Feminism In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

There are things in nature that adapt to better survive in their habitat. Cacti have thick stems to store water when it rains so they can later use the water if not accessible in their dry environment. Most people support movements like this where change is very welcomed, others are not in support. The women's feminist movements were very similar in their ability to change. They were at their peak in the 1920s where women demanded equal rights. From this there was also the birth of the ‘New woman’ where women went astray from societal expectations of them. During this period in history F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote his classic novel The Great Gatsby about the American dream. Equality and independence for women was not a part of this dream he wrote

II. BODY PARAGRAPH #1 Fitzgerald portrays Daisy as a weak woman in order to discredit feminists and their power. Throughout Fitzgerald's writing Daisy never makes a motion to stand up for herself and change her life, rather she is submissive to her husband Tom. Daisy speaks of the dreams she has for her daughter saying that she, “‘hope[s] she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool’”(Fitzgerald 17). When Daisy admits her hopes for her daughter she is showcasing how foolish she is for not wanting more out of herself and her daughter. Daisy herself is also seen fulfilling the role of ‘a beautiful little fool’ as well. Fitzgerald writes her as such in order to categorize all women as weak. Feminism was

Rebuttal portrayal of main women was good but in reality they were written to be hated It was normal for women to be more sexual as a feminist but Myrtle cant be wtf. The argument could be based on Jordans character due to her independent nature but even she was critiqued by the men. She also does not fully depict what the ‘New woman’ stood for, they were more sexually free. Writer Soheila Pirhadi Tavandashti states, “Even the new dances of the era, which seemed wild and overtly sexual to many, bespoke an attitude of free self-expression and unrestrained enjoyment” (1). It was normal in this time period for women to be overtly sexual and confident in their bodies but Fitgerald does not allow for Myrtle to do so without critique. Myrtle's character was met with negative reaction from many people because of Fitzgeralds inaccurate depiction of new women. Myrtle was overly confident and sexual that it was suggested she was tasteless. Fitzgerald writes, “She was in the middle thirties, wilson's and faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can. Her face, above a spotted dress of dark blue crêpe-de-chine, contained no facet or gleam of beauty, but there was an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her body were continually smouldering” ( 25). Women gained sexual freedom but god forbid myrtle did. Women