Examples Of Marriage In The Great Gatsby

Marriage is a tie that people try to hold onto forever by putting in the effort to change themselves to have a balance in the relationship and to satisfy each other but eventually, that tie breaks, and only you are left to think about what could've been. Marriage is a dead end filled with nothing but yourself at the end, wrapped in a blanket of comfort and support that tricks you into thinking it going to be great forever. The idea of marriage has changed over many generations and now with the wide range of new beliefs marriage is extremely hard to accept within this generation and seen as no longer necessary. Author Amy Bloom wrote how she feels about the topic of marriage, she said, "Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long, intricate,

Marriage is another sense of patriarchy where yet again women get the lower hand while males get the opportunity to show off their dominance as seen in The Great Gatsby and through divorce rates. The Great Gatsby is an example of the representation of patriarchy and male dominance through marriage and relationships. Throughout The Great Gatsby, the marriage between Daisy and Tom is seen as extremely toxic and confusing because Tom is openly cheating on Daisy and was doing so for a while. Daisy then cheats on Tom with Gatsby for some time too but then when Tom finds out he gets angered by the fact. Daisy wasn’t upset that Tom was cheating and accepted the fact, unlike Tom with Daisy’s affair. In the book, it says, “Listen Tom. If you’re such a snob why did you invite him to lunch? demanded Jordan crossly.” Tom replies saying, “Daisy invited him; she knew him before we were married- God knows where!”(pg.122) At this point in the book, Tom figured out that Daisy was having an affair with Gatsby and he was questioning Nick and Jordan to find out what they know about their relationship. Earlier in the book, it showed Daisy's reaction to Tom's affair

Bowling Green State University in Ohio wrote an article discussing the divorce rate in the United States in 2021. According to the article, “The number of women who reported they divorced declined from 960,014 in 2020 (Westrick-Payne, 2022b) to 948,862 in 2021.” Although the statistics say that the number of divorces declined, it only declined by about 20,000 people out of the 900,000+ in the United States which is a pretty small decline in an entire year. The average divorce rate reported by women in the United States in 2021 is 14 women per 1000 married women, with Arkansas having the highest rate of 21.7 divorces per 1000 married women, to New Hampshire with the lowest rate of 8.2 divorces. Other than the fact that there are a huge number of people that get divorced yearly that get reported by women there are also common reasons why women usually initiate divorce. One reason is that women can’t stand the consistently unacceptable behavior of men and this is seen throughout most marriages/relationships. Divorce mediator and coach Dori Schwartz says, “Today’s modern woman is more unlikely to put up with infidelity. Once the honeymoon period is over, some men drastically change their behavior from romantic to controlling and emotionally abusive. Unfortunately, this happens in many marriages, and women don’t want to take it anymore.” This is