Does Fitzgerald Present Daisy's Change In The Great Gatsby
Daisy’s revelation: Fitzgerald continues to present the idea of social class distinctions through Daisy’s reaction to Tom’s exposure of Gatsby’s true past. When Tom is blatantly revealing Gatsbys bootlegging history, Nick describes daisies reaction,
But with every word she was drawing further and further into herself, so he gave that up and only the dead dream fought on as the afternoon slipped away, trying to touch what was no longer tangible, struggling unhappily, despairingly, toward that lost voice across the room. The Voice begged again to go. “Please, Tom! I can’t stand this anymore.” (142)
Demonstrating Daisy’s sudden behavioral change, Fitzgerald expresses how she immediately feels uncomfortable, upset, and overall guilty. Not only does this scare Daisy because she’s been having an affair with a now obvious sketchy untrustworthy man, but it demonstrates how …show more content…
her image is extremely important to her. This reveals her disgust in the thought of her image shattering and it also orchestrates that she will never, especially after hearing this, marry Gatsby due to his is lower class let alone verifies that he, will never be in the same social class as her ever.
George vs. Tom: I cannot believe that once George finds out that Myrtle was and still is cheating on him, he is utterly lost, but, when Tom hears that his wife is cheating, he remains unaffected.
By adding this, Fitzgerald brings into focus the idea that, although Tom and Wilson seem to be in the same position, their polar opposite reactions tell a different story; that the previously guilty Tom holds infidelity to a lesser standard than innocent George. Nick, viewing both men, states, “I stared at him and then at Tom, who had made a parallel discovery less than an hour before—and it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well” (131). By introducing the differences between Tom’s and Wilson’s health, Fitzgerald exhibits that Tom seems to not care, I mean, it would be profoundly hypocritical if he, out of all people, was affected by his wife having an affair considering he has cheated on her multiple times. This proves that Tom believes that adultery is not that big of a deal due to his past
sins.
Gatsby’s death: Fitzgerald displays Gatsby’s death as the tragic and unexpected side of the American Dream. Up to the moment of his death, Gatsby cannot accept that his dream is over. He continues to insist that Daisy may still come to him, though it is clear to everyone, including the reader, that she is bound indissolubly to Tom.
But with every word she was drawing further and further into herself, so he gave that up and only the dead dream fought on as the afternoon slipped away, trying to touch what was no longer tangible, struggling unhappily, despairingly, toward that lost voice across the room. The Voice begged again to go. “Please, Tom! I can’t stand this anymore.” (142)
Demonstrating Daisy’s sudden behavioral change, Fitzgerald expresses how she immediately feels uncomfortable, upset, and overall guilty. Not only does this scare Daisy because she’s been having an affair with a now obvious sketchy untrustworthy man, but it demonstrates how …show more content…
her image is extremely important to her. This reveals her disgust in the thought of her image shattering and it also orchestrates that she will never, especially after hearing this, marry Gatsby due to his is lower class let alone verifies that he, will never be in the same social class as her ever.
George vs. Tom: I cannot believe that once George finds out that Myrtle was and still is cheating on him, he is utterly lost, but, when Tom hears that his wife is cheating, he remains unaffected.
By adding this, Fitzgerald brings into focus the idea that, although Tom and Wilson seem to be in the same position, their polar opposite reactions tell a different story; that the previously guilty Tom holds infidelity to a lesser standard than innocent George. Nick, viewing both men, states, “I stared at him and then at Tom, who had made a parallel discovery less than an hour before—and it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well” (131). By introducing the differences between Tom’s and Wilson’s health, Fitzgerald exhibits that Tom seems to not care, I mean, it would be profoundly hypocritical if he, out of all people, was affected by his wife having an affair considering he has cheated on her multiple times. This proves that Tom believes that adultery is not that big of a deal due to his past
sins.
Gatsby’s death: Fitzgerald displays Gatsby’s death as the tragic and unexpected side of the American Dream. Up to the moment of his death, Gatsby cannot accept that his dream is over. He continues to insist that Daisy may still come to him, though it is clear to everyone, including the reader, that she is bound indissolubly to Tom.