Examples Of Stereotypes In The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published in 1925. The 1920s were known as the Jazz Age and even the Roaring Twenties. The girls of this time wore their hair differently and wore clothes often much shorter than had been seen. They tended to expose their legs and knees which shocked the older generation. The growth of jazz lead to new dances being created which further angered the older generation. The Charleston, One Step and Black Bottom were only for the young, and the ladder even angered them by its name alone. In this story, Tom Buchanan is a very masculine, aggressive, and strong man. He was born into money and attended Yale University, which is where he meets Nick for the first time. After college Tom married Daisy who also

He will do whatever to get ahead, even if it involves hurting the people around him. Tom wants to be comfortable and if anything doesn’t go his way he reverts back to anger. In the novel Tom is seen as a remarkable physical specimen. It says “Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body” and “you could see a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat. It was a body capable of enormous leverage—a cruel body.” Tom falls into many social stereotypes of today's world. He would be the jock roaming the school hallways looking for a nerd’s lunch money. He would be the typical cheating abusive husband with no morals who is just looking for a good

The Buchanan’s are a very wealthy and proud family. My father is one of the greatest men I have ever met. He died when I was 18 but he taught me everything I know about how to be a respected man. I have tried to base my whole life on how successful he was and how he did it the right way. He was a very kind and respectful man and he loved my mom more than anything in the world. I started running my dad’s company at the age of 21. After his death our company took a massive loss and we almost went bankrupt. I built it back to the power house it once was and it is even bigger than what my father could have ever dreamed of. Buchanan Body Oil is based out of Paris, France. We are the number one company in the world for body oil. My mother has helped me tremendously through the ups and down of building a company. I would do anything for her and it kills me to see her like this. My mother had a stroke a couple years back and has been bedridden for a very long time. She has only just managed to walk again and before she dies she wants to take a trip back to New