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snehababy
snehababy
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High School - 9th Grade

In "The Great Gatsby", how do the motifs of Violence, Colours, race, and sports relate to Daisy and Jordan?

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Posted by snehababy on Tuesday March 10, 2009 at 7:05 PM and tagged with characters, colors, daisy, jordan, motifs, race, sports, the great gatsby, themes, violence.

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  1. dneshan
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    The motif of violence would relate to Daisy because she is a product of both physical and mental abuse by her husband, Tom.  It is clear from the first chapter of the book that Tom does become violent with his wife.  When speaking with Jordan and Nick at the dinner table on that first night that Nick visits their home, Daisy points out an injury on her finger and holds nothing back by telling Nick and Jordan that it was Tom who did it to her.  The reader can only assume that he continues this type of violence throughout their relationship.  Jordan would relate to the motif of sports because she is a professional golfer.  The other mention of a sporting event in the novel is when Meyer Wolfsheim is introduced and he is given credit with fixing the 1919 World Series.  Jordan Baker continues this motif of cheating in sports when it is revealed at one of Gatsby’s parties that Jordan was disqualified from her golf tournament for cheating. 

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    Posted by dneshan on Friday March 13, 2009 at 6:56 AM