Myrtle Wilson Married lover of Tom Buchanan. Myrtle serves as a representative of the lower class. Through her affair with Tom she gains entree into the world of the elite, and the change in her personality is remarkable. She conducts a secret life with Tom, wherein she exhibits all the […]
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Economically, the 1920s boasted great financial gain, at least for those of the upper class. Between 1922 and 1929, dividends from stock rose by 108 percent, corporate profits increased by 76 percent, and personal wages grew by 33 percent. Nick Carraway’s journey to the East to make his fortune in […]
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As the summer unfolds, Gatsby and Nick become friends and Jordan and Nick begin to see each other on a regular basis, despite Nick’s conviction that she is notoriously dishonest (which offends his sensibilities because he is “one of the few honest people” he has ever met). Nick and Gatsby […]
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The three most important aspects of The Great Gatsby: Nick Carraway is the narrator, or storyteller, of The Great Gatsby, but he is not the story’s protagonist, or main character. Instead, Jay Gatsby is the protagonist of the novel that bears his name. Tom Buchanan is the book’s antagonist, opposing […]
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