Essays on Daisy Buchanan

According to The American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, American society operates on the principle that an individual’s achievements can be rewarded by upward social mobility. What a simple concept! Work hard, be honest, strive for success, and you will be rewarded by fame, fortune, and movement up the social ladder of life. But,…

Two men long for Daisy. Two men are in love with her. It would seem that these two men would be very similar in mannerisms to fall for a girl like Daisy, but actually, these two men fall on totally opposite ends of the behavioral spectrum. There is Tom Buchanan who is the more dominant…

The Great Gatsby is somehow a commentary on that elusive phrase, the American dream. The assumption seems to be that Fitzgerald approved. On the contrary, it can be shown that The Great Gatsby offers some of the severest and closest criticism of the American dream that our literature affords. Read in this way, Fitzgerald masterpiece…

Later “Owl Eyes” drives his car into a ditch and the chapter ends with Nick describing his fife in New York and driving in a car with Jordan. The quote that best describes Jordan Baker is, “Let’s get out… This is much too polite for me” (45). The bad qualities of Jordan Baker are she…

The American dream is an ideal that has been present since American literature’s onset. Typically, the dreamer aspires to rise from rags to riches, while accumulating such things as love, high status, wealth, and power on his way to the top. The dream has had variations throughout different time periods, although it is generally based…

Money in The Great Gatsby Gatsby has it all, the money, lavish parties, fame and many connections. But money can not buy love, class and happiness. Class is what separates the old money East Egg and the Nouveau riche west egg that is described as the “less fashionable” (Fitz-Gerald, 7) and although Gatsby has an…

Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire of Long Island, may be a fraud and a rimming but readers see Gatsby as a sympathetic figure and root for Gatsby. Gatsby is like any other person. As a young boy, Gatsby dreamed Of living a successful life like many young adults do. He equates a successful life to lifting…

t gatsbyThe 1920’s in the united States was a time of economic growth in which people lived frivolous lives by believing their money would make them happy. It was a time of alcoholic prohibition and a time of emancipation for women. Thus, it was a time of parties, drinking and wild women for those who…

Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses the motif of affairs to show development in Daisy Buchanan’s character. As a reader slowly pieces together what is the love puzzle of this novel, it becomes clear to them Daisy’s true self. Starting off the novel Fitzgerald uses Tom’s affairs with Daisy(his wife) and Myrtle(his mistress)…

What impression do you have Of the narrator, Nick Caraway, from his narration and actions? He seems like a very intelligent, smart, peaceful, but interesting man from the way he talks, describes things and interacts with Daisy, Tom & Miss Baker.       2. What do you learn about Daisy Buchanan from her dress,…