The Great Gatsby Influences

Daisy Buchanan, the golden girl living her life high in the white daydream of her imaginary palace. This gorgeous lady is presented as the lovely flower who just happens to be Nick’s cousin. Winning hearts and people over is her absolute specialty. After all, who could possibly hate someone who’s such an innocent lady? However, it just so happens that this golden girl is more of a pyrite instead. Fitzgerald exposes the true nature of this woman throughout the novel, characterizing her to be much of his real-life heinous wife, Zelda. Yet, the reader doesn’t quite dislike Daisy as much as they would given any other context. Why? Fitzgerald disguises Daisy’s destructive decisions through her golden girl appearance, her

Ironically, she herself is a “fool” for not realizing how she is barely able to define a good female. Through the quote, Fitzgerald distinguished gender roles to have worked in the 1920s as men saw themselves as the person who earns money in order to support the family, expected to fulfill the American Dream, whereas women like Daisy and her daughter were expected to be nothing more than a “beautiful little fool”. Ideally, in the 1920s, men were considered to be the breadwinners while women were their supporters.

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, characters are depicted as corrupt human beings influenced by their own personal agendas. With an indistinguishable line between right and wrong, they remain unaware of the consequences that follow their actions. Daisy Buchanan is portrayed as the “golden girl” of her time. She is the woman every man wants to call their own, although they only focus on her superficial features rather than personal qualities. Throughout the novel, her true self begins to unfold, displaying how she misleads others to protect her social stature and reputation. Daisy’s submissive nature continuously hurts the people she cares about by allowing her to engage in dishonest activities.

Although Fitzgerald prominently believed that women were unable to provide for themselves, he does recognize their attempts at becoming more independent. As Daisy desires importance in her mundane life, she begins to challenge the societal views of gender by having an affair with Gatsby. Daisy takes a small step forward when her friends come over and she orders Tom to “make [them] a cold drink” and as he left the room “she got up and went over to Gatsby and pulled his face down, kissing him on the mouth”(Fitzgerald 116). Fitzgerald’s recurring use of alcohol foreshadows the coming prohibition where only those of a high status were able to obtain the substance. Although Daisy was of a high status, alcohol was generally prohibited to women, and by using it, Fitzgerald portrays how she transitions from housewife to a woman who is not afraid to assert her dominance by doing what she desires. Breaking gender norms, Daisy takes control by pulling Gatsby down to her level to kiss him, which promotes her dominance as she uses her power

Nick and a dog, Uggy, both play same roles in “The Artist” and “The Great Gatsby”. Both of them exist as loyal guards of main heroes; they both have good qualities, such as honesty and loyalty. Beside their virtues, the most importance is that they help main characters in need. In “The Great Gatsby”, Nick is one of guests in Gatsby’s big party, but he is only one to join his funeral. “In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars” (41). This sentence presents the most spectacular settings of Gatsby’s party with lots of guests. It also shows that Gatsby should recognize many upper-class people from his party; these guests join his party that means they get benefits from him,

When Daisy is first introduced in the story and movie, she is dressed in all white symbolizing purity and innocence. She, Nick Caraway, Jordan Baker, and her husband Tom Buchanan sit down to have dinner. Her husband mistress calls time and time again. She finally gets up to say something to him but it solves nothing. She sits back down being fully aware of her husband infidelity and does nothing. I wondered why she didn’t do anything about it or leave him. The simple answer was the wealth. Even though Daisy loved Gatsby when she first married Tom, she is staying for the same reason she got married in the first place. She enjoys the lavish life and if she leaves she loses it all. This was typical of women in the 1920s though. Daisy character is questioned many times in this story. First she has a daughter that she barely mentions. Even in the movie the girl only appears once. In the story Daisy says when she woke after giving birth she immediately asks the nurse if she had a boy or girl and the nurse told her it was a girl. She then goes to say “I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope shell be a fool- that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world a beautiful fool.” (Fitzgerald 17) This suggest that she feel like women have no place in the world. This also reflects how Fitzgerald own personal reflection of women. In an article titled Feeling "Half Feminine": Modernism and the Politics of Emotion in The Great Gatsby, Frances Kerr wrote that “"In 1935 Fitzgerald told his secretary Laura Guthrie, "Women are so weak, really-emotionally unstable and their nerves, when strained, break.” (Kerr 406) I think that this is why he made Daisy, who is the main female character in the book, look at herself as having no place in this world and as a fool. The next time Daisy character is really questioned is at the end of the book when she hit Myrtle Wilson and let Gatsby take the blame for it. She didn’t know he was going to get

Sometimes people put on a facade for the rest of the world to hide the bad in themselves which they don't want others to see. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy Buchanan is caught in between her husband, Tom Buchanan and her first love, Jay Gatsby who are both fighting for her love. Daisy is sympathized for as she is put in this tough spot, however true intentions are revealed as she leads both of these men on. As she has relations with both Tom and Gatsby, Daisy selfishly acts to only please herself and protect her character. Although Fitzgerald carefully builds Daisy's character with associations of light, purity, and innocence, when all is said and done, she is the opposite from what presents herself to be.

Daisy Buchanan is a rich and beautiful young woman who plays a huge role in the novel. In the past when she first met Gatsby, she fell in love with him and promised to wait for him. She ended up getting tired of waiting for him and broke that promise when she met a rich, strong man who came from old money who wanted to marry her. Tom, Daisy’s husband, is a masculine man who is full of himself and thinks he is better than others, but he is from her world. Gatsby is trapped in the past because of Daisy who he has idealized as his ultimate dream, as she represents everything he desires. He spends his days trying to please her and win her back from Tom Buchanan. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author uses symbolism through Daisy, a broken clock, and the eyes of T.J. Eckleberg to illustrate the breakdown of what we all strive for, the American

Daisy Buchanan’s in the Great Gatsby is Jay Gatsby’s one true love. He throws huge parties in hopes of gaining her attention and winning her over. Her role throughout the Great Gatsby was that her beauty drew the attention of everyone. She is the definition of the American Dream and Gatsby seen her as part of his American Dream. “He knew that Daisy was extraordinary, but he didn’t realize just how extraordinary a “nice” girl could be” (Fitzgerald,149). This quote shows how Gatsby knew that Daisy was right for him. In spite of this women's roles were still not equal to men. For example, it was okay for Tom to cheat on Daisy, but it was absurd for her to cheat on Tom with Gatsby. In the 1920 the ideal woman was supposed to find a husband to take care of them.Marriage was almost a necessity as a means of support or protection. There often was pressure to produce children. (Women’s Rights, 4)

His first piece of work, “The Side of Paradise”, was his first step into the limelight and fame due to the popularity and success of the novel. With Fitzgerald’s second novel, “Fitzgerald wanted to prove himself as a "serious author" and maybe drove some of his points home with too much emphasis.”(F. Scott Fitzgerald : The Novels). Fitzgerald’s most prominent novel, the Great Gatsby, was written in 1925 and was considered a masterpiece to many because of its beauty and fluency. By Fitzgerald’s fourth novel he suffered from a writer’s block which took him nine years to overcome enough to publish one more novel in his lifetime known as “Tender is the Night”. Although he only managed to complete four novels in his lifetime, he actually started work on a fifth novel, “The Love of the Last Tycoon” that was published, after dying of a heart attack at the age of 44, only half

Many authors have reasons to write their literary works, and most authors have inspirations behind their works. The majority of authors are at least slightly influenced by their own lives. Bret Harte, made famous by his short story, “The Luck of Roaring Camp,” was extremely predisposed to the places he lived (“Bret Harte”). Harte was influenced by his situation in life, the places he lived, and his family. These stimuli made appearances in many of his works.

Francis Scott Fitzgerald, otherwise known as F. Scott Fitzgerald came into this world on September 24, 1896. ** Named after his cousin that wrote the Star Spangled Banner, Francis Key Scott, F. Scott Fitzgerald began writing at the young age of 15.** During this time, Fitzgerald left school and joined the US Army. While being stationed outside of Montgomery, Alabama, he met the love of his life, Zelda Sayre. As life proceeded, he became known as a playboy. IN 1924, Fitzgerald moved to France and published the well-known novel, The Great Gatsby. Within the novel, Fitzgerald critiques the American Dream. ** The Great Gatsby also achieved the stature of being a definitive portrait of the “Roaring Twenties”**.

In the book The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy Buchanan is a perplexing character. She is charming and pretty, yet her personality is almost robotic. Daisy has no sincere emotions; she only knows social graces and self-preservation. A materialistic society makes Daisy a jaded person who lacks any real depth.

In the 1920’s prohibition and the Jazz age played a huge influence on the later writings written by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald or known as F. Scott Fitzgerald. An American Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald was most famous his personal life and The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota. His mother, Mary McQuillan, was from an Irish-Catholic family who made a small fortune as grocers. His father, Edward Fitzgerald, opened a wicker furniture business, but it started to fail, which allowed him to become a salesman for Proctor and Gamble which resulted in an unwanted move to Buffalo and Syracuse. He began a career in writing novels. His first novel published was “This Side of Paradise” where he got glowing reviews. He wrote The Great Gatsby, but it did not become famous until a few years later. It was not hard for Fitzgerald to write The Great Gatsby due to his personal experiences, including his love life with Zelda, places he lived, and

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