Throughout the 1900s, wealthy men were considered the dominant gender in the household. This is more detailed in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby, where wealthy men of high social class with many women being considered significant. Tom Buchanan is introduced as a hulking figure with a history of affairs while being married to Daisy who is Tom’s wife. Despite Daisy being aware she is inferior to Tom, she continues her act of obliviousness to Tom’s affairs in order to continue being apart of a high social class. Based on this, Fitzgerald’s anger towards rich males of the 1920s is mainly centralized toward how they dominate women emotionally, which can alter their perspective of how women should be perceived by a man in this time period.
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As Tom observes Gatsby and Daisy together in Gatsby’s house, he says, “She has a big dinner party and he won’t know a soul there’. He frowned. I wonder where in the devil he met Daisy. By God, I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me. They meet all kinds of crazy fish” (Scott 103). This is ironic considering that Tom is the one who would cheat on Daisy all the time, but witnessing her commit the same deed as him is wrong to Tom somehow. This is further described when Tom describes women as those who “run around too much” which can imply that women are like hookers or prostitutes willing to date or sexually arouse multiple guys without shame or remorse. Additionally, Tom is using what he has described women to make himself seem like the victim of the lack of love and appreciation of women he seeks, and even impressionable so he could live in denial over the fact that he is not like those “crazy fish”. Tom may be referring “crazy fish” to guys that may have bad hygiene, prey to the wealthy males that would take the beautiful woman away from their companion, or those that have a facade that live with a fake identity to lure women in their trap as this can relate to catfishing. Fitzgerald may have made the character Tom to act this …show more content…
As Nick is pensively describing Daisy’s situation while listening to Gatsby confess his love near his house, Nick states, “Through this twilight universe Daisy began to move again with the season; suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men and drowsing asleep at dawn with the beads and chiffon of an evening dress tangled among dying orchids on the floor beside her bed. And all the time something within her was crying for a decision. She wanted her life shaped now, immediately— and the decision must be made by some force—of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality—that was close at hand” (Scott 151). Daisy’s actions toward dating multiples men can symbolize women seeking an escape escape from reality and stress as women are not accustomed to maintaining a committed relationship due to some negative past experience with their partner, which results in some finding relationships temporary. Fitzgerald adding “evening dress tangled among dying orchids on the floor beside her bed” represent love being a hopeless idea as women can get used to not being expressive with their ideas when committed in a toxic relationship. Orchids are normally described as expressive flowers with their rich purple colors that can symbolize good judgement, but since it is described
As Tom observes Gatsby and Daisy together in Gatsby’s house, he says, “She has a big dinner party and he won’t know a soul there’. He frowned. I wonder where in the devil he met Daisy. By God, I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me. They meet all kinds of crazy fish” (Scott 103). This is ironic considering that Tom is the one who would cheat on Daisy all the time, but witnessing her commit the same deed as him is wrong to Tom somehow. This is further described when Tom describes women as those who “run around too much” which can imply that women are like hookers or prostitutes willing to date or sexually arouse multiple guys without shame or remorse. Additionally, Tom is using what he has described women to make himself seem like the victim of the lack of love and appreciation of women he seeks, and even impressionable so he could live in denial over the fact that he is not like those “crazy fish”. Tom may be referring “crazy fish” to guys that may have bad hygiene, prey to the wealthy males that would take the beautiful woman away from their companion, or those that have a facade that live with a fake identity to lure women in their trap as this can relate to catfishing. Fitzgerald may have made the character Tom to act this …show more content…
As Nick is pensively describing Daisy’s situation while listening to Gatsby confess his love near his house, Nick states, “Through this twilight universe Daisy began to move again with the season; suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men and drowsing asleep at dawn with the beads and chiffon of an evening dress tangled among dying orchids on the floor beside her bed. And all the time something within her was crying for a decision. She wanted her life shaped now, immediately— and the decision must be made by some force—of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality—that was close at hand” (Scott 151). Daisy’s actions toward dating multiples men can symbolize women seeking an escape escape from reality and stress as women are not accustomed to maintaining a committed relationship due to some negative past experience with their partner, which results in some finding relationships temporary. Fitzgerald adding “evening dress tangled among dying orchids on the floor beside her bed” represent love being a hopeless idea as women can get used to not being expressive with their ideas when committed in a toxic relationship. Orchids are normally described as expressive flowers with their rich purple colors that can symbolize good judgement, but since it is described