Before the advent of making hair into jewelry, people used to give their sweethearts and loved ones locks of their hair as mementos and as tokens of affection that was proper for a young lady to receive. ... On the contrary, she was likely to have been a conventional middle class lady going about her fancywork. ... As a good 19th century woman, the domestic harmony she fostered was an expression of herself; her self-portrait in sacrifice. ...

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It is understandable, then, why Fitzgerald created such insipid and vacuous characters like Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Blake - the main female character in Fitzgerald's own life only became interested in him once he achieved notoriety and ended up being a crazy lady whom Fitzgerald had to personally take care of and financially support, although he received no real companionship in return. ...

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