Examples Of Prejudice In The Great Gatsby

(Fitzgerald 45). Due to Daisy’s coddled, pampered, and consequence-free lifestyle, when Daisy hits Myrtle with Gatsby’s car, she never stops to check on her or expresses any worry about what she’s done. This is because she is so focused on her own problems in her relationships with Gatsby and Tom. Evidently, Daisy’s self-obsessed recklessness can be attributed to her lifelong wealth keeping her above the law and embedding an unshakable prejudice against those of lesser status such as the citizens of the Valley of Ash, more specifically Myrtle

I don’t think Nick himself is inherently racist, but the people he was hanging around, taught him certain mannerisms that would definitely be considered so. Originally surprised by Tom’s aggression on the subject. Nick later makes remarks towards minorities that Tom Buchanan would agree with; these aren’t Nick‘s original thoughts they were learned from the environment he was around, even if he wasn’t in it long term echoed hate speech that influences others emotions and mindset around him which is exactly what 1920s white supremacy was meant to

Tom has racial issues which are hinted at early on in the novel. “The idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be… will be utterlysubmerged” (Fitzgerald 12), Tom makes statements he thinks are okay. We see Tom continuously make statementements against blacks and whites being together. “They’ll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between blacks and whites” (Fitzgerald 138) This shows yet again that Tom is racist.

The Great Gatsby: Theme of Money and Materialism In the novel The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan is portrayed as a beautiful and charming woman who represents money and materialism. Throughout the novel, she abandons Gatsby for Tom which represents her careless personality. She is beautiful and charming, but her personality makes her ugly in the eyes of the reader. Daisy’s happiness and lifestyle depend on her wealth, which makes her materialistic.

When she runs over Tom’s mistress the readers understand that she has no sense of right and wrong. To Daisy, anyone who doesn’t give her more wealth and material goods is useless to her. Then she abandons Gatsby when he dies. Daisy and Tom just leave New York, seemingly unaffected by the events that have unfolded in this novel. But it isn’t just Daisy’s love for materialism or selfishness that connects her with the nineteen twenties flappers, it’s her rebellion against social norms as I have stated before.

This can help explore Gatsby’s attract to Daisy. As life continues, and people change, Gatsby love from daisy stem from a certain memory

Tom is a racist, sexist, man and Fitzgerald does not hide it. In the beginning of the novel when Nick is over at Tom and Daisy’s home Tom begins to speak to Nick of a book he is reading called ‘The Rise of the Colored Empires’ Tom believes that, “ Well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. The idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be--will be utterly submerged. It’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proven.” ( Fitzgerald 13).

Tom’s statement about intermarriage reflects the social prejudices, as he believes white people are superior, and that any intermarriage would taint the purity of the white people. This fear of mixing races further contributes to Tom’s sense of superiority, as he feels he is superior to a whole race of people, only due to the color of his skin. Intermarriage being frowned upon shows social prejudice because it shows how everyday people will discriminate and look down upon people for no

Daisy was in love with Gatsby, but married Tom because of his wealth and Gatsby was drafted for World War II. In the film, when Gatsby asks Daisy why she didn’t wait for him, she says “Because rich girls don’t marry poor boys, Jay.” In fact, Daisy does love Gatsby but classism was the chasm separating them. Melodramatically, Daisy cries out to Gatsby- I love you now- isn’t that enough?

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made” (Fitzgerald 179). This quote captures the advantages the upper class has because of their money. Tom and Daisy’s actions left three people dead, yet they received no punishments .They put all their baggage on the lower class, and left them to pick up the pieces.     In The Great Gatsby, the theme of social class is very significant in the book. Scott F. Fitzgerald used the theme of social class to show the reader that it plays a much bigger role in life.

In the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby, a mysterious wealthy man who lives in a mansion in West Egg, gives Daisy Buchanan a tour of the castle like home. Daisy is a beautiful woman, married to Tom Buchanan, whom Gatsby had fell in love with before the war and had lost touch with. When Daisy and Gatsby meet for the first time in 5 years, Gatsby offers to give her a tour of his house to show her his wealth and status. The Great Gatsby addresses the problem of Materialism and is illustrated in this passage through the attempt to impress with possessions, as well as admiration for inanimate objects. Daisy exemplifies the theme of Materialism by showing strong admiration and emotion towards Gatsby’s shirts.

Tom Buchanan, the so-called husband of Daisy, a wealthy man and a friend/relative of Nick by marriage, is a very arrogant man with few moral values, a devotee of white superiority, with a personality who looks down on people of lesser superiority to him in the terms against of different races. An abusive dominant partner to Daisy, he mistreats her by breaking her nose. Today, racism is still a major issue that occurs throughout the remote corners of the world. Racism is often still encouraged. Even though people are looked down at of being lesser than a human being, many people continue to act racist intentionally and unintentionally.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, is full of themes of wealth, love, and tragedy. Also during the time this book was written, women’s suffrage had begun, so women were taking their first steps towards equality with men. The three main women characters in the novel: Daisy Buchanan, Myrtle Wilson, and Jordan Baker, all have things in common but can be vastly different; they reflect the view of women in the early 20th century. The Great Gatsby portrays the characters Daisy, Myrtle, and Jordan as stereotypes of women during the 1920s, seen in their behavior, beliefs, and their ultimate fate.

Gatsby let Daisy think that he was rich because she might not have let herself be courted by someone lower class. In addition, the novel makes clear that only someone from Daisy’s class would be able to take care of her. After Daisy marries Tom, Gatsby tries to become rich in order to win her back, knowing that even their past romance can’t compete with Tom’s fortune. The novel clearly differentiates between the classes, showing how hard it is to move up despite the ability to change your fate being a central part of the American dream.

The Great Gatsby is hailed as a great piece of 1920 's fiction due to its detailing of a new, fast paced America, and the way that America affected the population. These affects manifested as traits in people, and further developed into stereotypes. In the post World War 1 America this novel is set in, industry and technology were becoming readily available to the public, cementing these stereotypes into our population as we quickly moved along at a new pace. In The Great Gatsby, these people, actions, and relationships, are represented by the four main characters: Nick, Daisy, Tom, and Jay. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses these characters to symbolize the stereotypical people of a modern America.