In an era muddled with reform, Post War veterans, and the search for the American Dream, the 1920’s were a critical point for all. Possibly the most critical for F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, authors driven by their lost hopes and dreams, of whose literature is still studied today to understand the adversities and bewilderment of the past. Their novels, The Great Gatsby and The Sun Also Rises both explore the motif of achieving this American Dream throughout the representation of superficial women. Women in both novels portray their changing role in society whilst in relationships with men whom they easily manipulate and establish that they are not able to love genuinely.
Submerged with the idea that Daisy Buchannan, a woman of …show more content…
Gatsby was a man molded by an aristocrat, Dan Cody, who picked Gatsby up along shore after a grateful deed, but after he died, Gatsby was soon sent out to fight in the First World War. Stationed in Louisville, he met a gleaming girl, always dressed in “white, and had a little roadster, and all day long the telephone rang in her house from excited young officers” (Fitzgerald 74). Gatsby played his hand at Daisy’s heart, full of the swoon of many other soldiers, and won the innocent, gentile girl. Daisy was the only person in Gatsby’s life to show some sort of affection towards him, as he did not confide with his family and Dan Cody had shared his affection with his mistress. These fond memories with Daisy were what enabled him to not lose motivation throughout the war, and the idea that she had been so dear to him was what fancied Gatsby to try and lure her back after she had already been wed to wealthy heir Tom Buchannan. Spending time and countless dollars, Gatsby created a house of “colossal affair by any standard— it was a factual imitation of some Hôtel de Ville in Normandy, with a …show more content…
All characters in The Sun Also Rises have witnessed the gruesome atrocities of war, therefore they may be classified as the “lost generation.” All had lost their lives— their personalities during the war, which called for no individuality. Trying to assimilate back into their everyday lives, Jake and Brett requited their fondness in attempt for companionship to make sure there would not be another person to abandon them, as they had experienced during war. However, Brett is not satisfied with her relationship because Jake is not able to provide her with physical gratification. To compensate for this, Brett goes off with any compassionate man she sees to provide her with the lust and stableness she lost while treating soldiers during the war. For example, Bill Gorton slashes Brett by stating, “You’re an expatriate. You’ve lost touch with the soil. You get precious…you drink yourself to death. You become obsessed by sex. You spend all your time talking, not working,” (Ch. 12). Taking part in such behaviors to remind herself that she is still alive inside, Brett is fearful to be alone because of what she had witnessed of solitude during the war. Even though she is in a relationship with Jake, Brett submits herself to a multitude of men so that she has someone to fall back on, in case she
Submerged with the idea that Daisy Buchannan, a woman of …show more content…
Gatsby was a man molded by an aristocrat, Dan Cody, who picked Gatsby up along shore after a grateful deed, but after he died, Gatsby was soon sent out to fight in the First World War. Stationed in Louisville, he met a gleaming girl, always dressed in “white, and had a little roadster, and all day long the telephone rang in her house from excited young officers” (Fitzgerald 74). Gatsby played his hand at Daisy’s heart, full of the swoon of many other soldiers, and won the innocent, gentile girl. Daisy was the only person in Gatsby’s life to show some sort of affection towards him, as he did not confide with his family and Dan Cody had shared his affection with his mistress. These fond memories with Daisy were what enabled him to not lose motivation throughout the war, and the idea that she had been so dear to him was what fancied Gatsby to try and lure her back after she had already been wed to wealthy heir Tom Buchannan. Spending time and countless dollars, Gatsby created a house of “colossal affair by any standard— it was a factual imitation of some Hôtel de Ville in Normandy, with a …show more content…
All characters in The Sun Also Rises have witnessed the gruesome atrocities of war, therefore they may be classified as the “lost generation.” All had lost their lives— their personalities during the war, which called for no individuality. Trying to assimilate back into their everyday lives, Jake and Brett requited their fondness in attempt for companionship to make sure there would not be another person to abandon them, as they had experienced during war. However, Brett is not satisfied with her relationship because Jake is not able to provide her with physical gratification. To compensate for this, Brett goes off with any compassionate man she sees to provide her with the lust and stableness she lost while treating soldiers during the war. For example, Bill Gorton slashes Brett by stating, “You’re an expatriate. You’ve lost touch with the soil. You get precious…you drink yourself to death. You become obsessed by sex. You spend all your time talking, not working,” (Ch. 12). Taking part in such behaviors to remind herself that she is still alive inside, Brett is fearful to be alone because of what she had witnessed of solitude during the war. Even though she is in a relationship with Jake, Brett submits herself to a multitude of men so that she has someone to fall back on, in case she