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I like your focus on entitlement. It seems to me that this is a major theme in the novel--maybe a key point that Fitzgerald is trying to make about the 20s. Interesting connection to your own generation, and, yes, maybe a reason why the book remains relevant. Although we live in a country where we idealize meritocracy, we all too often feel entitled without doing the work ourselves. I like that you went further and actually say that in our society we idealize entitlement. I wonder how many people would agree.

One thing I wonder about, though, is that you say Daisy has lived a subpar life with Tom. That needs explanation. If your talking financially subpar, it's not the case. Tom is exceedingly wealthy. If you mean subpar in terms of emotional depth and love, than that's a different story.

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In the novel, Daisy is in a situation where she has many opportunities to recognize her privilege. Yet, she fails to do so and chooses to continue living a life of luxury. We as Glenview residents relate to Daisy because we shower ourselves in luxurious materiel items and opportunity, and even with today's world being entirely different than Daisy's, several parallels can be drawn. Although Daisy is in an extreme situation in the novel, privileged Americans young and old can often relate, even if they may not always express it.

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but you are much more prone to it if you live in a 

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entitlement can encompass your very existence

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entitlement can encompass your very existence

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Daisy's personality is in many ways similar to the personalities of today's generation because we as high schoolers in the North Shore feel as though we are entitled to the many amenities that we have access to in our day-to-day lives. We discussed this in class and utilized the takeaways from the discussion, in which people shared what they feel they are entitled to. We noticed as we were doing this padlet that we ourselves share this belief, because we have access to some of the best education, housing, and living conditions in the country, and yet we fail to appreciate it. In the future, we will try to be less like Daisy and more like Nick. In class, people felt they are entitled because they have such readily available access to the luxuries we all take for granted. Many of us feel that we do not, and yet we indicated that we do, by revealing that we have privilege in terms of jobs, education, housing, right, and even basic necessities such as food and water. In conclusion, just as Daisy was, we are NOT thankful, and oblivious to what we have.

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Nick says this to Daisy because even though he is Daisy's cousin, he resents her for specific reasons regarding her entitlement which she displace from the beginning of the book.

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Nick says this to Daisy because even though he is Daisy's cousin, he resents her for specific reasons regarding her entitlement which she displace from the beginning of the book.

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"'You make me feel uncivilized, Daisy,'  I confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. 'Can't you talk about crops or something?'"  (12)

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When exposed to the luxurious life of Gatsby and realizing what she's missed, Daisy wishes that she could have experienced the past few years in Gatsby's lifestyle, rather than the subpar life she is subjected to with Tom.

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When exposed to the luxurious life of Gatsby and realizing what she's missed, Daisy wishes that she could have experienced the past few years in Gatsby's lifestyle, rather than the subpar life she is subjected to with Tom.

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"While we admired, he brought more and the soft rich heap mounted higher--shirts with stripes and scrolls and plaids and quarrel in apple-green and lavender and faint orange, with monograms of Indian blue. Suddenly, with a strained sound, Daisy bent her head into the shirts and began to cry stormily. 'They're such beautiful shirts', she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. 'It makes me sad because I've never seen such--such beautiful shirts before.'" (92)

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Here we can see a clear example of Daisy's belief that she is entitled to certain privilages in life, one of the most prominent being money.

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Here we can see a clear example of Daisy's belief that she is entitled to certain privilages in life, one of the most prominent being money.

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"She never loved you, do you hear?" he cried.  "She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me.  It was a terrible mistake but in her heart she never loved any one except me." (130)