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    Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby In the great American novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, he portrays two different yet very similar characters named Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. Gatsby and Tom are both in love with Daisy. They are both very wealthy and like to let everyone know. Finally, they both have controlling personalities, and will do what they can to get what they want. As one reads the story “The Great Gatsby” they may notice some similarities between Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan

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    Contrast: Daisy and Myrtle The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This novel features Jay Gatsby, George Wilson, Nick Carraway, Jordan Baker and Tom Buchanan along with many others to show the hopes, the struggles and the romance the characters went through each and every day. Due to the mixing of the two social classes: the rich and the poor, we learn about the causes and effects of what they face. In the book, two major characters that greatly influenced this story were Daisy Buchanan

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    society through Myrtle Wilson and Daisy Buchanan’s character. The Great Gatsby is a novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald and published in 1925. Through the characterisation of Myrtle Wilson and Daisy Buchanan, Fitzgerald highlights the negative influence of female oppression in a patriarchal society, including the influence it entails. This is achieved through instances of gender discrimination against women and the actions of Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan that exemplify dominance. Fitzgerald

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    Situational Gatsby Has anyone ever thought why Gatsby has so many situations to overcome? In The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann, Jay Gatsby is the main character. Gatsby is a bootlegger who was and still is in love with Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby met Daisy when he was poor, and before he went to war. Daisy did not wait for Gatsby to get back from war and married a rich man named Tom Buchanan. However, Daisy has still loved Gatsby while she was with Tom for the 5 years she and Gatsby were separated

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    Materialism The Great Gatsby does not offer a definition of love, or a contrast between love and romance. Rather it suggests that what people believe to be love is normally only a dream. America in the 1920s was a country where moral values were slowly crumbling and Americans soon only had one dream and objective to achieve, success. Distorted love is one theme in the novel The Great Gatsby, present among all of the characters relationships; Daisy and Tom, Tom and Myrtle, Daisy and Gatsby, and Wilson

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    Fitzgerald was thinking when he was writing about Daisy Buchanan, a girl who has her very high ups and very low downs. In “The Great Gatsby” F Scott Fitzgerald used Daisy Buchanan to represent the “American Dream” and shows how Daisy experiences both the highs and the lows of the dream. Fitzgerald uses Daisy Buchanan

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    In this masterpiece of a novel The Great Gatsby, a classic literature written a phenomenal author by the name of F.Scott Fitzgerald Gatsby a millionaire having past relationship with the main characters Nick Carraway cousin’s wife Daisy Buchanan who is married to Tom Bohannon. Gatsby on the edge of the metal rail, glancing over at the Green bright light, the dreams, hopes, and future of Gatsby shining back at him where Daisy Buchanan lives of the on east side of the island. The days of their fairytale

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    Great Gatsby Essay Daisy Buchanan in the story “The Great Gatsby” is tragically the most disappointing character. The author did a lot to make Daisy Buchanan seem worthy to the efforts and devotion of Jay Gatsby. Daisy Buchanan presents herself to be an innocent, beautiful woman with irresistible charm. Little did we know at the beginning of the book, Daisy Buchanan is the opposite of what she was introduced to be at the start of book. I strongly believe that Daisy Buchanan is the

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    to Myrtle Wilson's Death in The Great Gatsby In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Jay Gatsby is a passenger in the car which strikes Myrtle Wilson, which is driven by Daisy Buchanan. After the car hits Myrtle, Daisy continues to drive, but collapses on Gatsby, forcing him to drive. At the Buchanan's house, Nick Carraway talks to Gatsby, who "[speaks] as if Daisy's reaction [is] the only thing that [matters]" (136). Due to his incessant love for daisy, he only focuses towards Daisy's

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    Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby are contradictory characters in the film The Great Gatsby by Baz Luhrmann. In the movie Tom and Jay are both in love with the same women Daisy. However Tom is married to her. The viewers go on an adventure through Jay gatsby and Tom buchanan's life to see who will win over Daisy's heart. Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby are viewed as contradictory characters in the movie, such as their backgrounds, personality, and Moral Values. Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby display their

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