Daisy Buchanan
She is Nick Carraway's cousin, the notorious Gatsby's only love, but is also the wife of Mr. Tom Buchanan. Her story with Gatsby started before she had met Tom, and at the time they met she promised to wait for him because Gatsby was involved in the war and he wasn't wealthy so he had to show that he had money to lure Daisy into his grasp. As the story goes, she had forgotten about him and found a new love, a love by the name of Tom Buchanan, and sadly broke her promise to Gatsby, thus married Tom because of his wealth and power. Now in the present, Daisy has matured and has lived with Tom in East Egg which is right across from where Gatsby lives. When Gatsby and Daisy reunite once more through the connection of her cousin Nick, she has an affair with him and finds some "lust" for him. In the end Gatsby tells Daisy to tell Tom that she doesn't love him anymore and that she loves Gatsby, in a big twist she doesn't. She tells Gatsby that she did once love him, but not anymore, because she loves Tom and would never leave his side. People may have thought she was like a rope in tug-of-war, but what they didnt realize is that in the end she will only end up on one side all the time.
Jordan Baker
Daisy’s friend, Nick's so called lover, a girl that he chooses to romance with. She is a competitive golfer, and represents one of the “new women” of the 1920's, which is the typical boy type of girl, cynical, and self- centered. Jordan may be beautiful, but she is also dishonest, she chose to cheat in order to win her first golf tournament and continually "bends" the truth. She also shows that looks can be deceiving, which is why Nick is only "halfway in love" with her, but she and Nick eventually end up "together" in a way, and Nick tells her how grateful he is that she is not like Daisy, the kind of girl who holds onto the past, a girl "too wise ever to carry well-forgotten dreams from age to age." She is also one of the least important characters, but she is also an important juxtaposition to Daisy.
Myrtle Wilson
Myrtle is Tom's lover, the woman he chooses to have an affair with. Myrtle isn't such a bright one, so she is convinced that Tom loves her and would leave Daisy for her if he could. Since Myrtle has been unhappy with her marriage with George, she grew a connection with Tom because he is controlling and has authority in what is to happen. Like many typical girls back then, she put up with his physical abusiveness because she compares that to being masculine, which is something her husband doesn't really have. She even tells him "throw me and down and beat me, you dirty little coward!", which shows that she really likes the type of men who are strong and take control. And to her sad demise Myrtle comes running along to see Gatsby’s car, believing that Tom is driving it, thus she is struck and killed, when in reality her killer is Daisy Buchanan.
Good post 75/75
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