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FEMALE CHARACTERS
	DAISY BUCHANAN
		married to Tom Buchanan
		Nick Carraway's "second cousin once removed"
		the love of Jay Gatsby's life
		beautiful and rich
	MYRTLE WILSON
		married to George Wilson
		has an affair with Tom Buchanan
		plump and lively
	JORDAN BAKER
		friend of Daisy Buchanan
		professional golfer
		becomes Nick's girlfriend
		beautiful but dishonest

CORRUPTION (DAISY)
	says that she will wait for Gatsby to return from the war
	leaves Gatsby for Tom Buchanan while he fights in the war
	commits murder by running over Myrtle in Gatsby's car allows Gatsby to take credit
	reunites with Gatsby five years after the war suggests that she will leave Tom for Gatsby
	"Are you in love with me?"
		she is aware of her effect on men
	“She got up and went over to Gatsby…kissing him…”
		suggest that Daisy is lustful OR making Gatsby lust after her

CORRUPTION (MYRTLE)
	desperate to improve her life cheats on her husband, George Wilson
	intends to leave him even though he loves her dearly
	has a secret love affair with Tom
		receives gifts and money, and gives Tom satisfaction
		despite being treated badly by Tom
	“I told that boy about the ice… These people! You have to keep after them all the time.”
		shows that Myrtle tries to hide her economic situation through a stuck-up personality

MARRIAGE AND WEALTH
	Women are defined by partners
		Daisy wants to be rich
			loves Gatsby in order to be rich
			however when he went to war, she married Tom, who was also very wealthy
		Myrtle wants an interesting life
			however she is defined by her husband, George a lifeless lower-class pump mechanic
			she tries to change this by seeking a relationship with Tom


closely tied in with Wealth and Sex “[Daisy] wanted her life shaped now, immediately--and the decision must be made by some force--of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality” shows that Daisy had married for money ‘em all Daisy’s change’ her mine” Daisy wants to return the expensive pearls only loves Gatsby