the 1920's in American cities such a New York and Chicago, the setting for the novel, The Great Gatsby and the movie, Chicago. ... In The Great Gatsby, Jay throws fantastically wild, extravagant parties for the soul purpose of meeting Daisy there just once. ... Part I: Character Analysis George Wilson, from the novel The Great Gatsby, is a shy, little man, who is dominated by his wife whom is way out of his league; and then we have Amos Hart, from the Movie Chicago, is just as kind and innocent as Wilson. ... Wilson becomes physically sick when Myrtles...

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The novel, The Great Gatsby by F. ... It is in the valley of the ashes where the most tragic occurrences take place; Tom has his affair with Myrtle, Daisy kills Myrtle with Gatsby's car, and George Wilson decides to murder Gatsby. ... Another symbol of great importance is Gatsby's house. ... Although it is seen that Gatsby will cave in eventually, Wilson provides an instant picture of what Gatsby will soon become. ... The Great Gatsby is a great portrayal of the corruption of society and the fall of the American Dream. ...

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The Great Gatsby - The American DreamThe Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby, a novel by F. ... This dream has varying significances for different people but in The Great Gatsby, for Jay, the dream is that through wealth and power, one can acquire happiness. ... He is convinced of this as is shown when he takes the blame for Myrtle's death. ... The situations in the lives of the characters show the worthlessness of materialism, the futile quest of Myrtle and Gatsby, and how America s moral values had diminished- through the actions of Daisy, Tom, Jordan, and Gatsby's party guests. ... "Jus...

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In his novel The Great Gatsby (1925) F. ... Gatsby. ... Jay Gatsby has a soul. ... Another character whose entire being revolves around money is Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle stands at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder and money seems to be her only desire in life. ...

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The Great Gatsby --Literary Essay. ... Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, this figurative form of blindness is used to describe the majority of characters, but this trait is mostly obvious in the characters of Daisy, Myrtle and Gatsby. ... And Toms the first sweetie she's ever had-[Pg 37], show how much Wilson is disregarded in their opinion. She fails to realize that despite their problems Wilson still loves her and in the end it is not Tom who actually mourns her, but Wilson. ... We can see this when after Myrtle's death when Nick tells Gatsby to leave town and Gatsby refu...

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The Great Gatsby The 1920s was a time in American History where the white-collar men and the socially elite lived a life laced with luxury. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel the Great Gatsby, morality played a huge factor in how the reader views the people of the 1920s. ... Myrtle Wilson also felt this way, thus her purist of Tom Buchanan, Daisy's husband. ... Even though the characters in the Great Gatsby, and man! ... Another example is Myrtle. ...

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The Great Gatsby, often considered F. ... She never tells anyone that it was her and not Gatsby who was driving when Myrtle was killed. In turn, Wilson kills Gatsby and then himself- meaning three people died because Daisy didn't accept responsibility. ... When she kills Myrtle, she is at her most careless, however, there is no consequence because Gatsby saves her from it. ... Daisy also displays her immaturity when she kills Myrtle and allows Gatsby to take the blame for it. ...

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Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald explores the pursuit and reality of the American Dream through his wishful protagonist, Jay Gatsby. ... In The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan represents the ideals of Jay Gatsby's American Dream and causes Gatsby to conform to an idealistic life in his pursuit of her. ... Soon enough after, Gatsby is killed mistakenly by George Wilson, the husband of Myrtle Wilson, the mistress of Tom Buchanan, who was struck and killed by a yellow car driven by Daisy and passengered by Gatsby. ... Gatsby chases Daisy and with her, he seeks to attain t...

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Great? ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby we see the constant battle between morality and secularism, mainly through his use of symbolism. ... This is the point in the novel when George mourns the loss of his wife Myrtle. ... (Pg167) Obviously to Wilson, the eyes had a deeper meaning, while to Michaelis it meant nothing. ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, such a great success, however some critics don't agree. ...

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In the book, The Great Gatsby, by F. ... Also the near death of the American dream can be seen in the working class people of Wilson and Myrtle. ... Even Gatsby, the character we, the readers, are supposed to like the best, is materialistic. ... An excellent example of this inherent societal truth is Wilson. ... WILSON. ...

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Scott Fitzgerald also depicts the rebellious young adults of the roaring 20's in his novel The Great Gatsby. ... Tom is also having an affair with Myrtle Wilson. When Myrtle is run over and killed, someone claims they saw Gatsby's car commit the crime. ... In The Great Gatsby, Tom and Daisy Buchanan both are having love affairs. Tom, with a married woman named Myrtle and Daisy with Jay Gatsby. ...

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