Gatsby : Men and women make each other worse
Man and woman doesn’t help each other, they make each other worse.
Tom Bucharan represents the upper class from the “old money”. He wants to prevent the “inferior” races to take over and have power on the “Nordics”. He has a negative attitude towards independent women; he disapproves of Jordan’s lifestyle. “[her family] oughn’t to let her run around the country this way”. He is also against the fact that Daisy is going to Gatsby’s parties. “By God, I may be old-fashioned, but women run around too much these days to suit me”. He commits adulterer and is a heavy drinker. Moreover, he despise the “new money”. Daisy is also from the “old money” and is a high role for her gender in the society. However, she doesn’t share her husband attitude of superiority; she is rather carefree and careless. For example, she doesn’t take care or think about her daughter, she leaves the responsibility to the nanny. Daisy has an unexpected love for material and care only for wealth; she didn’t marry Gatsby because he was poor. In general, “old money” is represented as immoral, hypocritical, self-righteous and irresponsible. Gatsby is from the “new money” and is a self-made millionaire. He was a low class with desire to get to the top. He uses wealth to get love; hence, he uses his wealth to win over Daisy. He doesn’t drink, is loyal and approves of Daisy’s adultery. Myrtle is also from the lower class and, like Gatsby, she has a desire of upward social place. However, she is prevented to reach her dreams due to her gender. Instead, she uses love to acquire wealth; she gets Tom to approach herself from his money. She have a great interest in matters expensive and didn’t forgive her husband for tricking her into believing he was rich. “The only crazy I was was when I married him. I knew right away I made a mistake. He borrowed somebody’s best suit to get married in”. To sum it up, if you strive to advance your place in society you are overstepping your boundaries and it will come
Tom Bucharan represents the upper class from the “old money”. He wants to prevent the “inferior” races to take over and have power on the “Nordics”. He has a negative attitude towards independent women; he disapproves of Jordan’s lifestyle. “[her family] oughn’t to let her run around the country this way”. He is also against the fact that Daisy is going to Gatsby’s parties. “By God, I may be old-fashioned, but women run around too much these days to suit me”. He commits adulterer and is a heavy drinker. Moreover, he despise the “new money”. Daisy is also from the “old money” and is a high role for her gender in the society. However, she doesn’t share her husband attitude of superiority; she is rather carefree and careless. For example, she doesn’t take care or think about her daughter, she leaves the responsibility to the nanny. Daisy has an unexpected love for material and care only for wealth; she didn’t marry Gatsby because he was poor. In general, “old money” is represented as immoral, hypocritical, self-righteous and irresponsible. Gatsby is from the “new money” and is a self-made millionaire. He was a low class with desire to get to the top. He uses wealth to get love; hence, he uses his wealth to win over Daisy. He doesn’t drink, is loyal and approves of Daisy’s adultery. Myrtle is also from the lower class and, like Gatsby, she has a desire of upward social place. However, she is prevented to reach her dreams due to her gender. Instead, she uses love to acquire wealth; she gets Tom to approach herself from his money. She have a great interest in matters expensive and didn’t forgive her husband for tricking her into believing he was rich. “The only crazy I was was when I married him. I knew right away I made a mistake. He borrowed somebody’s best suit to get married in”. To sum it up, if you strive to advance your place in society you are overstepping your boundaries and it will come