An observation I made is the differences and similarities between Daisy and Myrtle. F. Scott Fitzgerald makes it so that we play favorites with Daisy even though Daisy and Myrtle have a lot of similarities. Some similarities they share are that they both are unhappy in their current relationship and they both perpetuate an affair. Some differences between them is that they have a completely opposite physical appearance. Daisy, Tom’s wife, is described as light and elegant. Myrtle, Tom’s mistress, however, is referred to as being gaudy and overweight. They also come from completely different social classes. Daisy lives on the East Egg, which is where the wealthy live, with Tom and their daughter. However, Myrtle lives in the valley of
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Characters such as Jay Gatsby, Nick Caraway, and Daisy Buchanan show growth and evolve throughout the novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald also uses irony in The Great Gatsby to develop characters. He uses situational irony throughout the book. Nick claims to be very honest and non-judgmental person. Its situational irony because throughout the book he is lying by not telling Daisy about Myrtle or telling people it was actually Daisy who hit Myrtle. He says, “In consequences, I’m inclined to reserve all judgements,” but he judges everyone in some way in the book. He even says that they’re a rotten crowd and he realizes they aren’t good people. Another character that shows Situational irony is Gatsby. He is constantly pretending to be someone that he is not. He tries to earn a bunch of money and tries to be a big shot, just to get Daisy to come back to him, but that’s not who he truly is. We don’t know his exact job and how he earned this money but in the book, he’s friends with Meyer Wolfsheim, who’s a Jewish mobster, and Tom says, "I found out what your 'drug-stores' were,” so he probably earned his money in an illegal way. This is situational irony because his “job” requires him to be dishonest but in end of the book he was really the only truthful one through the entire book. Another character is Jordan Baker. She says, “I hate careless people,” which is ironic because she’s very careless herself. An example of her carelessness is when she’s in the car with Nick and she’s driving all over the place and almost hits a person. Jordan also says, “I thought you were a rather honest and straightforward person,” which is ironic also because she is probably the most dishonest person in the entire book. Tom is yet another character Fitzgerald shows situational irony. He says, “By God, I may be old fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me.” This is very ironic because comments on women
Characters such as Jay Gatsby, Nick Caraway, and Daisy Buchanan show growth and evolve throughout the novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald also uses irony in The Great Gatsby to develop characters. He uses situational irony throughout the book. Nick claims to be very honest and non-judgmental person. Its situational irony because throughout the book he is lying by not telling Daisy about Myrtle or telling people it was actually Daisy who hit Myrtle. He says, “In consequences, I’m inclined to reserve all judgements,” but he judges everyone in some way in the book. He even says that they’re a rotten crowd and he realizes they aren’t good people. Another character that shows Situational irony is Gatsby. He is constantly pretending to be someone that he is not. He tries to earn a bunch of money and tries to be a big shot, just to get Daisy to come back to him, but that’s not who he truly is. We don’t know his exact job and how he earned this money but in the book, he’s friends with Meyer Wolfsheim, who’s a Jewish mobster, and Tom says, "I found out what your 'drug-stores' were,” so he probably earned his money in an illegal way. This is situational irony because his “job” requires him to be dishonest but in end of the book he was really the only truthful one through the entire book. Another character is Jordan Baker. She says, “I hate careless people,” which is ironic because she’s very careless herself. An example of her carelessness is when she’s in the car with Nick and she’s driving all over the place and almost hits a person. Jordan also says, “I thought you were a rather honest and straightforward person,” which is ironic also because she is probably the most dishonest person in the entire book. Tom is yet another character Fitzgerald shows situational irony. He says, “By God, I may be old fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me.” This is very ironic because comments on women