However in F.Scott Fitzgerald's, The Great Gatsby the three main characters, Daisy, Jordan, and Myrtle, are modern women. ... In The Great Gatsby Daisy Buchanan is portrayed as shallow, ditzy, and foolish. ... "(Fitzgerald 261) She is confused as to which one she wants. ... She lets Gatsby take blame over killing Myrtle which in the end gets Gatsby killed. ... In The Great Gatsby all the women had different characteristics, but something they had in common was dishonesty. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby F.S. Fitzgerald, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. pp 182 This novel is in general about middle and upper class american citizens and their lives a few years after the first world war had concluded. ... Across from him lived a rich man named Jay Gatsby who also was a World War I vet. ... As Daisy and Gatsby are driving, they accidentally hit and kill a woman named Mrs. ... The Great Gatsby turned out to be a mildly interesting surprise. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald chronicles the vapid, materialistic lives of the upper class of Long Island during the booming times of the Jazz Age. ... Throughout The Great Gatsby, the issue of class, wealth, and the American Dream is illustrated literally and metaphorically through the use of the automobile. ... The automobile in The Great Gatsby serves as a metaphor for the effect that the American Dream has on the different classes in society. ... Scott Fitzgerald effectively and repeatedly uses the automobile to shape his view of American class and society during the 1920...

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• Grade Level: High School