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Examples Of Stereotypes In The Great Gatsby

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Examining the Stereotypes of Daisy, Tom, and George
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, is a classic and timeless tale. It is narrated by Nick Carraway and is placed in the twenties. The novel is about Gatsby as he tries to win back the love of his life, Daisy. Unpredictably, the story includes parties, affairs, and murder. Cleverly, Fitzgerald manages to produce an exceedingly appealing story with common 1920s stereotypes.
In the novel The Great Gatsby, which is written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a great majority of the characters are stereotypes. Daisy Buchanan, who is Tom’s wife, is commonly thought of as “the southern belle”. Gatsby states that, “Her voice is full of money,” (Fitzgerald 127). Gatsby detects Daisy’s tremendous desire for wealth and expensive things. Her greedy personality causes her to leave Gatsby as he goes off to fight in the war, and instead marry Tom Buchanan all because of his great wealth. Unfortunately, Daisy is so blinded by her materialistic ways that she never realizes her love for Gatsby. …show more content…

Tom becomes furious when he finds out that his wife is having an affair with Gatsby even though he was having an affair as well. He decides to tell his friend, George, that it was Gatsby that ran over his wife, Myrtle. “What if I did tell him? That fellow had it coming to him. He threw dust into your eyes just like he did in Daisy’s but he was a tough one. He ran over Myrtle like you’d run over a dog and never even stopped the car” (187). Ultimately, this leads to George murdering Gatsby and then committing suicide even though it was Daisy that accidentally killed George’s wife. Clearly, Tom’s actions put into motion the death of two men all because of his hot-headed, hypocritical, and ignorant

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