Effects Of Abuse In The Great Gatsby

Humans use coping mechanisms to ease the pain of dealing with reality. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby tries to gain the affection of a long lost love, but because he worries that this love is unrequited, he resorts to alternative methods to attempt at achieving his goals. Fitzgerald demonstrates that though denial and deception create a safe but false existence, the truth always prevails and the disillusioned are forced to face their fears directly.

In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby spends his life building wealth in order to earn the love of Daisy Buchanan, a woman he loved in his younger years who could not marry him due to his lack of wealth. Daisy, though not a character with many appearances in the book (since Gatsby is the main character), is an extremely emotional character that just seems a bit off throughout the book. I believe that if Daisy were to visit a psychiatrist, she would be diagnosed with Histrionic Personality Disorder. To prove my assumption, I will cite instances where she exhibits symptoms of this and explain how they come

Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby the author F. Scott Fitzgerald has created dysfunctional relationships between characters to provoke the audience to react is a specific way. Today we will be taking a detailed look at the relationship between the characters Daisy and Tom and demonstrate how the author has created a dysfunctional relationship between the pair as they fail to meet basic requirements of a healthy marriage of love and loyalty.

The state of people’s mental health often negatively affects their relationships with the people surrounding their lives. Gatsby’s mental state throughout The Great Gatsby is not impeccable after he serves in World War I. He has to leave his girlfriend, Daisy, behind to serve in the army. Like countless other soldiers of this time period, Gatsby’s mental state changes during the war and he holds onto the good memories and perfects them in his head. He develops a perfect vision of Daisy in the years that they are apart, which can be viewed as a positive mental exercise, however, this unrealistic vision has a negative impact on their relationship in several situations when they finally meet up again in person; Daisy fails

Tom's mistress whom he cheats on Daisy with. This causes Myrtle to dislike Tom's main girl. "'Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!' shouted Mrs. Wilson. 'I'll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai –– ' Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand" (Fitzgerald 37). First of all, Tom and Myrtle are having an affair which ruins the sanctity of marriage. They should not have even started this affair they call a relationship. She tried to stand up to Tom, but it results in violence. Violence should never be involved in a healthy relationship. He breaks her nose for just being mouthy! The action was done with such rapidness he must not have felt remorse. Tom wants to show his power as Alpha. "Then there were bloody towels upon the bathroom floor, and women's voices scolding, and a high over the confusion a long broken wail of pain" (Fitzgerald 37). This is after Tom used violence against his mistress Myrtle. This is another example of a toxic relationship because the aftermath of his anger and power causes Myrtle tremendous

The Human Condition is a big part of our understanding of literature, it can mean death, acceptance, judgment, and several other diverse things. It is about the positive or negative aspects of humans that everyone all universally deals with at least one time in one’s life. In the novel “The Great Gatsby”, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the short stories Raymond Carver’s “Everything Stuck to Him”, and Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”, all have the most prominent human condition: love. Love is portrayed as society’s primary concern in literature, and is represented as a main concern in today’s society .

Despite the outdated settings and characters in many novels, the stories and the lessons they contain are still valued and relevant to a contemporary society. Books provide the reader with an escape from the adversity of reality and place them in the fantasies and dreams of the main characters. Along with emotion, a novel should teach people lessons and the morality of actions and their consequences. Although some books may vainly appear as obsolete and forgotten, each story shares a different voice and a different perspective of the world. In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the rivalry between East Egg and West Egg directly relates to the time period and to modern day society. The idea of progress and the betterment of an

Emotional/ psychological abuse is a form of abuse is when another person is subjected or exposed to another’s’ behaviour that

Physical: Physical abuse is a type of abuse when someone is being physically harmed by another/group of person/people. It is an aggressive behaviour that results in another person having physical injuries. It could be that they don’t even use their own fists to hit someone; they may use another object to throw or hit someone with. It could be kicking or punching, restrained to a chair, being locked in a room, grabbing, and pushing, slapping, pulling hair, biting, punching and kicking.

Psychological or emotional abuse can also be emotional and mental. It affects adults in many ways. This type of abuse can be oral, through messages or through actions. For example, a previous partner could be jealous of a new relationship and try and separate the two people by creating lies. This problem can occur in both men and women. A person could be threatened and treated with little respect to make the other person seem more superior than the threatened person. Continuous put-downs and name calling can also be psychological abuse as the person could feel embarrassed and humiliated in front of others. All of these things can lead to a person feeling

Emotional/Psychological abuse relates to any action that damages an individual’s mental well-being and development, causing them emotional distress, e.g. verbal abuse, including badgering, coercing, provoking or frightening actions or making someone undertake or witness acts which are personally distasteful

Women have infiltrated colleges at every level, as they are leading in the acceptance rates in these colleges as well. “For 35 years, women have outnumbered men in American colleges. Federal data show that female students have become the majority in 1979 and for the past decade have accounted for about 57 percent of enrollment at degree-granting institutions.” The Washington post concludes women and men are now about equal with enrollment rates in ivy-league universities. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald had portrayed the expensive wealth that dripped from these beings and the many flaws that came along with the mistreatment of women and immigrants. Fitzgerald had as well represented that many wealthy women spoke with a diverse dialect,

Domestic violence is a very important social problem that we must educate ourselves on because it has such a profound and negative effect on the individual(s) being abused. They are affected mentally, emotionally, physically, and I know from experience that the scars can run very deep. Being in an abusive relationship for three years was devastating to my self-image as a teenager, and because of these feelings of inadequacy, my decreasing esteem allowed me to stay in such a dangerous scenario. Healing from the negative effects of that relationship has been a difficult journey for me, and I can only imagine how much more difficult it must be for women abused for years on end. To this day, I struggle greatly with the ability to let go of my own "control"

Domestic abuse is a startling issue in today’s society, and there are many different forms of it. Domestic abuse is defined as “the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another” [1]. There are numerous forms of domestic abuse, including both physical and emotional violence. Many people who are trapped in these toxic relationships often feel helpless and worthless, and may think they have no way to escape their situation. However, with the right guidance and support, they can free themselves and emerge as a stronger person.

“Every year in the United States there are over 3 million incidents of domestic violence. That means that every nine seconds a women is beaten by her domestic partner” (Findeley). There are many women that stay silent when being abuse by their partners. The consequences of staying quiet when obtaining abuse can be dangerous and can also lead to death. Many women do not recognize the importance of the fact that there is in speaking out if they are being abuse by their partner. No woman should take domestic abuse by their partners. Every woman deserves a healthy relationship; A healthy relationship involves trust, respect, and consideration for the other person. Domestic abuse has gotten worse during the past years and is still rising up. One can see that domestic abuse can occur everywhere. Domestic abuse is considered a crime and woman should not keep silent when being abuse.