Above Everyone Else Dazzling lights, tapping shoes, and extravagant dances illustrate the roaring twenties at a glance. When looking deeper into this era, Fitzgerald reveals the hollowness of the upperclass. Rather than being themselves, the characters choose to base their lives on society’s opinion. In The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the characters choose to ignore the transcendentalist aspects of life. Halfway between New York City, West and East Egg lies a rundown area known as the Valley of Ashes. The Valley of Ashes illustrates poverty along with the decline of the American dream, which is created by the ash and smoke from industrial factories. East Egg, home to Daisy and Tom Buchanan, represents the grace and elegance
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After Gatsby’s get together at Nick’s house, he invites Nick and Daisy over to his mansion. He wants to show off his expensive possessions that he has acquired in the years they have been apart. After shocking Daisy by the view from Nick’s house, he walks them through the halls and into the closet. He ends up tossing all of the neatly folded colorful shirts. The end result is a huge mess that is surrounding the whole room with clutter and covering the floors with the shirts. Emotions fill Daisy’s body and overtake her personality. Overwhelmed, Daisy states, “‘They’re such beautiful shirts. It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such-such beautiful shirts before”’(Fitzgerald 98). While Gatsby was stationed over seas, Daisy showed her true character, impatience. She told Gatsby that she could not wait any longer, when there was a perfectly wealthy man willing to marry her. Daisy’s impatience and greed overcame her love for Gatsby and as a result she ended up marrying Tom. As soon as Daisy realizes that she could have had wealth and love she breaks down. Daisy starts to realize she could have had everything if she had waited. Motivated by greed and materialism, she chooses to marry Tom. She thinks that happiness will suddenly appear after wealth. Daisy is acquisitive in her way of life, where as Thoreau tries to escape the greedy society by building a cabin by …show more content…
Nick travels to the East Egg by train to meet the Buchanan’s, Jordan, and Gatsby for lunch. After canceling his parties, Gatsby has more free time to spend with Daisy. Daisy’s nurse walks in leading a little girl in, Pammy. Gatsby meets her for the first time and Tom is nowhere to be found. Pammy states she dressed herself that morning before the luncheon. Daisy creates a sense of maternal authority over her daughter. Daisy creates a big scene when she says, ‘“That’s because your mother wanted to show you off”’ (Fitzgerald 123). Daisy treats her daughter with no meaning, like a toy doll she can pull out for show and tell. She is more interested in impressing Gatsby with her daughter. Stunned, Gatsby did not believe that the child was real. This being the first time Pammy is introduced, Daisy does not show her love for her daughter. If she did, she would spend more time with her. She is distracted with her extravagant, materialistic, and selfish life. Daisy follows others in their way of thinking and conforms, which Emerson makes an
After Gatsby’s get together at Nick’s house, he invites Nick and Daisy over to his mansion. He wants to show off his expensive possessions that he has acquired in the years they have been apart. After shocking Daisy by the view from Nick’s house, he walks them through the halls and into the closet. He ends up tossing all of the neatly folded colorful shirts. The end result is a huge mess that is surrounding the whole room with clutter and covering the floors with the shirts. Emotions fill Daisy’s body and overtake her personality. Overwhelmed, Daisy states, “‘They’re such beautiful shirts. It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such-such beautiful shirts before”’(Fitzgerald 98). While Gatsby was stationed over seas, Daisy showed her true character, impatience. She told Gatsby that she could not wait any longer, when there was a perfectly wealthy man willing to marry her. Daisy’s impatience and greed overcame her love for Gatsby and as a result she ended up marrying Tom. As soon as Daisy realizes that she could have had wealth and love she breaks down. Daisy starts to realize she could have had everything if she had waited. Motivated by greed and materialism, she chooses to marry Tom. She thinks that happiness will suddenly appear after wealth. Daisy is acquisitive in her way of life, where as Thoreau tries to escape the greedy society by building a cabin by …show more content…
Nick travels to the East Egg by train to meet the Buchanan’s, Jordan, and Gatsby for lunch. After canceling his parties, Gatsby has more free time to spend with Daisy. Daisy’s nurse walks in leading a little girl in, Pammy. Gatsby meets her for the first time and Tom is nowhere to be found. Pammy states she dressed herself that morning before the luncheon. Daisy creates a sense of maternal authority over her daughter. Daisy creates a big scene when she says, ‘“That’s because your mother wanted to show you off”’ (Fitzgerald 123). Daisy treats her daughter with no meaning, like a toy doll she can pull out for show and tell. She is more interested in impressing Gatsby with her daughter. Stunned, Gatsby did not believe that the child was real. This being the first time Pammy is introduced, Daisy does not show her love for her daughter. If she did, she would spend more time with her. She is distracted with her extravagant, materialistic, and selfish life. Daisy follows others in their way of thinking and conforms, which Emerson makes an