They're a rotten crowd, I shouted across the garden, you're worth the
whole damn bunch put together… to what extent do you agree or disagree
with these statements?
"They're a rotten crowd," I shouted across the garden, "you're worth
the whole damn bunch put together"
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy, they smashed up things and
creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast
carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other
people clean up the mess they made."
To what extent do you agree or disagree with these statements?
These statements are the only times in the book in which Nick Carraway
praises Jay Gatsby or speaks down of Tom, Daisy and Jordan Baker.
Throughout the book, he had been trying to keep Daisy and Gatsby
apart, so as to not hurt anyone's marriage but now he didn't care
about the three people of whom he described as crowd.
An important quotations supporting the fact that Daisy, Tom and Jordan
are careless is; 'I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool-
that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little
fool.' This suggests that because Daisy has been living a rich life,
all the sense has been knocked out of her. She doesn't think that
women can achieve anything in the world but you just have to look at
the past two hundred years to see many women have done a huge amount
of important things. However, Gatsby was careless at times and tried
to make his dreams come true. "'Can't repeat the past?'' he cried
incredulously. "Why of course you can!"' this shows Gatsby's
determination to get Daisy back no matter who or how he hurt in the
process. The following quote was used in a conversation in the car
between Jord...
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...e doesn't
worry about himself anymore. He tries to run the lives of the other
four main characters in the book, Daisy, Nick, Jordan and Gatsby's. He
is an antagonist in the story, he seizes his opportunity of marrying
Daisy while Gatsby is doing his duty. He uses his money in the form of
a three thousand-dollar necklace to sweep Daisy off her feet and marry
him even though he knows very well that she is in love with Gatsby. He
treats Daisy very badly and doesn't really care because she couldn't
make it in the world without him so he could do what he wanted.
In conclusion, I agree with the statements in the title because a lot
of the time the characters show their vast carelessness. Jordan admits
it making her the bigger woman as so to speak. Daisy is very stubborn
and wears white dresses to reflect this and Tom is hostile and treats
people how he wants.
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...y and Daisy. He seems to supply Gatsby with a certain amount of security, and confidence.
While comparing and contrasting Daisy Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson, I will be focusing on all aspects of the characters. Physically they are very different, but by demonstrating their distinct physical differences, Fitzgerald is allowing us to pick favorites early on. Daisy and Myrtle share a number of similarities and many differences in their daily lives, such as how they look, act, and handle conflict.
Daisy Buchanan, this woman is crazy, uncaring, and many would argue cold hearted. She is married to Tom and yet, has an affair with Gatsby. Tom is her husband, a very well-off man that goes off and has affairs, and never attempts to hide the fact. Then there is Gatsby. Ah, Gatsby. The young man she was so in love with as a teenage girl. Tom and Gatsby have many similarities; from the fact that both Tom and Gatsby want Daisy all to themselves to the fact that they both love her. While they share many similarities they have far more numerable differences between them. The differences range from how they treat her to how rich they and what social class they are in, to the simple fact that Tom lives in “East Egg” and Gatsby in “West Egg.” Both the similarities and differences between these two men are what ultimately cause Daisy to believe that she is in love with Tom more than she is with Gatsby.
“The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking, in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at some time…” (75) The Great Gatsby
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... not tolerate Tom and Daisy and defines them as careless people who “smash[ed] up things and creatures and then retreat[ed] back into their money or their vast carelessness[...](Ch.9).” And at this point, Nick, who reserves all judgments, also makes a strong judgment by calling Tom, Daisy and the upper class they represent “a rotten crowd.” Later on, he states Gatsby “worth the hole damn bunch put together(Ch.8)”