Portrayal Of Women In The Great Gatsby
Being a woman
A woman goes through her whole life being discriminating in many ways such as, in ads, commercials, and magazines. Bashing on woman did not just recently pop up, It dates back as far as any woman can remember. Therefor in the 1920’s woman being discriminated is no new surprise. The way Fitzgerald portrays woman in the 1920’s is very discriminating. Their looks, stupidity and making them seem like they are overly emotional, is all seen throughout the book.
The way women are viewed now, all the way from the 1920’s have changed but not drastically. Yes women can vote and get high paying jobs etc, but still to this day women have less of an opportunity than men. There are situations in the 20’s that show examples of unfairness towards …show more content…
In the book women have little to no input in their own lives. In one sanario Mr.Wilson is talking to Tom about why Myrtle is not around and he says “i’ve got my wife locked up in there, she’s going to stay there until we leave tomorrow morning” (Fitzgerald pg.136). If Myrtle had any say over her husband she would not be in the room locked up. The sad part about the whole thing was woman could not put an end to being treated poorly. They were too scared to make a voice for themselves, and if they did try other woman would not join because they have been brainwashed for so many years with “you can’t live without a man’s money” and “you can’t do this or that” so many just kept to themselves and lived the life given to them. when women do get the chance to talk in Gatsby, a lot of the time they are being shown as being “over emotional”. One situation shows Daisy having a breakdown, “these shirts says daisy crying there just.. so Beautiful” (fitzgerald pg.92). obvious enough, Daisy was not crying over the shirts. Daisy was crying over the fact that she misses gatsby and could haven been actually in love with someone, who also had great wealth. this scene could have also been avoided by daisy just telling gatsby that she misses him, but fitzgerald had to match it with a woman's “common” attitude in the 20’s to make it seem more
A woman goes through her whole life being discriminating in many ways such as, in ads, commercials, and magazines. Bashing on woman did not just recently pop up, It dates back as far as any woman can remember. Therefor in the 1920’s woman being discriminated is no new surprise. The way Fitzgerald portrays woman in the 1920’s is very discriminating. Their looks, stupidity and making them seem like they are overly emotional, is all seen throughout the book.
The way women are viewed now, all the way from the 1920’s have changed but not drastically. Yes women can vote and get high paying jobs etc, but still to this day women have less of an opportunity than men. There are situations in the 20’s that show examples of unfairness towards …show more content…
In the book women have little to no input in their own lives. In one sanario Mr.Wilson is talking to Tom about why Myrtle is not around and he says “i’ve got my wife locked up in there, she’s going to stay there until we leave tomorrow morning” (Fitzgerald pg.136). If Myrtle had any say over her husband she would not be in the room locked up. The sad part about the whole thing was woman could not put an end to being treated poorly. They were too scared to make a voice for themselves, and if they did try other woman would not join because they have been brainwashed for so many years with “you can’t live without a man’s money” and “you can’t do this or that” so many just kept to themselves and lived the life given to them. when women do get the chance to talk in Gatsby, a lot of the time they are being shown as being “over emotional”. One situation shows Daisy having a breakdown, “these shirts says daisy crying there just.. so Beautiful” (fitzgerald pg.92). obvious enough, Daisy was not crying over the shirts. Daisy was crying over the fact that she misses gatsby and could haven been actually in love with someone, who also had great wealth. this scene could have also been avoided by daisy just telling gatsby that she misses him, but fitzgerald had to match it with a woman's “common” attitude in the 20’s to make it seem more