For one thing, the Charleston didn’t even emerge until 1923. Also, Churchwell says, “skirts in the novel are a lot longer than we think they are. We all picture them in knee-length dresses. But dresses in 1922 were ankle-length.” Jordan Baker, the novel’s most liberated female ...
In contrast, the old aristocracy possesses grace, taste, subtlety, and elegance, epitomized by the Buchanans’ tasteful home and the flowing white dresses of Daisy and Jordan Baker. What the old aristocracy possesses in taste, however, it seems to lack in heart, as the East Eggers prove ...
In contrast, the old aristocracy possesses grace, taste, subtlety, and elegance, epitomized by the Buchanans’ tasteful h ome and the flowing white dresses of Daisy and Jordan Baker.©2022 Baidu |由 百度智能云 提供计算服务 | 使用百度前必读 | 文库协议 | 网站地图 | 百度营销...
forexample,livesinamonstrouslyornatemansion,wearsapinksuit,drivesaRolls-Royce,anddoesnotpickuponsubtlesocialsignals,suchastheinsincerityoftheSloanes’invitationtolunch.Incontrast,theoldaristocracypossessesgrace,taste,subtlety,andelegance,epitomizedbytheBuchanans’tastefulhomeandtheflowingwhitedressesofDaisyandJordan...
She dresses in white, a symbol of innocence as image of an enshrined demigoddess in myth. From the name we may get some aspect of her character: coldness and ruthlessness. What she wants to pursue is money and position. At the end of the story, Gatsby died instead of Daisy, but ...