How and why are women represented in a particular way? The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, stands for one of the best written works of literature; consequently, being one of the most controversial novels of the licentious lifestyle of the roaring 1920s in Amerika. At heart, the role of love and women in society. The women of the Jazz Age in The Great Gatsby are beginning the transition period from the pre-World War I “trophy wives” to 1930s Rosie the Riveter “We can do it” poster-woman. At the very beginning of the novel Fitzgerald has quoted Daisy mentioning “I hope she’ll be a fool – that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”; therefore, suggesting that remarkably Daisy is aware of the lifestyle and the place a woman has in the society she lives in. Nevertheless, the book has openly been criticized by the modern feminist audience who see it as a ‘love story’ being turned into a novel about money, wealth, alcohol, luxurious cars and men.
Fitzgerald deliberately illustrates women as delicate and feminine, in white clothes with seductive voices. However, as the plot unravels, we are introduced to two types of women, seemingly strong independent women like Jordan who played …show more content…
Moreover, Benny McClenan, one of Gatsby’s guests, was described to always attend parties with four different girls, who “were never quite the same ones, but so identical one with another that it inevitably seemed they had been there before.” These girls were seen as nothing more than an accessory to contribute to the men whom they came alongside. Not to mention non-judgmental Nick who believes he is better than the rest, who renders women to be the weaker sex bluntly saying “dishonesty in a woman is something you never blame
Fitzgerald deliberately illustrates women as delicate and feminine, in white clothes with seductive voices. However, as the plot unravels, we are introduced to two types of women, seemingly strong independent women like Jordan who played …show more content…
Moreover, Benny McClenan, one of Gatsby’s guests, was described to always attend parties with four different girls, who “were never quite the same ones, but so identical one with another that it inevitably seemed they had been there before.” These girls were seen as nothing more than an accessory to contribute to the men whom they came alongside. Not to mention non-judgmental Nick who believes he is better than the rest, who renders women to be the weaker sex bluntly saying “dishonesty in a woman is something you never blame