Tuesday, January 22, 2013

In The Great Gatsby, how are Daisy and Gatsby similar and different? Can you support it with 4 quotes relative to each charactor?I can't seem to...

Well, Danielle, this actually is a little confusing. I
can't recall specific passages from the novel that directly compare or contrast Daisy
and Gatsby, but various passages about Daisy and about Gatsby would establish
similarities and differences between them.


As for their
similarities, consider these:


1. Gatsby and Daisy are both
wealthy and live in huge mansions.


(Passages in Chapter I
that describe the Buchanans' estate and Gatsby's mansion would show this
similarity.


2. Gatsby and Daisy sometimes speak in an
affected manner.


(Daisy's dialog in Chapter I and Gatsby's
conversation with Nick in Chapter IV show their stilted
speech.


3. Gatsby and Daisy had both been deeply in love
during their time together in Louisville.


(The description
in Chapter VIII of Gatsby holding Daisy in his arms the last afternoon before he went
away to war shows how much they loved each other.)


Their
differences are significant:


1. Daisy was born to wealth;
Jay Gatsby grew up in poverty as Jimmy Gatz.


(Daisy's
wealthy background is discussed in Chapter VIII; Gatsby's early life of poverty is
established in Chapter VI and Chapter IX.)


2. Daisy is
unfaithful to Gatsby, abandoning him after Myrtle's death and returning to Tom; Gatsby
is faithful to Daisy until he is shot to death in his pool, still waiting for her to
call.


(In Chapter VII, Gatsby stands outside in the dark
watching over Daisy to "protect" her from Tom, while she is inside having supper with
him. Also, passages in Chapter IX show that Gatsby continued to wait for Daisy's call,
refusing to give up his dream of her.)


I hope these
suggestions are helpful. Good luck.

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