Examples Of Social Location In The Great Gatsby

Social location affects how you act and perceive life in many different ways. For example in The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald a group of adults have many different understandings of life, many different views, and morals. A character named Daisy has interesting choices and emotions towards characters and events. First her marrying Tom because of his socioeconomic status, secondly her gender affecting her emotions after the accident, lastly her complicated relationship status between Tom and Gatsby.
For my first paragraph I’m reflecting on the scene where it’s the day before Tom and Daisy get married. Tom's wealth motivates Daisy to marry because she wants to be wealthy, have privilege, and nice things. “Next day at five o’clock she married Tom Buchanan without so much as a shiver, and started off on a three months’ trip to the South Seas.” (Fitzgerald 38). She feels some guilt and regret over marrying Tom even though she has some feelings for Gatsby. Stereotypically people prioritize money and objects over people and real relationships. This is relevant because Daisy

This shows when Daisy was driving in Chapter 7. “Anyhow — Daisy stepped on it. I tried to make her stop, but she couldn’t, so I pulled on the emergency brake. Then she fell over into my lap and I drove on” (Fitzgerald 69-70). When Daisy got in the accident she was very nonchalant about it and didn’t care at all. Stereotypically when women go through an accident or something traumatic they tend to have more emotions right away. When the accident happened Daisy didn’t care or have many emotions. I think this also plays into her socioeconomic status because when wealthy people have something happen they can cover things up easier because of privilege. Perhaps that’s why Daisy didn’t have many emotions about the crash. Also maybe she didn’t care because she was still processing everything that