The Great Gatsby

             The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is about the life of a rich man and his success and search for love. Daisy, Tom, and Gatsby are the main characters of the Great Gatsby and they are the ones who express the most attitudes. The story was good at describing the characters attitudes towards all people and ideas. In the 1920's the rich and wealthy were known to be completely self-adsorb with no respect towards other or completely careless, or be deceiving.
             Daisy is married to Tom and is Nick's cousin. Most of the time she expresses a carefree attitude. Daisy is first introduced into the story when Nick walks into Tom's living room (pg 8). Daisy and her friend are described as balloons that floated around the room (pg 8) She also can get angry and jealous. Daisy shows no irritation about Tom having an affair until the women call interrupted their dinner (pg 16). Daisy doesn't first appear to have a serious side, but she does. When Daisy showed Nick her baby girl she said all she hoped was for her to become a beautiful fool (pg 17). In the 1920's women were expected to be beautiful and raise a family nothing more.
             Tom is married to daisy. Tom has one of the most ugly attitudes in the Great Gatsby. Tom has a jealous, intense, and hateful towards Daisy and Gatsby relationship. He didn't like it when Daisy decided to ride with Gatsby instead of him and got extremely upset (pg 122). Tom never liked Gatsby. Every time they meet there was always a rivalry between them (pg 103). He has an intense attitude towards people talking about him. Daisy and Nick were talking about Miss Baker. When Nick asked was she from New York, Tom quickly asked Daisy if she had a heart-to heart talk with Nick on the balcony hinting to the issue of him having an affair (pg 20).
             Gatsby is the main character of the Great Gatsby. Everything revolves around him. Gatsby first appears as a straightforward person. H
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