Women In The Great Gatsby

By the same token, the relationship between the sexes is something rather sad and heavily criticized by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. The men are dominant and are the heads of the households. They are the ones in business, and the ones working for a living (if they must do so.) However, the women still seem to get in the way of men. In fact, they seem to either lead to their demise or lead to their depression. In the book, The Great Gatsby, all seems to be well at first; the men and women party in Gatsby’s lavish parties. However, things soon turn awry. Daisy’s flirting and resolution to be with Jay is what kills him in the end. Believing that Gatsby was driving and that Myrtle’s lover was Gatsby, Mr. Wilson seeks his revenge and he shoots Gatsby …show more content…
The role of cars actually plays a subtle yet vital role in describing the 1920s. With a car, social mobility was possible. One could aim to better their status if they had a car. For example, George Wilson is always eager for Tom to sell him a car, for if he had a car, he could escape the poverty he lived in. Nick Carraway had an affordable car because he was in the middle class. Tom had a very nice car, but Gatsby’s car outshined all of them. He had every accessory one could attach to the car, which demonstrated his wealth and social statues. However, it is that car that lands Gatsby in trouble in the end. When Tom takes Gatsby’s car, Myrtle associates that car with Tom, and that is why she ran towards Gatsby’s car after a fight with George Wilson. “A moment later she rushed out into the dusk, waving her hands and shouting-before he could move from his door the business was over” (Fitzgerald 137). This yellow car represents that with the right person, anything can seem better than what it really is. With Myrtle, that yellow car represents a new life and a new husband, and with Gatsby, that care represents that fact that he is now wealthy enough to get Daisy back. Myrtle’s whole death centers on that yellow car. Without that association, Myrtle and Gatsby both would have lived at least another day longer. Also, women do not seem to be driving much in this book, but when they …show more content…
Daisy’s original choice for her partner was Jay Gatsby, but he went to war. Unable to continue to be courted by Gatsby, Daisy then turns her attention to Tom, and she reluctantly marries him after she pitches a drunken fit in a hotel room. This was not the only bond made due to WW1, however. For example, it is this war that first allows Nick and Jay to form a bond. Nick was in the Third Division during WW1 while Jay was in the Seventh Infantry. This bond allows them to grow what will be Gatsby’s only true friendship after becoming rich, and that moment sets the plot in motion. The inventions after WW1 also enhance the plot because nothing is better for the progression of technology than war. After WW1, everything boomed. Cars started to roam the streets in streams thanks to the assembly line, which increased the ability of urbanization. However, relationships seemed fake after the war, for before the war, people dated to marry and lived to better the community. They wore modest clothing and did without to make sure the soldiers could survive. After the war, people became focused on themselves as individuals. Clothing became loose and much shorter than in the past. Citizens became selfish and sought to appease only themselves. The Lost Generation, including Francis Scott Fitzgerald, felt that people were becoming fake and that people were not progressing in their relationships. Everything