1. Great Gatsby
"She dreamed by day of never again having to put on tight shoes, of never having to laugh and listen and admire, of never being a good sport. ... (II 4) Hazel has modeled her facade to live up to the stereotypical "dizzy blonde" (I 5) because that's what men want and expect of her. ...
He had on a dress suit and patent leather shoes, and I couldn't keep my eyes off him, but every time he looked at me I had to pretend to be looking at the advertisement over his head. ... All I kept thinking, over and over, was 'You can't live forever; you can't live forever" (42). ...
At a young age, Jimmy Gatz decides that he doesn't want to live life as an average man. ... "His hospitality secures him a hold on many peoples" memories, but Fitzgerald is quick to point up the emptiness of this: Klipspringer cares more about his lost tennis shoes than Gatsby's death" (Bruccoli 47). ...
" "I heard that he killed a man once" " Tom and Daisy Bunchnan lived on the West Egg .It is where the "Old money" lives , where authentic breathtaking palaces stand , but behind these lovely palaces , are unhappy relationships , love affairs and self-centered irresponsible people. ... Tom then pushes the accusations onto Gatsby , and when Nick conforts him about it , he says "That fellow (Gatsby) had it coming to him" Tom and Daisy believed with their money and wealth , they could " smashed up things then retreated back into their money , or vast carelessness or whatever it was that ke...