Daisy's Role In The Great Gatsby
In 1920s, era which is called as “roaring twenties” after World War I, America went under a radical change and social reform. The developments in industrialization caused decay in moral values. This resulted in materialism’s obliteration of the doctrines and rules of moral duties. Thus, the society torn apart due to the clash between old and new values. Jordan Baker, Tom, Daisy, Myrtle and even Gatsby are all guilty of seeking people using them for their own self-interest. The moral decadence and carelessness of the American dream is also illustrating accurately in Daisy in the situation of the killing of Myrtle and her abandonment of Gatsby just before and after his death. The fact that she ran over Myrtle without stopping and did not have
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First, the rights of women were expanding during the 1920 and it was fuel by the adoption of the 19th Amendment in 1919 which gave women the right to vote. The expectation of people was for women to married and have children and that was all, therefore, divorce was every uncommon. Daisy was a mother and unhappy in her marriage, but she was reluctant to leave it at all. Daisy stands for an unchanged position of many women during the 1920s, gender role still constrained women. Daisy also stands for the American dream because in chapter six-page 110, “He knew that when he kissed this girl…like a flower and the incarnation was complete.” She stands for the American dream because she is captivating and elusive to the promise of a better life in America and what American means to the whole …show more content…
In fact, the belief laid the foundation for his whole life the past year because now his wealth in his mind surpasses Tom wealth. Money is the only way to attract Daisy and now Gatsby believes that she will leave Tom for him now. He is confident that he can repeat the past, but this time around she will be his because he has enough money to allured her. His life feels and has been incomplete since he lost her, and he feels that if he could just go back in time and do it all over again he would be able to the find the thing he was missing. His views of the past reveal how completely skewed his reality is in his desperation to have the girl of his
First, the rights of women were expanding during the 1920 and it was fuel by the adoption of the 19th Amendment in 1919 which gave women the right to vote. The expectation of people was for women to married and have children and that was all, therefore, divorce was every uncommon. Daisy was a mother and unhappy in her marriage, but she was reluctant to leave it at all. Daisy stands for an unchanged position of many women during the 1920s, gender role still constrained women. Daisy also stands for the American dream because in chapter six-page 110, “He knew that when he kissed this girl…like a flower and the incarnation was complete.” She stands for the American dream because she is captivating and elusive to the promise of a better life in America and what American means to the whole …show more content…
In fact, the belief laid the foundation for his whole life the past year because now his wealth in his mind surpasses Tom wealth. Money is the only way to attract Daisy and now Gatsby believes that she will leave Tom for him now. He is confident that he can repeat the past, but this time around she will be his because he has enough money to allured her. His life feels and has been incomplete since he lost her, and he feels that if he could just go back in time and do it all over again he would be able to the find the thing he was missing. His views of the past reveal how completely skewed his reality is in his desperation to have the girl of his