Daisy Buchanan from The Great Gatsby and Brett Ashley from The Sun Also RisesWritten just after the publication of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises is apparently influenced in many ways. Fitzgerald's most obvious influence is evident in Hemingway's portrayal of his heroine, Brett Ashley. Many critics have noted and discussed the similarities between Brett and Daisy Buchanan, and rightly so; but the two women also have fundamental differences. Compared to Daisy, Brett is a more well-rounded and complex character, and Hemingway treated her with more sympathy than Fitzgerald did with Daisy. Some similarities between Brett Ashley and Daisy Buchanan include their physical beauty, extravagant/flamboyant lifestyle, and unhappy marriages. However, their most important similarity is the destructive influence they exert on their suitors. Daisy attracts Jay Gatsby with her beauty - not only her physical appearance, but also her carefree, comfortable and luxurious lifestyle: Gatsby was acutely aware of the youth and mystery that wealth traps and preserves, of the freshness of many clothes and of Daisy, shining like silver, safe and proud above the fierce struggles of the poor (157). For Gatsby, the wealthy life is tempting and desirable because he was equal to Daisy herself. . His life, far removed from hard, sweaty struggles, seems to contain as much enchanted beauty as it does for Gatsby. He falls in love with this beauty and Daisy becomes his one and only goal and dream in life. With this, Fitzgerald places the blame for Gatsby's downfall—for his indulgence in the bad dream and his poor choice of means to achieve his goal—on Daisy. But... middle of paper... .. S. "Brett and his lovers." Brett Ashley. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1991. 105-122. Martin, Wendy. "Brett Ashley as new woman in The Sun also stands up." New essays on The Sun Also Rises. Ed. Linda Wagner-Martin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. 65-82. Works consulted: Hemingway, Ernest. "The Sun's unprecedented opening also rises." (5-8).Fitzgerald, F. Scott. “Letter to Ernest Hemingway (June 1926).” (8). Whitlow, Roger. “Bitches and other simplistic assumptions. » (148-156).Cohen, Milton A. “Circe and her pigs”. (157-165).Bloom, Harold. Brett Ashley. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1991. McCay, Mary A. “Fitzgerald's Women: Beyond Winter's Dreams.” (311-324). Fleischmann, Fritz, ed. American novelists revisited: essays in feminist criticism. Boston: GK Hall & Co., 1982.