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Daisy is truly not the innocent flower that Gatsby envisions. Myrtle is portrayed very differently throughout the novel. She is the symbol of experience, using her sexuality to advance her social status and to live a life away from the depressed valley of ashes. Washington and Lee has also embraced this cornerstone of American literature. She is from Southern California and will take a degree in English from Washington and Lee in spring of Skip to content. Bookmark the permalink. Search for:.

Shenandoah has been has featured on the list of Essential Sites for Voracious Readers published on MastersinEnglish. Why does Tom insist on switching cars with Gatsby when they go to the city? Why is Nick the narrator of the story? Why does Tom bring up race so often? Why is Myrtle attracted to Tom? Why does Gatsby stop throwing parties? Quotes Chapter 6. James Gatz—that was really, or at least legally, his name.

It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach. So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end. By God, I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me. They meet all kinds of crazy fish. Previous section Chapter 5 Next section Chapter 7. Popular pages: The Great Gatsby.