How do these quotes from the Great Gatsby relate to these elements or themes?

Question

Nick, on the Buchanans: "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made"

Daisy, on her newborn girl: "All right...I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool"

Literary elements: character development, setting, narrative style/ perspective, symbolism, motif, tone.

Themes: the importance of family relationships, the acquisition of status/ wealth, the importance of culture/traditions, the true qualities of good character, the importance of romance love/ marriage, the value of honesty, gender roles as defined by culture and custom.

I only need to know how it relates to two or more of these.

Thank you so so much!

Answer 1

character development:

Daisy speaks these words in Chapter I as she describes to Nick and Jordan her hopes for her infant daughter. While not directly relevant to the novel's main themes, this quote offers a revealing glimpse into Daisy's character.

Daisy is not a fool herself but is the product of a social environment that, to a great extent, does not value intelligence in women.

The older generation values subservience and docility in females, and the younger generation values thoughtless giddiness and pleasure-seeking.

Daisy's remark is somewhat sardonic: while she refers to the social values of her era, she does not seem to challenge them. Instead, she describes her own boredom with life and seems to imply that a girl can have more fun if she is beautiful and simplistic.

Daisy herself often tries to act such a part. She conforms to the social standard of American femininity in the 1920s in order to avoid such tension-filled issues as her undying love for Gatsby.

Answer 2

I have not read this novel, but there are a number of online study guides, and quite a few other resources on the web that can help you with this question.  Most of them have quite a bit of good information.  Have a look at these, and you should get some help with your work.  If you do a search you will find many other links.  .  

http://www.homework-online.com/tgg/index...

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gatsby/

http://www.bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us/gr...

http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guide...