Corruption Of Women In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

How would you act if you were a woman during the 1920s: an age of economic prosperity, carefree living, flappers, and jazz? In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, each female character symbolizes a different aspect of the influences of society. The book follows the story of a self-made millionaire who aspires to reunite with his past lover, but as tensions increase we learn of his true motives. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, the existence of the corruption of the elite, social standing, and modernism within the cast is indisputable. In addition, each character represents an idea of society and contributes to the story's overall message. Likewise, the first female character introduced in the novel is Daisy Buchanan who acted spoiled and

She is not who we thought she was, as she is careless about others, except herself. Moreover, we soon realize that the social classes are worlds apart. Myrtle, the mistress of one of the main characters, is a victim of how much social standing can affect a person. “Myrtle is a victim of the selfish exploitation of the upper classes, but she is not a sympathetic character, being herself hard and heedless of others' feelings.”(“Myrtle - Characters - Higher English Revision - BBC Bitesize”) The mistress tries to cast herself aside from her social class and tries to stand out on purpose. She does this because she wants to leave the land where she is limited to her environment, “The valley of ashes is bounded on one side by a small foul river, and, when the drawbridge is up to let barges through”(Fitzgerald). Better said, another main female character is Jordan Baker, a higher-middle-class golfer. Jordan is a pathological liar who lies because it has become a habit. “I suppose she had begun dealing in subterfuges when she was very young in order to keep that cool, insolent smile turned to the world and yet satisfy the demands of her hard, jaunty