What Is The Great Gatsby Strength

Strength

The idea of strength can be interpreted in many different ways and mean many different things. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, author F. Scott Fitzgerald explores the idea of strength through various characters. The Great Gatsby takes place in New York during the 1920’s. The Great Gatsby is the story of eccentric millionaire Jay Gatsby as told by Nick Carraway, a Midwesterner who lives on Long Island but works in Manhattan in the stock market. Gatsby’s enormous mansion is adjacent to Carraway’s modest home, and Carraway becomes curious about his neighbor after being invited to one of his famous parties. Nick soon learns that Gatsby is in love Daisy Buchanan, Nick’s cousin and the wife of Tom Buchanan, an acquaintance of Nick’s from

Daisy has invited Nick over to see her and Tom because they haven't seen each other in a long time. Jordan is already there when Nick arrives and Tom invites both of them to stay for dinner. At dinner, Tom and Daisy are arguing about the controversial topic of dominant races. As they argue, Daisy turns to Nick and Jordan and says, “'Tom’s getting very profound,’ said Daisy with an expression of unthoughtful sadness. 'He reads deep books with long words in them’” (17). Daisy belittles her husband by making fun of him for reading “big books”. She openly calls him dumb to his face and this shows how she is in control of her marriage and control over her life through these reverse gender norms. Although Daisy has the power in her relationship, her class and money give her qualities that many deem undesirable. After a drama filled day in the city, with Tom and Gatsby arguing over whether or not Daisy loved them, Daisy and Gatsby drive home in Gatsby’s car. At this time, Myrtle is arguing with her husband George, and she sees Gatsby’s car and rushes into the street because she thinks it was Tom. “A moment later she rushed out into the dusk, waving her hands and shouting; before he could move his hand from the door the business was over...her life violently extinguished” (144). After Daisy runs over Myrtle, she keeps driving and when Nick, Tom and Jordan drive by they see the crime scene. There everyone is talking about how the driver did not even stop and comparing them to a monster. When Tom, Nick and Jordan get back, Nick goes up to Gatsby and asks why he didn't stop. Gatsby then explains that it was Daisy driving and Nick goes over to her to see if she is okay. She isn't even disturbed and Nick finds himself disgusted by her. Through Fitzgerald's portrayal of Daisy as undisturbed after killing someone, it also states that she has an