Is wealth the most qualifying element women look for in men? In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, it appears to be true. The novel centers on a hopeful and determined man,named Jay Gatsby, trying to win over Daisy Buchanan, who is married. Although unsuccessful, Gatsby’s pure intentions for love represent the Americans in the Roaring Twenties trying to create a fortune. The Great Gatsby is used in many English classes throughout the United States, so it is important to use literary theory as a tool for interpretation because it provides new aspects and meanings of the novel. Literary theory, in its most basic definition, is a tool to understand literature, for example using specific lenses while reading, to find the hidden meanings of
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Although there are a few women characters, the women in the novel have significant roles, for example, Daisy Buchanan. Daisy and Gatsby have a brief relationship before the war, however, it ends when Gatsby leaves for war and Daisy marries the powerful and wealthy, Tom Buchanan. During Daisy and Gatsby’s reencounter, it is very obvious of women’s desire for money. The whole afternoon, Daisy is amazed at Gatsby’s house and “admired the gardens, the sparkling odor of jonquils and the frothy odor of hawthorn and plum blossoms and the pale gold odor of kiss-me-at-the-gate” (Fitzgerald 90). Daisy’s admiring is very extreme and enthusiastic, much different from the narrator’s, Nick Carraway, description of the house. Although Gatsby’s house is very big and extravagant, Daisy admires the slightest things, from the smell of a plant to the color of the gate. Women are stereotypically those who obsess over small details and love big, extravagant things, and it is clearly in display in Daisy’s reaction to Gatsby’s house. Also, when Daisy and Nick are admiring his room, Gatsby starts showing off his wealth to Daisy by saying, “I’ve got a man in England who buys me clothes. He sends over a selection of things at the beginning of each season, spring and fall”, and …show more content…
Scott’s relationship, in fear of losing Zelda, Fitzgerald quit his current job in the advertising agency and decided to rewrite one of his books he had wanted to publish. Interestingly, shortly after Scribner’s editor agreed to publish Fitzgerald’s book, Zelda accepted his marriage proposal and they got married a week after the publication (Worthen). One would assume Zelda only agreed to marry F. Scott after his wealth and fame due to the publication of his book, since she declined his marriage proposal before the publication of his book. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald’s fear of losing a significant other is represented in Gatsby’s eagerness to win Daisy back by flaunting his wealth to prove his ability to financially support her. Although pursuing a married woman is disagreeable and taboo, one viewing the novel through the Psychological lens could conclude that Gatsby’s fear of forever losing Daisy was his drive that explains Fitzgerald’s fear of losing Zelda, and working hard to make a fortune from publishing his
Although there are a few women characters, the women in the novel have significant roles, for example, Daisy Buchanan. Daisy and Gatsby have a brief relationship before the war, however, it ends when Gatsby leaves for war and Daisy marries the powerful and wealthy, Tom Buchanan. During Daisy and Gatsby’s reencounter, it is very obvious of women’s desire for money. The whole afternoon, Daisy is amazed at Gatsby’s house and “admired the gardens, the sparkling odor of jonquils and the frothy odor of hawthorn and plum blossoms and the pale gold odor of kiss-me-at-the-gate” (Fitzgerald 90). Daisy’s admiring is very extreme and enthusiastic, much different from the narrator’s, Nick Carraway, description of the house. Although Gatsby’s house is very big and extravagant, Daisy admires the slightest things, from the smell of a plant to the color of the gate. Women are stereotypically those who obsess over small details and love big, extravagant things, and it is clearly in display in Daisy’s reaction to Gatsby’s house. Also, when Daisy and Nick are admiring his room, Gatsby starts showing off his wealth to Daisy by saying, “I’ve got a man in England who buys me clothes. He sends over a selection of things at the beginning of each season, spring and fall”, and …show more content…
Scott’s relationship, in fear of losing Zelda, Fitzgerald quit his current job in the advertising agency and decided to rewrite one of his books he had wanted to publish. Interestingly, shortly after Scribner’s editor agreed to publish Fitzgerald’s book, Zelda accepted his marriage proposal and they got married a week after the publication (Worthen). One would assume Zelda only agreed to marry F. Scott after his wealth and fame due to the publication of his book, since she declined his marriage proposal before the publication of his book. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald’s fear of losing a significant other is represented in Gatsby’s eagerness to win Daisy back by flaunting his wealth to prove his ability to financially support her. Although pursuing a married woman is disagreeable and taboo, one viewing the novel through the Psychological lens could conclude that Gatsby’s fear of forever losing Daisy was his drive that explains Fitzgerald’s fear of losing Zelda, and working hard to make a fortune from publishing his