Women's Role In The Great Gatsby

For many years, individuals fought for women's rights, to be treated equal and with respect that men would get. Whether in a relationship, work or by the community. Thanks to them, we are allowed to do many things, like voting, being able to get an education and joining a workforce that no male would ever picture a female doing. Unlike in the Great Gatsby, gender role was impacted throughout the whole novel in which included three point of views from Jordan, Myrtle and Daisy which are defined throughout their relationship.

Jordan made sure that the reader felt as if she had all the freedom she could get, in other words, she was considered a “new woman,” but that's not true. Jordan is a competitive golfer and is not labeled as brainless and dependent to others. “They oughtn't to let her run around the country this way,” (Fitzgerald 18). They made Nick and Jordan's relationship very interesting, but sadly she was untrustworthy and a liar which caused their relationship to come to an end. “When I had finished she told me without comment that she was engaged to another man,” (Fitzgerald 177). Not only where Jordan, Daisy and Myrtle defined through their relationship, but to men they were seen as objects. …show more content…
In particular, Tom Buchanan and his correlation with women will give you a better understanding. Tom and Daisy are married, but yet he has a mistress, Myrtle, in which daisy knows about. He chooses to stay with both showing that he does not care about either of them other than himself. Myrtle is an excellent example of what being seen as an object represents. Tom decides to keep Myrtle as his mistress to use her whenever he wants. “So Tom Buchanan and his girl and I went up together to New York,” (Fitzgerald