Daisy's Treatment Of Women In The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby was published in 1925,and this book was awarded the second of 100 best novels of American literary history.This book’s writer,F. Scott Fitzgerald,whose shadow has been shown on the Nick and Gatsby.Nick and Fitzgerald were both born in common families but graduated from famous universities,and thought that the new life with luxury and crazy love is attractive.Gatsby and Fitzgerald are both mammonish.They thought the money can bring everything and they can prove that they are the qualified lovers with money.Besides,the writer put the story in 1920s when American economy was developing at full speed.

Within F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, there are two infamous characters named Tom and Daisy, an extremely wealthy couple who reside in a luxurious mansion in East Egg. Although their lives may seem picture perfect from the outside, it is far the opposite on the inside. The narrator of the novel, Nick, describes Tom and Daisy as “careless people…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…” (Fitzgerald 187-188). Nick makes this statement in response to all of the scandals they created and people they hurt throughout the novel. Tom and Daisy both prove their carelessness through

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 book The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy Buchanan plays a significant role as a mother, wife, and lover to another man. Before her marriage with Tom at age nineteen, Daisy fell in love with Gatsby and was left heartbroken when he did not return from war. Her mother ended up forcing her into her marriage with Tom because Daisy received a letter from Gatsby and realized she still had feelings for him and did not want to marry Tom. Daisy went on to give birth to her daughter Pammy and although struggling with her relationship with Tom, she still wants to stay with him for the sake of her family and their image. Throughout the book, The Great Gatsby, Daisy demonstrates how she is discouraged, indecisive, and cowardly through

Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the character of Daisy Buchanan undergoes many noticeable changes. Daisy is a symbol of wealth and of promises broken. She is a character we grow to feel sorry for but probably should not.

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.

She wanted to keep living her perfect, luxurious life, so she ran away from all of her problems. Daisy also has committed careless actions with her Daughter. Daisy brings her daughter, Pam, to a dangerous bootlegger and displays extremely selfish behavior to her on a daily basis. Daisy is also responsible for Nick’s disillusionment to society. In the beginning of the story, Nick feels bad for his cousin and eventually comes to have a strange idolization for her. However, as The Great Gatsby progresses, Nick begins to see that Daisy’s careless behavior ruins many things and lives, resulting in him describing Tom and Daisy as he does in this quote, “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.” The novel ends with Tom and Daisy using their wealth to move away from their troubles and maintain their place in society even with their destructive habits. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses Daisy to show that society is careless to live a seemingly perfect

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.

In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship is portrayed as obsessive, materialistic, and ineffective. Gatsby displays the quality of obsessiveness within the relationship by consuming himself with the desire to bring back the image of Daisy he fell in love with and his romance with her that had existed in the past. The intensity of Gatsby’s obsession is displayed when Gatsby invites Daisy and Nick over to his house. Nick observes that Gatsby “had been full of the idea so long, dreamed it right through to the end, waited with his teeth set, so to speak, at an inconceivable pitch of intensity. Now, in the reaction, he was running down like an overwound clock” (Fitzgerald 92). Nick’s examination of Gatsby obsession reveals that Gatsby has had this intense

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

“How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire!” Belva Plain, American author of mainstream fiction, believed society cannot be helped when they want something they cannot have. Gatsby, a respectable yet manipulative character in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, loves Daisy and will go beyond what is normal to be with her. Through Gatsby’s decisions and social interactions, Fitzgerald agrees with the idea that desire can lead people into traps like netted birds.

Despite Daisy being a dislikeable character, there are some instances in which the reader feels sympathetic towards her. A big factor is the affair that Tom has with Myrtle. Daisy knows that what her husband is doing, but she still stays with him for the fact that they have a daughter together and for financial support. When Nick first sees Daisy's daughter, she says, "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." By this she means that if her daughter is in the same position she is in her marriage, she won't know of the affair that her husband might have. The reader feels bad for Daisy because she is not being treated the way a wife is supposed to be treated. That is why she is yearning for love, and Gatsby was there to give it to her. Another time is at the hotel suite scene. She doesn't know who to choose from-Tom or Gatsby. She's torn between two lovers, and both of them have their own reasons for loving her, and why she should choose them. Gatsby has a lot to offer her, and loves her for who she is. He succeeded in life just to be with her. Although Tom is having an affair, he questions her about their love, and that Gatsby cannot take his place.

Why does Jay Gatsby pursue Daisy Buchanan with incomparable persistence? One might say it’s because Daisy is beautiful. It could be because Daisy’s from Louisville and Gatsby has a thing for Kentuckian girls. Maybe it’s because Daisy drives a nice car. Gatsby could just love girls named after flowers. Though there are countless reasons Gatsby could pursue Daisy, the reason Gatsby endlessly chases Daisy is because she represents everything he hopes to achieve. She has wealth and is an upper class citizen. Gatsby believes she is the key to his own wealth and success in life. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald suggests that Gatsby ties his dreams and visions of success to Daisy. This is seen in the novel’s play on religious ideals and Gatsby’s idealization of Daisy.

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.

In the book The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy Buchanan is a perplexing character. She is charming and pretty, yet her personality is almost robotic. Daisy has no sincere emotions; she only knows social graces and self-preservation. A materialistic society makes Daisy a jaded person who lacks any real depth.