Women In The Great Gatsby

The novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about societal difference between men and women the 1920s. Throughout the novel this theme is played through our main characters: Tom, Myrtle, and Daisy. Fitzgerald uses the possessive relationships between these characters to enlighten the reader about women’s social ranking. He demonstrates how men were able to control women by making them feel inferior. The author describes the importance of social class for women in the 1920’s through the possessive and ultimately destructive relationship of Tom and Myrtle.

I’ve only known Gatsby for a few months, and so I’ll start with my first impression. It was summer, and many people came to enjoy his premises. He held huge parties at his mansion every Saturday.1 They were the most opulent and ostentatious parties, typical of the West Egg. All sorts of people came, from the city or just across the lake, looking to mingle and join the wealthy. They basked in Gatsby’s display of wealth, enjoying the alcohol, the music, and the atmosphere. They enjoyed so much of his parties, yet they never got to meet

Jay Gatsby is a self-made man, he turned himself from a farm boy to one of the richest men in America at the time and bought himself a beautiful mansion on West Egg, Long Island with the other new millionaires. In contrast to the newly rich, there are those who have inherited their wealth from family before them such as Tom and Daisy Buchanan. These people were lucky to be born into their lives and reside on East Egg along with other family’s with “old money”. Readers come to easily

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.

The Great Gatsby is known to many as one of the great American novels- a novel that accurately projects an era in American history through a captivating story. Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925, this novel tells a story of the Roaring Twenties, a time of excessive materialism and flashy culture in American history. More specifically, this novel tells the story of Nick Carraway and his experiences of living in New York’s upscale town of West Egg, as he befriends his upper class neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is an innocent man of many flaws, as his ambitions to obtain the love of his former partner, Daisy Buchanan, cause his own corruption, and eventually, his downfall. Essentially, many parallels can be drawn between Gatsby and the social issues of the Roaring Twenties. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses the tragic hero of Jay Gatsby to portray the flaws of a materialistic society. Jay Gatsby’s defining qualities that lead to his downfall such as his lust for wealth, his obsession with Daisy Buchanan, and his detrimental hope all project the moral flaws in American society.

The Jazz age or the Roaring 20’s was a vital time for women in America. One reason this was a vital time was because on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. This was also a vital time because America was changing from a more conservative country to a liberal one. The female characters in Fitz Gerald’s’ The Great Gatsby embodies the way women were back in the 1920s. Women before the 1920s were only seen as caregivers. In this story, the women were the total opposite of that. They changed from things such as clothing, smoking, and dancing. Daisy, Jordan, and Myrtle were all portrayed as the “New Woman”. There was Daisy who married into money but had a secret lover. There was Jordan who was this independent woman

Why was Nick the only one to get on invitation to Gatsby house? His home is always open on weekends for great extravagated parties. Was there a reason to why he was having these parties? The main reason as to why he wanted to become friends with Nick in the first place was because he wanted his true love back.

The media as well as society has molded young men into having the mentality of believe there is a correct and incorrect image of one's self. They must be slim and close to the appearance of a model, if not identical. Although this still applies to today, and is common for women they aren't the only ones who strive for the "perfect image". Men are also constantly being attacked for their body image, status, and societies expectations, all portraying the corresponding concept of the way men are expected to act/feel. Not only is the body being criticized but also the way men choose to be open or closed about their emotions with others.

Gatsby is social climber and at the same time a romantic view of wealth has not prepared him for the selfish, snobbish, corrupt group of people with which he comes to associate. He throws lavish parties for countless people, yet he has no true love. Gatsby buys expensive things and entertains large groups of society because of his beastly desire for something greater. We see that Gatsby is too late to realize that money is the only thing

When Daisy finally attended one of Gatsby's parties she wore a flashy yet settle dress. It was a beautiful dress and it fit the normal 1920's "look" for women. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote this novel to show case authentic women in the 1920's. Meanwhile in the 1920’s there were three classes people were a part of.

By the same token, the relationship between the sexes is something rather sad. The men are dominant and are the head of the household. They are the ones in business, and the ones working for a living (if they can afford to do so.) However, the women still seem to get in the way of men. In fact, they seem to either lead to their demise or lead to their depression. In the book, The Great Gatsby, all seems to be well at first; the men are doing their deeds while the women party. However, things soon turn awry. Daisy’s flirting and resolution to be with Jay is what kills him in the end. Believing that Gatsby was driving and that Myrtle’s lover was Gatsby, Mr. Wilson seeks his revenge and he shoots Gatsby in Gatsby’s pool. “He was crazy enough

The Great Gatsby by E. Fitzgerald is a novel in which women are represented as the weaker gender, and where men are considered with the most power, because society had given them such definitions, but actually we can see that women have their own voices. When understanding a woman in the 1920s, we would assume that during the Jazz Age, women were always associated with their husbands and that they were never independent; that women were represented as an accessory for their husbands; they were interesting for their clothes and their ‘’flappers’’ look as opposed to their character. But actually women in the 1920s went through a big change socially and physically. The gentle sex started to have more values and to earn respect in society;

Women today have many opportunities that women of the 1920s did not have,although many will still marry, they will not marry for the sole reason of having someone to support them. In F.Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby,he writes about several female characters who are clearly displayed to us. Although the story revolves around a man chasing a dream, the female characters stand out. Daisy Buchanan, Myrtle Wilson, and Jordan Baker all have different wants and needs in their lives, but the restrictions of the time affect all of them differently.

The Great Gatsby was written in 1925 to depict the American Dream. During this time, there was an ideal lifestyle for men and women. Ideally, women were meant to be housewives and men were meant to be the providers. Characters such as Daisy, Myrtle , and Jordan all represent different lifestyles and ways of obtaining the American dream. Daisy Buchanan, who uses her beauty to get what she wants. Myrtle Wilson is the mistress of Tom Buchanan, who is at rich man and she is poor ,but she was still able to use his money. Jordan Baker represents the “new woman” who does not live dependent upon a man and begins to dress in a different style.

Lust and infatuation are primary motivating factors for a man intending to woo a girl’s heart, but what should a man do when the woman of his dreams desires fortunes and wealth that he lacks? In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald crafted The Great Gatsby with a focus on women with high expectations. During this period women gained rights to vote with the passing of the 19th amendment, and as a result, they surged with self expression and confidence. In turn, a mediocre man’s chance of obtaining the woman of his dreams became slim. Fitzgerald’s theme about male and female relationships in The Great Gatsby focuses on the difficulties of winning over a woman’s heart, especially with needy women of his generation.