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       The epigraph applies to Gatsby in the way he presents himself. Gatsby’s name is well known throughout the area, however, many do not know what he does and how he got his money. Many see his nice house and expensive belongings and assume that he comes from a rich family and assume that there is a crazy backstory to this man. This is his “gold hat” as seen in the epigraph. Gatsby has all these things and told people some things about his past. Most of these stories, however, were false. Jay Gatsby’s legal name was James Gatz and he had changed it around the time his career took off. Instead of having rich relatives like he made others perceive. James Gatz had farmer parents who were “shiftless and unsuccessful”. He eventually built up his façade by cruising along the continent on Dan Cody’s boat being the steward, mate, skipper, secretary, and jailor on the boat. With these experiences, Jay had “filled out to the substantiality of a man”, and was ready to becom...

  Daisy’s party takes place in a “cheerful-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay.” This was her and her husband Tom’s home in the East Egg or more “fashionable” area. Tom is an ex-football player and an exceptionably wealthy man who is described by his wife to be “hulking”. He is also a racist who tries spreading his ideas by telling people to read the book, “The Rise of the Coloured Empires”. Tom gets caught making a phone call to a lover in New York which does not phase his wife Daisy at all. Tom’s wife Daisy is the main character, Nick Carraway’s, cousin. Daisy is described as, “Her face as sad and lovely with a bright passionate mouth”. Daisy is a loyal wife even after she hears about his secret lover. She looks past it and stays by his side. Jordan Baker is the woman who told Daisy about Toms’s affair. Jordan is a professional golf player. She is a very independent woman which is very uncommon of these times. She had grown up in Louisville and is very stro...