Who is Daisy's second cousin once removed?

"Second cousins once removed: Two people for whom a second cousin relationship is one generation removed. The child of one's second cousin; also the second cousin of one's parent. Harry and his father's second cousin, Gwen, are second cousins once removed."
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Which character is Daisy's second cousin once removed?

Nick Carraway

Daisy's second cousin once removed, and Gatsby's next-door neighbour.
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Is Nick Carraway Daisy's second cousin?

Daisy Buchanan (née Fay)

Nick Carraway's second cousin once removed.
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Who is Daisy's cousin in The Great Gatsby?

Nick Carraway

As Daisy Buchanan's cousin, he facilitates the rekindling of the romance between her and Gatsby.
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How does Nick compare Daisy and Jordan?

How does Nick compare Daisy and Jordan? Jordan is unlike Daisy, she was too wise to ever carry well-forgotten dreams from age to age.
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What happened to Daisy's daughter?

Pammy did appear in the novel, towards the end when her parents, Gatsby, Jordan and Nick are all at the house on the hottest day of the year. She comes in with her nanny and Daisy flaunts her and asks if she likes her friends. Pammy responds and then her nanny takes her away.
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Is Catherine Myrtle's sister?

Catherine is the younger sister of Myrtle Wilson and sister-in-law to George Wilson. She's described by Nick as a "slender, worldly girl of about thirty".
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What is Daisy's relationship to Nick?

She is narrator Nick Carraway's second cousin, once removed, and the wife of polo player Tom Buchanan, by whom she has a daughter. Before marrying Tom, Daisy had a romantic relationship with Jay Gatsby. Her choice between Gatsby and Tom is one of the novel's central conflicts.
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Are Nick and Daisy actually cousins?

Partially based on Fitzgerald's wife, Zelda, Daisy is a beautiful young woman from Louisville, Kentucky. She is Nick's cousin and the object of Gatsby's love.
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How are Jordan and Daisy related?

Even though Daisy is her closest friend, Jordan is the opposite of Daisy as she is a professional golfer with no need for a man to determine the course of her future. Both Jordan and Daisy command a sort of presence in a room, but Jordan is more refined, her posture like that of a young cadet (Fitzgerald 11).
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Who is Tom and Daisy Buchanan?

the Buchanans, fictional characters, the wealthy and careless couple (Tom and Daisy Buchanan) who help to bring about the tragic end of Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece The Great Gatsby (1925).
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Who are cousins once removed?

To be “once removed” from a cousin means you are separated by one generation. The number before "removed" will always represent the number of generations you are separated ("removed") from the cousin.
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What is the name of Daisy and Tom's daughter?

Pammy Buchanan Toddler daughter of Tom and Daisy Buchanan. Little mention is made of her and she represents the children of the Jazz Agers.
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What does Chester McKee do?

Chester McKee

He is married to Lucille McKee and is in the 'artistic game', which is revealed as his work as a photographer. He is also asking for Tom's support to develop his business: 'All I ask is that they should give me a start.
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Did Nick sleep with Mr McKee?

Even if the reader interpreted the story so that Nick and Mr. McKee did not sleep together or even if Fitzgerald did not mean to imply as much, the fact that Mr. McKee and Nick are together in their underwear is not typical for two heterosexual men in the 1920s.
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What does TJ eckleburg's eyes symbolize?

The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are a pair of fading, bespectacled eyes painted on an old advertising billboard over the valley of ashes. They may represent God staring down upon and judging American society as a moral wasteland, though the novel never makes this point explicitly.
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Who was drunk in Gatsby's library?

Owl Eyes is an eccentric, bespectacled drunk whom Nick Carraway meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion.
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Did Gatsby know Daisy had a child?

So Daisy's daughter was something inappropriate and impossible for Gatsby. His attitude towards the girl was not hostile. For him, she was something so surreal that he didn't believe in her existence. Gatsby learned about the child, felt surprised, and forgot about its existence the very next moment.
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When Daisy's daughter was born What did she say she hoped she would be?

I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool. Daisy speaks these words in Chapter 1 as she describes to Nick and Jordan her hopes for her infant daughter.
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Who does Daisy say her child looks like?

She eagerly tells the group that "She doesn't look like her father. She looks like me. She's got my hair and shape of the face". Not only does Daisy want to keep Tom's involvement in the child to a minimum, but the child is something that is totally hers.
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What does Jordan Baker look like?

Jordan is blond and very athletic, physical, tan, and angular, while Daisy is dark-haired and pale with a musical voice and more delicate figure. Interestingly enough most film adaptations feature a dark-haired Jordan and a blonde Daisy!
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Who is the 5th guest at dinner?

The "fifth guest" is Tom's mistress who arrives unexpectedly. The "fifth guest" is the butler who takes a seat at the table. What did Jordan Baker tell Nick Carraway about Tom Buchanan? She told him that Tom is terminally ill.
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What does Jordan Baker symbolize?

Jordan represents a new type of woman, with more freedom than those of previous generations. Nick describes her as incurably dishonest and remembers hearing a critical, unpleasant story about her when he first meets her, and recalls later that she was accused of cheating in a golf tournament.
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