Page 142 "Daisy, gleaming like silver, safe and proud above the hot struggles of the poor"
"At his lips' touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete." (117)
"Her voice is full of money"
Daisy is the symbol of purity but also corruption by money. She is shown as illuminated and longed by Gatsby. She is represented by a daisy because the outside is white the color of purity she looks so innocent and the inside yellow like the place she was from (east egg which is the more fashionable place of the two where people are rather wealthy) which represents her as a little rich kid…therefore corrupted by money at the core.
“faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can" (29).
Myrtle is represented as an everyday common plant instead of a rich and lovely flower as Daisy is shown as. She is not as attractive as daisy but she is willing to be treated as a dog by the wealthiest man than to be treated with love and care by a man that loves her.
Page 147 "his incorruptible dream" (vs. Gatsby’s corruption)
Page 50 "Behind the idea of the East is a sense of fixed money, of institutional power, of class differences, of the anonymity of the megalopolis. Behind the idea of the West is a sense of mobility, of new opportunity, of a personal and human scale."
The American dream is knowing that you can get by as long as you are a hardworking person and not giving up. Basically you can succeed in life as long as you are willing to work for your money. In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the American dream is portrayed as corrupted and that the only way to be respected or the only way you can succeed is if you are extremely wealthy. If you were not a little fancy-pansy rich kid you were not respected and in fact discriminated against.
"At his lips' touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete." (117)
"Her voice is full of money"
Daisy is the symbol of purity but also corruption by money. She is shown as illuminated and longed by Gatsby. She is represented by a daisy because the outside is white the color of purity she looks so innocent and the inside yellow like the place she was from (east egg which is the more fashionable place of the two where people are rather wealthy) which represents her as a little rich kid…therefore corrupted by money at the core.
“faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can" (29).
Myrtle is represented as an everyday common plant instead of a rich and lovely flower as Daisy is shown as. She is not as attractive as daisy but she is willing to be treated as a dog by the wealthiest man than to be treated with love and care by a man that loves her.
Page 147 "his incorruptible dream" (vs. Gatsby’s corruption)
Page 50 "Behind the idea of the East is a sense of fixed money, of institutional power, of class differences, of the anonymity of the megalopolis. Behind the idea of the West is a sense of mobility, of new opportunity, of a personal and human scale."
The American dream is knowing that you can get by as long as you are a hardworking person and not giving up. Basically you can succeed in life as long as you are willing to work for your money. In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the American dream is portrayed as corrupted and that the only way to be respected or the only way you can succeed is if you are extremely wealthy. If you were not a little fancy-pansy rich kid you were not respected and in fact discriminated against.
Works Cited
Daisy picture
http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallDetail.asp?photoID=937216&catID=510&style=&contestCatID=&rowNumber=25&camID=
myrtle pic
http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/images/600max/html/starr_980529_1430_rhodomyrtus_tomentosa.htm
quotes
http://www.homework-online.com/tgg/quotes.asp
http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/revision/9.html
http://www.novelguide.com/thegreatgatsby/characterprofiles.html
Daisy picture
http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallDetail.asp?photoID=937216&catID=510&style=&contestCatID=&rowNumber=25&camID=
myrtle pic
http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/images/600max/html/starr_980529_1430_rhodomyrtus_tomentosa.htm
quotes
http://www.homework-online.com/tgg/quotes.asp
http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/revision/9.html
http://www.novelguide.com/thegreatgatsby/characterprofiles.html
5 comments:
I agree with what Desiree and Marcus say because I think that Daisy truly represents corrupted beauty, and that Myrtle represents a person who just wants to be loved. I think they did a good job of explaining the two characters.
Adam, Per. 6
I like how you put the quotes in explaining what it means, it makes the quotes more understandable and helps support what you believe to be the meaning of the symbol.
Melissa Block#6th
Your description of Daisy and Myrtle completely fits their personality, especially Myrtle's because like the myrtle flower, she is not as well known as the daisy flower and is sacred to the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite, she lusts for the love she deeply desires. Quite a contrasting symbol between the two flowers.
Darren - 6th
I think that your description of Daisy and Myrtle hits the spot. Both of the flowers are very different. Your quotes make it easier to understand.
Abraham-8th
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