The character of Daisy Fay Buchanan in the Great Gatsby.

Daisy Buchanan Daisy Fay Buchanan is originally from a good family in Louisville, Kentucky. At eighteen years old she was "by far the most popular of all the young girls in Louisville". After marrying Tom Buchanan, a very rich man, she moves to East Egg, Long Island. She is the mother of a little girl. Daisy is a woman who likes to play with men , she loves to exagorate and extemporize. Most men are fascinated by her, and Daisy enjoys being the center of attentionAfter half a decade of marriage to Tom, Daisy begins an affair with Gatsby. The affair is abruptly ended with Gatsby's death after which, Tom and Daisy move. The Roaring Twenties - that was a strange and complicated time! . Mr Jay Gatsby knocked down a woman called Myrtle Wilson with his car. Later Myrtle's husband wanted to avenge her death on Gatsby and he shot Jay in his pool. Finally he shot himself. But he did not have the right to do so,according to Daisy, and she hated him for this reason. Furthermore, she hated herself as she was the murderer of Myrtle Wilson. And she felt as if she had been Gatsby's murderer as well. It was her and not him who drove his car. He saved Daisy`s life, even though the price was high. But actually Gatsby was a really good guy. Jay Gatsby was really poor. He had no money and his parents did not serve as idols to him. So he had to work really hard to reach his aims. He wanted to

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The character of Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby seems to be sweet gentle women.

Journal # 2 - Daisy The character of Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby seems to be sweet gentle women. However, a lot is different that what seems to be, as her personality seems to be that of immoral and greedy. She has a desire for money and power and this is evident in the fact that she marries Tom while Gatsby is off fighting in the war. She has such a craze over wealth that she is willing to betray her first true love in pursuit of this money. Being brought up wealthy, she seems spoiled and self absorbed. Her lack of decent values leads her into a loveless marriage with Tom where only the money and power of being a Buchanan wife is keeping her satisfied. We can also see that Daisy is also easily controllable. She seems satisfied keeping quiet in the background and not voicing her opinion when necessary. This is comparable to the character of Leper in A Separate Peace. He to is quiet and easily swayed by other people's actions. Daisy Buchanan is the lovely wife of Tom and is extremely wealthy and powerful. Although she is in a loveless marriage she seems content with the immense wealth she has obtained. Daisy represents everything that has gone wrong in American Society during the 1920's. During this time period the American Dream, which stood for hard work and values has been corrupted because of greed and the pursuit of wealth. Daisy is a perfect example

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The Character of Daisy Buchanan in the novel "The Great Gatsby" by F.Scott Fitzgerald

The Character of Daisy Buchanan in the novel "The Great Gatsby" by F.Scott Fitzgerald Daisy is The Great Gatsby's most enigmatic, and perhaps most disappointing, character. Although Fitzgerald does much to make her a character worthy of Gatsby's unlimited devotion, in the end she reveals herself for what she really is. Despite her beauty and charm, Daisy is merely a selfish, shallow, and in fact, hurtful, woman. Gatsby loves her (or at least the idea of her) with such vitality and determination that readers would like, in many senses, to see her be worthy of his devotion. 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 she presents herself to be. From Nick's first visit, Daisy is associated with otherworldliness. Nick calls on her at her house and initially finds her (and Jordan Baker, who is in many ways an unmarried version of Daisy) dressed all in white, sitting on an "enormous couch . . . buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon . . . [her dress] rippling and fluttering as it [she] had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house." From this moment, Daisy becomes like an angel on earth. She is routinely linked with the color white (a white dress, white flowers, white car, and so on) always at the height of fashion and addressing people

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Daisy describes Tom Buchanan as a brute. To what extent does your reading of the novel lead you to agree with this view?

Daisy describes Tom Buchanan as a “brute”. To what extent does your reading of the novel lead you to agree with this view? Tom Buchanan, the incredibly wealthy husband to Daisy, is undoubtedly portrayed as a selfish and violent man in the novel and comes to represent the immorality and materialism of the ‘Jazz Age’. Tom had great sporting success at college, but now, having stopped, everything else feels like an “anti-climax”. Tom is prejudiced and not very intelligent and for this reason I believe that Daisy’s description of him is an accurate portrayal of Tom. Tom Buchannan inherited his wealth and because of this he feels like he is better than everybody else. His wealth and sense of superiority makes him “careless” and uncaring. Tom shows a disregard for money which lets him dominate the lower classes. When buying Myrtle’s dog, he insults the salesman by implying that the dog is overpriced while at the same time showing that he’s so rich that it doesn’t matter, “Here’s your money. Go and buy ten more dogs”. Tom also enjoys the power that he has over Mr Wilson as he promised to sell George a car, although he seems to have no intention of doing this as he puts him off until “next week”. Toms repetition of the personal pronoun “I”, for example when he tells Nick “I’ve got a nice place here” excludes Daisy from this, therefore

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Comparing Tom Buchanan and Gatsby

Jonathan Hamilton 01/09/13 Tom Buchanan is a brutish Yale football athlete with a domineering personality. Bred in old money, he lives a life of decadence. Corresponding to his superficial personality, Mr. Buchanan's unrestrained indulgences for lavish material captivates Daisy. Unlike Tom, Gatsby, a kindhearted individual with a warm welcoming personality shared his wealth with the world by throwing extravagant parties to utter strangers. On the other hand, Tom Buchanan prides himself in his wealth and arrogantly boasts of it at any given chance. Tom's materialism is reflected in these examples. Jordan Baker describes Daisy's wedding to Nick as “...She married Tom Buchanan of Chicago with more pomp... than Louisville had ever seen. He came down with a hundred people in four private cars and hired a whole floor of the Seelbach Hotel, and the day before the wedding he gave her a string of pearls valued at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.” In a separate setting, Tom forcefully drags Nick along to show him his new house in the East. In addition, Tom sees himself above anyone who does not have money. He cares little for others and takes no responsibility for his faults and misgivings; instead he proceeds to retreat into the protection offered by the comforts of his wealth and status. Although both Gatsby

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First impressions of Tom Buchanan from the great Gatsby

First impressions of Tom Buchanan from the great Gatsby. Tom Buchanan is a very rich man who is married to Nick Caraway's cousin Daisy. The first thing we learn about Tom is that he is very rich. "For instance he'd bought down a sting of polo ponies from Lake Forest. It was hard to believe that a man in my own generation was wealthy enough to do that." "His family were enormously wealthy- even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach." Also we know that he was a friend of Nicks while they were at New Haven College together. We also learn that he must be quite good at sport as "among various physical accomplishments had been one of the most powerful ends that had ever played football at New Haven." Tom and Daisy had moved around the world quite a lot and had lived in Chicago and France. "They drifted here and there un-restfully where-ever people were rich and played polo together. Tom is obviously very into his polo. Daisy has however told Nick that this move will be a permanent one. These are what the author knows or remembers of Tom and this is without even the readers meeting him yet so we can tell that Tom will be one of the main characters in this book. When the reader is first introduced to Tom Nick goes to his house for supper. The first sense of him is quite a gruff man. "His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of

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Failure of American Dream: Tom, Daisy and Jordan (the Great Gatsby)

Failure of American Dream: Tom, Daisy and Jordan I. INTRODUCTION The novel, The great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about American dream that it represents illusionary goals and short way to achieve wealth and status. It shows the corruption of human nature and moral values while characters are following their illusionary dreams. Fitzgerald uses all characters in the novel to show merciless of wealth bring to the corruptions and he wants to show that American Dream was just a "Dream". In this paper, I am going to discuss how the three major characters, Tom and Daisy Buchannan and Jordan Baker represent the failure of American Dream. (Fitzgerald xi-xviii) First of all, I am going to give short information about the three characters then I am going to discuss deeply about them. * Thomas "Tom" Buchanan: He is an arrogant "old money" millionaire who lives on East Egg, and he is husband of Daisy. * Daisy Buchanan: She is an attractive young woman; Nick's second cousin and she is wife of Tom Buchanan. * Jordan Baker: She is Daisy's log-time friend; She is a professional golf player with a shady reputation. (http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gatsby/characters.html) II. BODY A. Analysis of the 'Jazz age' Before starting my essay, I am going to talk about the time period that the story passed. Novel represents the 1920s; this date is referred to as 'Jazz age' because of

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More than anything else, The Great Gatsby centers on the colossal vitality of his illusion The novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is largely based on the bias views of Daisy Buchanan, Nick Carraway, and Jay Gatsby.

Daniel Sanchez "More than anything else, The Great Gatsby centers on the colossal vitality of his illusion" The novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is largely based on the bias views of Daisy Buchanan, Nick Carraway, and Jay Gatsby. The entirety of the "colossal vitality of his illusion" is seen throughout the novel. This can be seen in a variety of passages but the passage which links these two together is when Gatsby tells Nick Carraway about his time in the war and the "souvenir of Oxford," of which he always carries around. Another example of this is when Carraway says "You can't repeat the past," in which Gatsby replied to him "Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!" This shows that the novel The Great Gatsby is placed in a land of illusion for Daisy, Nick, and most of all Gatsby. Daisy Buchanan is a beautiful young woman who was extremely popular with the military officers stationed near her home. This included Jay Gatsby. In order to convince Daisy that he was a man who was worthy of her, he lied and told her that he was from a wealthy family. Eventually Gatsby wins Daisy over but fate would not have it this way and war separates the two lovers. Daisy promises to wait for him but as time went on; she decided to marry Tom Buchanan who was wealthy enough to support her lifestyle. She is beautiful and charming, but also fickle, shallow, bored,

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The significant roles of Tom and Daisy in the Great Gatsby

Nick Carraway says- They were careless people Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and they retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together.' Explore the significant roles of Tom and Daisy. Fitzgerald presents images of the post-war generation of ambitious and materialistic middle class Americans enjoying the consumer lifestyles. This is significantly expressed by the characters of Tom and Daisy. In chapter two when Nick, Tom and Myrtle Wilson (Tom's mistress) travel to the New York Tom is throwing his money around on Myrtle. This is shown on numerous occasions throughout the novel the following is example used in chapter two: here's your money. Go buy ten dogs with it.' Tom has snobbishly brought his mistress a dog which is supposedly a pedigree he is fully aware that the dog is cheap but, he has the money. While Tom is using his money as status symbol and to occupy his pursuit of pleasure ( Myrtle) there are others who are suffering in poverty and are living in the 'Valley of Ashes.' The valley of Ashes was created by the dumping of industrial ashes or it could be interpreted that it is made out of decaying civilian's dreams or even their corpses from trying to achieve them. The Valley represents the moral and social decay which has resulted in uninhabited pursuit of wealth while the

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Compare and contrast the characters Tom Buchanan and Gatsby.

Compare and contrast the characters Tom Buchanan and Gatsby Both characters Tom and Gatsby are central to the book, and are being compared and contrasted all the way through. We meet Tom very early on in the novel, and straight away you could question his attitude. He formed a bad impression on me as a reader not even as far as the end of the first chapter, and Nick Carraway, when he made a racist remark, "It's up to us, who are the dominant race, to watch out or these other races will have control of things" (pg18). In the first three chapters nothing of much significance is mentioned about Gatsby, and it is only once we reach the third chapter that we find out a bit about him. Gatsby himself has two different personalities that we could contrast. There is evidence at the beginning of the book to show that he is a single, lone, quiet and mysterious man, maybe even a criminal, "When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished" (pg25). Many people thought that he had killed a man (Jordan says on pg 50, "I think that he killed a man"), based on the fact that he was not very social, and they could not except the idea that he had come from the swaps to become a millionaire. They believed he was mysterious and corrupt. There is also some evidence to show he is romantic, as he "bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay" (pg 76). Nick describes Tom, the first

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