Daisy's Decisions In The Great Gatsby

In "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, he shows women, treated and presented as worse than men, and are rather disregarded and neglected by the male characters. Even Fitzgerald describes and creates the traits of the women in the book in a negative manner.

Feminist standpoints are often overlooked in many great sources of literature. When further analyzing a text; the writer’s views on women may become evident to the reader. The female characters of The Great Gatsby are portrayed with negative connotations and stereotyping in an attempt to persuade the reader to agree with these descriptions.

Daisy’s unfaithful actions led up to many tragic events in the story. She kissed Gatsby while married to Tom still. On page 122 it says “As he left the room again she got up and went over to Gatsby, and pulled his face down kissing him on the mouth.” This shows how unfaithful she actually is and how strongly she led Gatsby on by doing this. If she just told Gatsby she doesn’t want to be unfaithful to Tom and to leave her alone, maybe Gatsby would of stopped trying to get to her. Instead of being a good wife to Tom she flirted back with Gatsby. She also says “I love you now, isn’t that enough? I can’t help what’s past” on page 140. She claims she loves both Tom Gatsby. She has always been unfaithful because she went on many dates while Gatsby was in war. On page 158 it says “Through this twilight universe Daisy began to move again with the season; suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates with half a dozen men.”

I believe that the character with the most questionable moral compass is Daisy. Even in my first question that I answered, it was showing how questionable her moral compass was. When she had just hit and killed Myrtle, she didn’t even stop to see if she was okay. When Gatsby had just died, she didn’t send a message or any flowers. She even knows that her husband is cheating on her yet doesn’t seem to care. She just lives on as though it weren’t happening. She doesn’t seem like she can tell the difference between what is right and wrong, and acts like the wrong thing she did are okay. This is why I think she has the most questionable moral

Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is narrated by Nick Carraway about his time living in East Egg. Nick tells the story of a man named Jay Gatsby. Gatsby loves Daisy Buchanan,however, she is already married to Tom. While driving Gatsby's car, Daisy gets into a car accident, killing Tom’s mistress, Myrtle. Gatsby takes the fault for Daisy, but he end up being shot and killed by Myrtle's husband.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby shows the ultimate fraudulence of the twenties. Jay Gatsby, an outlaw, was killed by car mechanic George Wilson. Information from Tom Buchanan. Although Tom caused the situation to unfold for Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is ultimately responsible for his downfall because he was relentless for Daisy, put himself in impossible situations, and was involved in shady business.

Nick is visiting with his cousin, Daisy, after traveling to New York from the west. Prior to the given quote, Nick describes his travels and tells Daisy that, while stopped in Chicago, a dozen people had sent their love for her through him. To this comment, Daisy unnecessarily asks if they missed her. In response, Nick only reassures her with an exaggeration that gives off the impression that the place is empty and sorrowful without her presence. Delighted by the comment from Nick, Daisy insists that she and Tom go back.

In the great Gatsby, many characters are either dissatisfied or disillusioned with their lives in someway. Even though many have considerable amounts of wealth, they are somewhat unhappy with their lives. The characters unhappiness is demonstrated by their attitudes, their carelessness, and their somewhat solitude. Daisy Buchanan, Jay Gatsby, and Nick Carraway all show dissolution and unhappiness with their lives.

In the novel The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald wrote, “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 made…” (179) The relationship between Tom and Daisy was quite unstable. They were "careless people" because they were insensitive and thoughtless to others. If something goes wrong, they walk away, leaving the mess behind for others, like Nick, to deal with. Tom and Daisy always acted in a radical demeanor without ever thinking through the consequences of their actions. Early in the novel, Tom’s abuse of his relationship with Myrtle causes her to believe that they would have been married if it were not for Daisy. Daisy’s inattention led to the death of

Jay Gatsby loses the love of his life when he goes to war. Gatsby and Daisy were a couple who loved each other, but he then went to war. For five years neither of them saw each other. After coming back from war, Gatsby has hope that he and Daisy will expectantly get back together, but she is married to Tom. Hope if represented in the novel by the green light, Gatsby's chance to see Daisy, and Gatsby wanting to win Daisy back.

We do also see Daisy portrayed as very boring character “Do you always watch for the longest day of the year and then miss it etc” (p.17). This also implies that Daisy might not be as bright as Tom and Nick and that she doesn’t shape her destiny or takes control of her life. E.g. she attempted to plan something with Nick. she said, “What'll we plan? What do people plan?” meaning she has never had to make decisions nor has she had much responsibility. Again unlike Tom who is very much in control and has got firm charge over his future (That he thinks). Daisy however does not have much loving feelings for Tom as when Jordan mentions to Nick that she knows Gatsby, it raises Daisy's interest momentarily “Gatsby? demanded Daisy. What Gatsby?”, but the conversation is quickly diverted by the announcement of dinner.

Selfishness is a disease of the soul that every person experiences several times throughout their life. To say that selfishness has never been experienced would be hypocrisy. To say that selfishness is a beneficial trait would be erroneous. Although as humans we lie to ourselves, there is no question that selfishness can make any person a fool. Being selfish consumes us and changes us into someone we are not. Whether it leads to getting people killed, losing love, or abolishing families, selfishness always leads to destruction.

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby was born into a life of poverty and as he grew up he became more aware of the possibility of a better life. He created fantasies that he was too good for his modest life and that his parents weren’t his own. When he met Daisy, a pretty upper class girl, his life revolved around her and he became obsessed with her carefree lifestyle. Gatsby’s desire to become good enough for Daisy and her parents is what motivates him to become a wealthy, immoral person who is perceived as being sophisticated.

The Great Gatsby, and it gives us an insight into the gender roles of past WW1 America. Throughout the novel, women are portrayed in a very negative light. The author’s presentation of women is unflattering and unsympathetic. The women are not described with depth. When given their description, Fitzgerald appeals to their voice, “ she had a voice full of money”, their looks “her face was lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes, and a bright passionate mouth”, and the way in which they behave, “ ’They’re such beautiful shirts’ she sobbed”, rather than their feelings or emotions, for example, Daisy is incapable of genuine affection, however she is aimlessly flirtatious.

Tom finds out about Daisy’s affair with Gatsby. Later on towards the end of the novel Tom finds out about Daisy’s affair, they were showing a lot that something was going on between them, so Tom confront Gatsby about it and Gatsby told him everything. Daisy had loved Tom at one point, “oh, you want to much!” she cried to Gatsby. “I love you now- isn’t that enough?