The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald - 1332 Words

Introduction As we know, The Great Gatsby written by F.Scott Fitzgerald has prevailed more than half century. From this novel, we can see various characters’ performance in 1920s in United States. Obviously, what the writer expressed has a sustainable influence for successors. In my thesis, I will show my opinion about Different female values in the Great Gatsby. In The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald exquisitely and accurately depicts the â€Å"jazz age†. The three important female images are particularly impressive: Gatsby s dream lover, Daisy Buchanan from a noble family, Daisy s girlfriend, also a golf player Jordan Baker, and Tom Buchanan s mistress Myrtle Wilson. As for Jordan Baker who always keeps skeptical for the world, â€Å"there are only†¦show more content†¦When the gunfire broke out in the US, everyone lost proper belief. Youth lost the direction at that time when the United States traditional value broke up. Daisy born in that time. Daisy’s love value is a kind of secularization of love value without the holy worthï ¼Å'which is ruled by social normï ¼Å'social trapï ¼Å'family conflict and desireï ¼Å½Consequently, it is easy to cause innermost crisis and spiritual emptinessï ¼Å'consciously and unconsciously sinking into solitudeï ¼Å½The one who holds the love value of secularization is apprehensive, perfect her love like religion followerï ¼Å½These characteristics are ascertained in Daisy’s loveï ¼Å¡she often feels lonely, and although she knows well about the extramarital affair of her husbandï ¼Å'for fortune and social statusï ¼Å'she isn’t willing to abandon her familyï ¼â€ºshe yearns for true loveï ¼Å'but has no courage to go after itï ¼â€ºshe is indifferent to lifeï ¼Å'who call even let her lover take blame of killing person for herï ¼Å½ As a modern female in Fitzgerald s work, Daisy had a strong female consciousness. She is a rich and vivid person, and also a victim of the emotional infidelity. Under her hypocrisy, she owns love, mature, honest and is full of romantic fantasy. No doubt that she was the representative of new women. She didn t want to become a pregnant tool, and the life around the kitchen all day was not what she wanted. What she wanted was different from the traditional women s marriage, motherhood and