Tom Buchanan is a very rich man, who lives in a big mention in West Egg. ‘“His family was enormously wealthy even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach—“’(6). This quotation is referring that Tom comes from a wealthy family.. Daisy marries Tom because of his money. It shows that she wants to get her success easily. In other words, she takes it for granted.
He was French catholic in background, as was Kate. He adored his wife, admired her independence and intelligence, and "allowed" her unheard of freedom. After their marriage they lived in New Orleans where she had five boys and two girls, all before she was twenty-eight. Oscar was not an able business man, and they were forced to move to his old home in a small Louisiana parish. Oscar died of swamp fever there in 1882 and Kate took over the running of his general store and plantation for over a year.
In 1944, 17 year old Ruth became pregnant by a married canadian soldier named clare and gave birth to a son, who she named clare andrea neilson known as andy. The father sent money for about a year, then stopped. The child eventually went to live with Ruths mother. Ruth became a nightclub hostess through nude modelling work, which paid signifficantly more than the various factory and clerical jobs she had since leaving school. Morris Conley, the manager of the court club in Duke street, where she worked,blackmailed his hostess employees into sleeping with him.
To begin with there is Daisy, who lives a life of luxury in a huge estate with a very wealthy husband. Firstly Fitzgerald establishes Daisy through her tone of voice and the way she speaks, in the novel she is described with “a low, thrilling voice”. The reader can see this as an enticing and rich a voice who leads men in with everything she says. Also Fitzgerald portrays Daisy in nothing but white, white can be seen as the colour of purity and tranquillity, so she is seen as this angel, especially to Gatsby and it makes the reader realise why Gatsby fell in love with her in the first place. She is also portrayed by Fitzgerald as stuck up and that things are all about her.
1904 Mother Dies Hurston's mother Lucy Potts Hurston dies. Soon after, her father marries Mattie Moge, a young woman only six years older than Zora. Hurston and her new stepmother bitterly dislike each other. 1917 Twentysomething High-Schooler After leaving home and school and working a number of odd jobs to support herself, Hurston moves to Baltimore, Maryland. In order to qualify for a free high school education, 26-year-old Hurston lies about her age, claiming her birth year as 1901.
Unsatisfied with Spain, Diego moved to Paris to complete his remaining two years of studying. During this time, he met and married his first wife, Angelina Belloff, a Russian émigré artist. During the next ten years, Diego and Angelina live together and pursue their art careers. In 1917, they have a child – but he eventually dies in 1918 from the influenza epidemic. Only a year later, Diego would go on to have his second son, Marika, with his mistress Marvena.
The modern composer I decided to research after examining various options is Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong was born August 4, 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana to the parents of Mayann Albert and Willie Armstrong. Louis moved from house to house among his mother to his grandmother Josephine Armstrong right after his birth due to Louis’s father leaving him. Once Louis’s mother conceived Louis’s Sister Beatrice four years later when Louis was 6 years old, he moved back in with his mother. Due to Armstrong’s family’s funds being very limited he did whatever he could to bring money home such as selling newspapers, vegetables, and joining a street singing group where he earned the name satchelmouth because of his wide grin.
Her husband, Frank Wallace, began to tour the country with a nightclub act “Mae West’s Husband.” In 1942, Wallace filed for a divorce and wanted alimony from West. They both eventually settled with an undisclosed financial agreement. When Mae West was well over sixty, she tried to revive her career by creating a nightclub act “Mae West and her Adonises.” Paul Novak, one of her “adonises” became her companion for the last twenty-six years of her life. West published an autobiography, Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It, in 1959. The book contains humorous stories about her career and love life.
When Dan met Gatsby he treated him as if he were his son. From there Gatsby started his journey to achieve his dreams. Gatsby was working very hard to make money so he can win Daisy’s love for him. Unfortunately Daisy couldn’t wait for Gatsby, so she had married a ridiculously rich man named
He went from having very little to owning one of the largest houses and throwing huge parties and befriending some of the most famous people around. His dream was to win back Daisy, the love of his life. They fell in love at a young age but when he left for the war to make money, she left Gatsby for Tom. Gatsby quickly decided he would do anything and everything in his power to win her back. He aspired to be wealthy and raise his social status in order to do so.