able to take care of her. As a matter of fact he had no such facilities… He knew that Daisy was extraordinary but he didn’t realize just how extraordinary a ‘nice’ girl could be… and Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves, of the freshness of many clothes and of Daisy, gleaming like silver, safe, and proud above the hot struggles of the poor. (The Great Gatsby, 130-131)
This how Gatsby dehumanizes Daisy, by turning her into an idea or objects; she’s the “green light” at the edge of the dock, his dream and what he perceives her as. He uses objects to describe her and these images of her are how he tries to fulfill his dream. However, Tom, unlike Gatsby only leaves Daisy for a short period of time, but always comes back. And Tom’s tight grip and stability triumph over Gatsby’s questionable …show more content…
Tom not only leaves Daisy alone, but he cheats on her with “’…some woman in New York,’” whom we later find out is Myrtle, who is married to George (29). Tom views Daisy as his trophy wife, another object in his home, but a woman he can have to make things look good while he’s out on business or he secretly traveling to New York to have an affair with Myrtle, thus making Daisy a victim of Tom’s infidelities. The way Tom dehumanizes Daisy is by making her seem small, almost fairy-like and by not allowing her to express herself. Though, he’s not physically putting his hands on Daisy, he still has a violent side and is doing a violent act of not allowing Daisy to be herself. Daisy accuses Tom for her bruised “little finger” where Daisy refers to him as “a brute of a man” and “hulking” in which Tom responded y saying “I hate that word hulking” (27). And only a chapter later, Tom gets violent, “making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her
This how Gatsby dehumanizes Daisy, by turning her into an idea or objects; she’s the “green light” at the edge of the dock, his dream and what he perceives her as. He uses objects to describe her and these images of her are how he tries to fulfill his dream. However, Tom, unlike Gatsby only leaves Daisy for a short period of time, but always comes back. And Tom’s tight grip and stability triumph over Gatsby’s questionable …show more content…
Tom not only leaves Daisy alone, but he cheats on her with “’…some woman in New York,’” whom we later find out is Myrtle, who is married to George (29). Tom views Daisy as his trophy wife, another object in his home, but a woman he can have to make things look good while he’s out on business or he secretly traveling to New York to have an affair with Myrtle, thus making Daisy a victim of Tom’s infidelities. The way Tom dehumanizes Daisy is by making her seem small, almost fairy-like and by not allowing her to express herself. Though, he’s not physically putting his hands on Daisy, he still has a violent side and is doing a violent act of not allowing Daisy to be herself. Daisy accuses Tom for her bruised “little finger” where Daisy refers to him as “a brute of a man” and “hulking” in which Tom responded y saying “I hate that word hulking” (27). And only a chapter later, Tom gets violent, “making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her