![]() She sounds silly sometimes (longest day of the year (p.21/25)), but is smart, sophisticated, ironic about Tom being a racist. Tom doesn’t treat her very well.ĭaisy seems to represent some sense of purity and an innocence that borders on naïveté. Even her faults make her better (murmur) low thrilling voice! She wants to give love. She plays a role: the beautiful but dumb girl. Represents the brutality and moral carelessness of the established rich.ĭaisy: innocent, very female, vulnerable, fragile, charming, beautiful, gracious, artificial. Tom: enormously, obscenely rich football player plays Polo supercilious cruel body, racist, has a mistress (p 26) stupid. East Egg - West Egg: similar shape & size, dissimilarity in everything else. A major concern in the book is class and privilege. The main theme of the novel is what behavior the less privileged can and cannot use to gain the advantages of the elite. Nick says that living without privilege can excuse some behavior, yet not all. She can’t resist coz she’s impressed by his wealth and efforts. ![]() ![]() ‚Lover, gold-hatted.‘ ➔ materialistic but passionate. ![]()
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