Several statistics show that men and women deem different qualities in their significant others as desirable. For example, The Telegraph says that, “when it comes to the mating game, men are more interested in the beauty of their partner than women, who are more interested in success and affluence.” This proves very true throughout the novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The three female characters in Great Gatsby fit into the superficial world of New York by manipulating their intelligence, their actions, and their appearances to fit the expectations of 1920s New York City.
Even today, the superficial people of New York remain shallow in their attitudes towards appearances and women. Even when Gatsby hosts his famous parties, partners are …show more content…
First off, Jordan acts very childlike. For instance, at the party she partakes in gossiping, or wanting to listen in on the Buchanans’ conversation. One can tell she is more intelligent than she leads on because she does take tennis seriously, is hurt when Nick is “mean to her,” and lies to Nick about being engaged because it does upset her when they “break up.” Another popular quality the girl’s have is charm. When Nick introduces us to Daisy, his cousin, he explains that “her murmur was only to make people lean toward her” (13). She controls all the men in her life with her voice because they find it to be very irresistible. She has the voice of affluence, “full of money - that was the inexhaustible charm” (127). Daisy 's voice is mentioned plenty of times in the novel because it is the feature that Gatsby longs for, without realizing. Money is natural to her and this is how she displays it. On the other hand, Myrtle wants to be Tom’s mistress because he is very wealthy and buys her things. Specifically, when Nick and Tom take her to New York, Tom buys her a puppy, a magazine, and some perfume. He even shares an apartment with her, “the living room [is] crowded to the doors with a set of tapestried furniture entirely too large for it” (33). She buys furniture too large for the apartment because she is trying to flaunt the money that Tom possesses and the fact that she gets some of
Even today, the superficial people of New York remain shallow in their attitudes towards appearances and women. Even when Gatsby hosts his famous parties, partners are …show more content…
First off, Jordan acts very childlike. For instance, at the party she partakes in gossiping, or wanting to listen in on the Buchanans’ conversation. One can tell she is more intelligent than she leads on because she does take tennis seriously, is hurt when Nick is “mean to her,” and lies to Nick about being engaged because it does upset her when they “break up.” Another popular quality the girl’s have is charm. When Nick introduces us to Daisy, his cousin, he explains that “her murmur was only to make people lean toward her” (13). She controls all the men in her life with her voice because they find it to be very irresistible. She has the voice of affluence, “full of money - that was the inexhaustible charm” (127). Daisy 's voice is mentioned plenty of times in the novel because it is the feature that Gatsby longs for, without realizing. Money is natural to her and this is how she displays it. On the other hand, Myrtle wants to be Tom’s mistress because he is very wealthy and buys her things. Specifically, when Nick and Tom take her to New York, Tom buys her a puppy, a magazine, and some perfume. He even shares an apartment with her, “the living room [is] crowded to the doors with a set of tapestried furniture entirely too large for it” (33). She buys furniture too large for the apartment because she is trying to flaunt the money that Tom possesses and the fact that she gets some of