Women In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

The 1920s, often referred to as the “Roaring Twenties,” was a decade in which American women were granted newfound freedoms such as improved education, rights to vote, et cetera. Yet women continued to live in a male-dominated society where deceit, money, and power were rampant. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby recalls the account of Nick, a young man who moves to the West Egg of Long Island and later meets Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby has one desire which is to win Daisy Buchanan back from her husband Tom Buchanan which would ultimately end up leading to his demise. Jordan Baker and Daisy Buchanan navigate through the male-dominated society to achieve their goals.

In The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan is a character who had to be manipulative

Similarly to The Great Gatsby, as Gatsby’s perseverance to regain Daisy’s love he could sense her wealth and privilege from her voice. Gatsby states, “Her voice is full of money, he said suddenly” (Fitzgerald 92). This shows Daisy’s true intentions of men, using them purely for their wealth and social status. Clearly money is all that Daisy Buchanan desires although Gatsby does not recognize this as his love for her is too strong. This goes to show Daisy’s greedy behavior in order to compete in a super male dominated world. Adding onto this, Daisy uses manipulation in order to compete in a male dominated world. Gatsby sees Daily is built on an illusion rather than what she actually is. He only sees purity and

Women in the 1920s also known as flappers adopted a new way of life that at the time considered immoral and disturbing. In the novel The Great Gatsby, Jordan Baker, a professional golfer who is concerned with maintaining her social status and wealth, is willing to use deceit and manipulation in order to do so. Nick states, “At her first big golf tournament there was a row that nearly reached the newspaper — a suggestion that she had moved her ball from a bad lie in the semi-final round” (Fitzgerald 46). Here, Jordan Baker is revealed to have cheated in a golf tournament, showing that she is willing to break rules and engage in unethical behavior in order to get