Daisy's Treatment Of Women In The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby novel analysis In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott, women are portrayed as fools and naive. Especially in chapter two, it’s clearly seen that women are manipulated by men. In the novel, Daisy knew her husband, Tom Buchanan, was cheating on her. Although she knew he was having an affair, she had done nothing except accept her fate and lead a miserable life. When Tom’s mistress called their home while they were having dinner, Daisy was aware that it was his mistress that called. She even mentioned that “It couldn’t be helped!’ while crying with tense gaiety’’ (page 20). I believe it was inappropriate and unacceptable for Myrtle to call their home and especially at that time of the day. Although what Tom and Myrtle were doing was completely immoral, they should have at least shown Daisy some respect. Tom’s actions proved that he had no respect for his wife and he treated her as a fool. If he had considered his wife to be an important person, he would not have

She says that, “The only crazy I was when I married him. I knew right away I made a mistake. He borrowed somebody’s best suit to get married in, and never even told me about it” (Page 37). She married her husband because she thought that he was a gentleman, which may not have been the case. On the other hand, Catherine, Myrtle’s sister, mentioned that Myrtle was crazy about her husband for a while and that nobody forced her to marry him. This shows that Myrtle is trying to come up with stories to defend her action. I believe she is a fool because making excuses for her unfaithfulness would not make the situation any better or make her innocent. If she is not happy with her marriage, she should just get divorced as nobody is forcing her to stay in that marriage. However, having an affair with another married man while she is a married woman is being