Examples Of Masculinity In The Great Gatsby

Throughout the novel Tom is shown as someone very arrogant and abrupt in the way he talks to people and feels he has the authority to question others in an interrogatory manner. In his first meeting with Nick he

In “The Great Gatsby” Tom Buchanan had one of the despising personalities out of all the characters. Tom’s personality was a rude, impatient, and cruel type at the beginning. There were no reasons for him to act like that. At the very beginning Tom is one of the first characters that were introduced. His first impressions were that he always had to be in command or be the dominant one. “ Tom who had been hovering restlessly about the room, stopped and rested his hand on my shoulder” (Fitzgerald 10) Even though he is a tall, muscular and broad man he sure does his research and can’t stand the fact that other races can become more superior. “Civilization’s going to pieces,” broke out Tom violently. “It’s up to us, who are the dominant race, to watch out or these other races will have control of things” (Fitzgerald 12-13) Tom still succeeds to being more dominant and controlling by throwing Nick out the car. “He jumped to his feet and, taking hold of my elbow, literally forced me out the car.” “Were getting off,” he insisted. “I want you to meet my girl.”(Fitzgerald 24) Being tall, muscular and with a bad personality, Tom couldn’t have treated Mrs. Wilson worse by hitting her in the nose and making her bleed. “Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand.” (Fitzgerald 37) By proceeding to very end of the book Tom still shows no signs of changing nor does he plan to. For instance Tom was going to sell his car to a garage owner, but decided to change his mind angrily and kept the car. “ The voice in the hall rose high with annoyance: “Very well, then, I won’t sell you the car at all . . . I’m under no obligations to you at all . . . and as for your bothering me about it at lunch time, I won’t stand at all!” (Fitzgerald 116) Even though Tom care about something’s he sure doesn’t care about his old friend Walter Chase since he just left him to rot. “I guess your friend Walter Chase wasn’t too proud

Does Tom Buchanan actually bestow the amount of power that he’s portrayed to have? In “The Great Gatsby”, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tom Buchanan is made to be seen as a domineering character. When viewing Tom’s character through the social power lens, it’ll be able to expose parts of this book where Tom struggles to keep the amount of power he currently has, from his wealth and social ranking, due to his growing insecurities. Throughout this book, Tom believes he obtains a higher degree of power over everyone else and that only his point of view matters because of his extravagant life. Although Tom does attain a substantial amount of power over many of the other characters in this book, it doesn’t mean he’ll be able to hold onto it.

Queer theory is a post-structuralist theory that emerged in the early 1990s from the fields of queer and women's studies. The theory builds on both feminist challenges to the idea that gender is part of the essential self and upon gay and lesbian studies' close examination of the socially constructed nature of sexual activity and identities. This theory focuses on the mismatches between sex, gender, and desire. Queerness has been prominently identified as bisexual, lesbian, and gay people, although it also includes different categories such as cross-dressing, intersex bodies and identities, gender ambiguity and gender-corrective surgery. The queer theory is an attempt to expose the different lifestyles that people may be unaware of and to give them several categories in the LGBTQ community to look at; correlates sexes, genders, and sexualities out of specifically lesbian and gay. One of these examples of queer analysis is in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, gender roles are used in a conservative way. The men are to make the money, buy the house, pay the bills and for everything else. The women are there to be the typical “house wife” and have the men buy them things. In the 1920’s men were more dominant over women so the women didn’t really have a high spot in society if they weren’t married to a wealthy man, or if they weren’t a professional athlete or a performer (actress, dancer, etc…). Myrtle Wilson, Jordan Baker, and Daisy Buchanan are an example of women that get dominated by men and prove men had the main role in society but one of them proves that women don’t necessarily need a man. They all prove that women have power, just in a different

Whilst The Great Gatsby appears to portray modernist trends in social attitudes and behaviours, there are elements of Fitzgerald’s characters that reflect the xenophobic attitudes of the Ku Klux Klan. Tom Buchanan embodies the prejudicial views of his era, as his racism is evident from the beginning of the novel. He claims that white civilization will be overthrown by African-Americans, advising that “it's up to us, who are the dominant race, to watch out or these other races will have

In the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tom Buchanan lacks the intelligence of a normal high class member, but he has a very good eye at seeing through lies. Our first introduction to Tom establishes him as a “hulking”(12) figure with “a cruel body” (7) with “two shining arrogant eyes” and “a supercilious manner” to show his dominance over others. Tom is from a wealthy family and takes great pride in his college days as a star football player. Although it seems like he has it all, money and a trophy wife, Tom is not satisfied with himself so any remarks to him angers him greatly.

Tom Buchanan, a crucial character to the events of The Great Gatsby, is how Fitzgerald presents a symbol of greed and immoral acts to the reader, a character whom is corrupted by sin and iniquity. Fitzgerald uses Tom Buchanan, a disloyal and proud character, in order to suggest some of the traits that may cause one to lose their sense of morality.

Why do some people think that all men are the same? Just because some guys aren’t faithful and considerate doesn’t mean they’re all that way. F. Scott Fitzgerald does a great way of explaining this in the 1925 love novel, The Great Gatsby. The wives of two men in this book will become the reason why the men are the way that they are. These men are George Wilson and Tom Buchanan. Tom is married to Daisy Buchanan but she will go behind his back with Gatsby. Tom will follow with the same actions as Daisy but with George’s wife. George Wilson is married to Myrtle Wilson who will go behind his back with Tom Buchanan. George will remain a good man to his wife throughout the book. These two men are clearly very different. Fitzgerald is explaining the two sides of man by showing the difference between faithful and unfaithful and the different ways that the nature of man expresses anger.

During the 1920’s, women were objectified in society, yet began to show signs of independence by striving for equality between genders. In this time known as the Roaring Twenties, women began to use their voice desiring to live their lives how they chose. F. Scott Fitzgerald, a renowned author, displayed his perception of women attempting to prove their worth through his new book. One of the protagonists in the novel, Daisy Buchanan, challenges the gender barriers and threatens to paint a new image for women by choosing love over wealth. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald displays the modern women’s inability to obtain independence as they were perceived as incapable of making their own decisions and relied on traditional gender

In the passage, the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, uses pugnacious and arrogant tones to reflect Nick’s initial thoughts of Tom, first through Tom’s appearance, then through his actions. Nick’s tone, when he first sees Tom waiting for him in his riding clothes, shifts from one of curiosity to fear and aggression. When Tom begins to talk, all of Nick’s initial thoughts of him are verified through Tom’s abrupt arrogance. Although Nick does not directly acknowledge his hatred and envy of Tom, through Nick’s description of Tom’s appearance and condescending attitude towards him, the reader recognizes a rigid tension between the two.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby, illustrates most women in his novels in a incredibly negative light. He portrays them as dependent upon men, selfish, and completely amoral. Jay Gatsby is in love with the wealthy Mrs. Daisy Buchannan and tries to win her love by proving that he is wealthy. However, no matter how wealthy he becomes, or how many gigantic parties he throws, he is still never good enough for Daisy. The story ends in tragedy as Gatsby is killed and dies utterly alone. Fitzgerald's characterization of Daisy, Myrtle, and Jordan in The Great Gatsby demonstrates women who are objectified by men and treated as their trophies, while also

Tom Buchanan is the person most dominantly representing these people. His actions are generally self-centered and depict him as racist. Tom’s self-centered nature is revealed in his actions in East Egg. For instance, Tom cares only for himself and his well-being. He mistreats his wife Daisy by hurting her physically. This is evident when Daisy says, “Look! ... You did it, Tom… I know you didn’t mean to but you did do it” (17). Daisy is trying to trigger Tom’s guilt, but fails as he disregards her complaining and changes the topic of the conversation, thus, proving his self-centered ideals that concern no one other than himself. Moreover, Tom’s racist nature reveals itself when he discusses with Nick on the topic of a new book that Tom has been reading; ‘The Rise of the Coloured Empires’. Tom says, “It’s up to us who are the dominant race to watch out or these other races will have control over things” (18). Tom thinks that the white race is the supreme race and that all other coloured races are inferior, coupled with the belief that the supreme race should watch out or else they will end up losing their title. This ideal is common in the 1920’s and it correlates with the moral deterioration of the upper class in society since they are willing to do whatever it takes to ensure the supremacy of the white race. Finally, Tom’s self-centered nature in East Egg best reveals itself when Tom excuses himself from the dinner table in order to talk to his mistress

In cases of social injustice, there are the oppressors and there are the oppressed. Such is the case in the world of The Great Gatsby, where gender norms shape the dynamic of all romantic relationships.Fitzgerald’s novel reflects pervasive gender norms that are still in place today. One of these constructs is the role of women versus men in marriage. Husbands are supposed to be violent and commanding, and their wives are supposed to be quiet and happy. Male characters see opportunity in this construct -- they use it to their advantage or as a way to establish power and reputation. Characters like Gatsby and Tom want relationships with women that reflect their relationship with money and success. When Myrtle tries to manipulate her affair

TOM: Tom is very short-tempered and tends to make rash decisions like slapping Myrtle at the sound of his wife’s name. He is known to be aggressive and violent at times, a hyper-masculine figure that gets what he wants. The relevant metaphor for Tom is the spotlight in a theater. A spotlight is like Tom in that it lives above everything and everyone and it casts its shadow on things it doesn’t want to see. With Tom being above everyone in class, status, and relationships, no one can be on the same level as him, not even Daisy. Both Tom and the spotlight are controlling and domineering over the other parts in the theater and in life. The spotlight (Tom) keeps his light shining on the stage (Daisy) and watches her actions. Once the curtain (Gatsby)