The Women are Shallow Human Beings
ENG3U1-01
December 17, 2013
The great Gatsby’ F Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby is a beautifully illustrated love story, which one can enjoy over and over again. F Scott Fitzgerald skillfully portrays women as shallow immoral beings throughout his novel, The Great Gatsby. The characters Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker, and Myrtle Wilson are depicted in a less than favourable light. From the beginning of the novel and as it progresses, Fitzgerald, time and time again, displays these women as despicable characters. In Fitzgerald’s classic novel he demonstrates to us how the women are shallow human beings. On many events we can see the shallowness in each of the women, in the way they act and respond to particular incidents in the book. One might think F Scott Fitzgerald might have something against women as human beings. Daisy Buchanan is depicted as a shallow, empty, immoral woman. She is more often than not, described as wearing some form of white clothing. The lack of colour in white, symbolizes Daisy’s emptiness. Besides her beauty there is nothing to her she has no substance and values things that have no meaning. “She has a daughter, but her role as a mother is minimal since she is wealthy and has servants to raise her child” (Bloom Harold 17). For example when her daughter was born she said “I hope she’ll be a fool – that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool” (Fitzgerald 17). She is also very materialistic and adores luxurious items again, what meaning does clothing and fancy cars have. She cries over Gatsby’s shirts! “They’re such beautiful shirts, “she sobbed, her voice muffled in the think folds. “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such beautiful shirts before” (93-94). Daisy Buchanan is a very immoral person. She lets Gatsby take the blame for the horrendous car accident that killed Myrtle Wilson. After it happens Gatsby goes to her house and makes sure that Tom Buchanan (Daisy’s husband) does not hurt her in
December 17, 2013
The great Gatsby’ F Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby is a beautifully illustrated love story, which one can enjoy over and over again. F Scott Fitzgerald skillfully portrays women as shallow immoral beings throughout his novel, The Great Gatsby. The characters Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker, and Myrtle Wilson are depicted in a less than favourable light. From the beginning of the novel and as it progresses, Fitzgerald, time and time again, displays these women as despicable characters. In Fitzgerald’s classic novel he demonstrates to us how the women are shallow human beings. On many events we can see the shallowness in each of the women, in the way they act and respond to particular incidents in the book. One might think F Scott Fitzgerald might have something against women as human beings. Daisy Buchanan is depicted as a shallow, empty, immoral woman. She is more often than not, described as wearing some form of white clothing. The lack of colour in white, symbolizes Daisy’s emptiness. Besides her beauty there is nothing to her she has no substance and values things that have no meaning. “She has a daughter, but her role as a mother is minimal since she is wealthy and has servants to raise her child” (Bloom Harold 17). For example when her daughter was born she said “I hope she’ll be a fool – that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool” (Fitzgerald 17). She is also very materialistic and adores luxurious items again, what meaning does clothing and fancy cars have. She cries over Gatsby’s shirts! “They’re such beautiful shirts, “she sobbed, her voice muffled in the think folds. “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such beautiful shirts before” (93-94). Daisy Buchanan is a very immoral person. She lets Gatsby take the blame for the horrendous car accident that killed Myrtle Wilson. After it happens Gatsby goes to her house and makes sure that Tom Buchanan (Daisy’s husband) does not hurt her in
Cited: Bloom, Harold. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Chelsea House Publishers, 2000. Print. Wyly, Michael. The Great Gatsby. San Diego : Lucent Books, Inc, 2002. Print.