How Does Fitzgerald Present Gender Roles In The Great Gatsby
“ The Great Gatsby”, novel was written in 1925 and was set in the summer of 1922.This novel was written by Fitzgerald telling his life story that involves characters living in a small make believe town of West and East Egg on this lonely less distinctive island. The author from the past to present. Fitzgerald wrote this to tell about his life changes to reach his American Dream. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1806 in the town of St. Paul Minnesota. Fitz attended Princeton University graduating with the class of 1917 in New Jersey. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald died of a heart attack in 1940 at age 44 year old. He was one of the most famous writers in history that wrote the American Dream of the Great Gatsby during 20 century. Fitzgerald establishes gender roles to a certain extent. Fitzgerald writes about gender roles in a type of strict conservative way. Fitzgerald talks about how men differ from women during this time. Men usually did all the hard work to provide for families while women stayed home doing house work. Men were much more of
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As Nick Caraway quotes Daisy’s voice as being ,“ Her voice is full of money”, which was used to describe her indiscreet slang. Quoting Daisy’s voice was full of rich slang that had a lot to do with her character. Throughout the book it was Jay Gatsby. Nick was the one telling the story along to fit Fitzgerald gender role and he also goes in detail about she was crazy in love with both Nick abd Daisy’s cousin. He also tells about the iffers from West and East egg .He sees America as a split content. He talks about West egg being the second look of Chicago while East Egg was his rich home as in this quote” Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glitters along the water”, Nick quotes. This quote may mean West and East egg was a made up town explain how it was of his old
As Nick Caraway quotes Daisy’s voice as being ,“ Her voice is full of money”, which was used to describe her indiscreet slang. Quoting Daisy’s voice was full of rich slang that had a lot to do with her character. Throughout the book it was Jay Gatsby. Nick was the one telling the story along to fit Fitzgerald gender role and he also goes in detail about she was crazy in love with both Nick abd Daisy’s cousin. He also tells about the iffers from West and East egg .He sees America as a split content. He talks about West egg being the second look of Chicago while East Egg was his rich home as in this quote” Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glitters along the water”, Nick quotes. This quote may mean West and East egg was a made up town explain how it was of his old