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Mind Map by Drasti Patel, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Drasti Patel
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Portrayal of Daisy Buchanan
in The Great Gatsby
- Daisy Buchanan
- (1) In the novel, Daisy is
beautiful and charming but she is
also presented as shallow and
ditzy. She promises to Gatsby
that she would wait for him to
come back from the war but
instead marries Tom Buchanan
for his financial stability. She is
portrayed as only being focused
on materialistic things such as
wealth, status, and appearance.
She behaves superficially to
mask her pain at her husband’s
constant infidelity.
- (2)Daisy seems to have achieved complete success
with her marriage to Tom Buchanan and her popularity
within higher social circles but she knows that he is
cheating and she still pretends to be oblivious. In the
novel, she quotes "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.” In reference to her daughters’ birth.
She says this because she knows the role of women
and how they are portrayed in the eyes of men.
Women were expected to tolerate what was going on
around them and act like they don't know anything.
This quote can also refer to Daisy because she acts
oblivious to her husband’s infidelity but she is with him
because of the wealth and his appearance.
- (3)Daisy also has a love of the finer things in life as
she wants to be rich. We can see this as when she
sees Gatsby’s wealth she starts to fall for him
because he has finally gotten rich since the last time
they have met. She is confused as to what she
wants. This shows that Daisy is shallow because she
only married tom because of money but now that
she sees Gatsby with money she is confused as to
where she wants to be.
- (4) Daisy demonstrates weakness and
her love for money and riches and
popularity through this. She is
portrayed as careless and disloyal
because she once again chooses Tom
over Gatsby and she lets him take the
blame for the killing of myrtle, which
caused Mr. Wilson to kill Gatsby.
- (1) In the novel, Daisy is
beautiful and charming but she is
also presented as shallow and
ditzy. She promises to Gatsby
that she would wait for him to
come back from the war but
instead marries Tom Buchanan
for his financial stability. She is
portrayed as only being focused
on materialistic things such as
wealth, status, and appearance.
She behaves superficially to
mask her pain at her husband’s
constant infidelity.
- Myrtle Wilson
- (1) Myrtle is portrayed to be foolish and adulterous. She
leaves George, her husband for Tom, Daisy’s husband,
who beats her and is just using her as an object. She
pretends to be friends with Daisy but is having a
long-time affair with Tom she is also jealous of Daisy.
This could be due to her being unhappy at her lack of
luxuries because she does not have as much money as
perhaps Daisy and Tom do. She only married George
because of what she thought he would be.
- (2) Later she found out how poor he was "I thought he knew
something...but he was not fit to lick my shoe". This shows
that Myrtle knew she had made a mistake in marrying
George when she found out that he was not rich as she
expected him to be. She believes that he is worthless
because he is poor, this suggests her shallowness as she
looks down on those that have less. She has an affair with
Tom because he is rich. She states that when she first
seen Tom she was attracted by his suit which also
suggests her need for materialistic things and that she was
only attracted to him by what he wore. She never really
loved Tom either she just wanted his money.
- Myrtle Wilson is a foolish woman stuck in a
bad marriage who can only think of the
higher part of society. She wants to be rich
and have a lavish lifestyle that eventually
leads to her demise
- (1) Myrtle is portrayed to be foolish and adulterous. She
leaves George, her husband for Tom, Daisy’s husband,
who beats her and is just using her as an object. She
pretends to be friends with Daisy but is having a
long-time affair with Tom she is also jealous of Daisy.
This could be due to her being unhappy at her lack of
luxuries because she does not have as much money as
perhaps Daisy and Tom do. She only married George
because of what she thought he would be.
- Jordan Baker
- (2) Around Nick she is herself and this is
probably the reason why she opens up to Nick,
however, she doesn't really love Nick, she is just
attracted to him because she can open up to
him and be herself. Jordan is also careless. An
example of this is when Nick criticizes her
because of her driving but she does not care.
She is also arrogant and looks down on people
who aren't as rich as her. In the novel, she states
"Let’s get out. This is too much polite for me.”
She is blunt and says what is on her mind and
gossips and blurts out secrets, for example
when she is the first to share that Myrtle is
Toms Mistress.
- (1) Jordan represents a new type of woman in the 20's. She is harsh,
self-sufficient and very confident, she also has a very strong personality.
She is independent and does not need a man in her life unlike characters
such as Daisy. She is not a girl in the sense of being dependent on a man.
she plays professional golf which makes her different from Myrtle, and Daisy
in the novel. She is a dishonest person and bends the truth constantly as
Nick noticed. She has even cheated to win her golf tournament. She plays
with men's feelings and is not interested in a relationship. She loves attention
from men and enjoys going to Gatsby’s parties.
- (2) Around Nick she is herself and this is
probably the reason why she opens up to Nick,
however, she doesn't really love Nick, she is just
attracted to him because she can open up to
him and be herself. Jordan is also careless. An
example of this is when Nick criticizes her
because of her driving but she does not care.
She is also arrogant and looks down on people
who aren't as rich as her. In the novel, she states
"Let’s get out. This is too much polite for me.”
She is blunt and says what is on her mind and
gossips and blurts out secrets, for example
when she is the first to share that Myrtle is
Toms Mistress.
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