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The Women Characters Figen’ representation of women has aroupod cera amount of adverse comment, In al his Beton women characters are decorative gues of sxmingly tape bay, though fat they ee olen vn, pine, even desc and hl, They are vey often hes sivors Prine consumers al, they are acer capable of delet or Jntatetul or aii nr, nor do they exerencepason, His at owl, The Las Tycon, shows some development tat forthe st time the maar ise Young woman teat on ying lo nd the uth about the rtle ol and eeonot complex of 1980e Hollywood, bush as no adult oleto play ins seal, ast or pli acties, Women character ae argos! into the purely personal ret of experienc, While Working on The Grea Getay Fiugerld acknow- Tedged that he women charac see subordiat: Air the nowt fied to achive the commercial sors he 59 mich tisha to dsgie wih the second statement In conceding the in porn role of women reer in desing the lute or sues of & Dovel, Fieger reoonine tht the portwar wom bas economic power and he imply connects tis with ber changing atu. imancpated women 1 Phe Great Gots Fitzgerald portrays the new socal and sex fewom enjoyed by women through te ves of Dai, Jordan Baker tnd Myrtle Wisco, se well the hos of young women who tend Gasby’s parses. Tom Buchanan on te age nd advocates the okt peralsm which subordinate women tthe star of eecortve thts of ale de, but onthe othe he is bap to eoy sescal Ife with Myede Wilson. Ar readers we conden hi dvble standard, tnd Nick, astuator request do thi. Bat Nik'sidesl of worn ood em to fer fom Tonsoni the matter of degree Hers Sordi Biker on the pounds of ker orl inadequaty and adlfere but his descriptions sugar! conceal soure of enagonin she is “Unfemisine’, androgynous, more of « boy than a iad. There = & cover thmeia the novel whens over opel used hy Nick asnarator for Pageral es author, and tat concerns the satus and Meny of "Nik uke very strange taement atone point eating inet standards of women wei cern nt the ecopaied uth he pe tend, thought isendored by the acons fal the women nthe nove He is eferrng to Jordan Baker when he slip nti commen, dlr slay making the reader an acesory ta his way of ting by these of lie pronoun you: "Dabonasy ina woman ts thing you ever Bare ‘sep (pp, St), Neverthlett he docs judge Jordan and irow ber ‘over Day, however ie parmitad to survive within this ology Though atthe pie of he reedom "A fcea eit ere as charged The Grea! Gatsby wih exbibtng the objet ofthe nove’ honlty and it scapegnat? Hosta svious charge Whie Nick's seemingly casual aside which 1 have just quoted expenes a patronising contempt for wore’ ical ‘apis, could beesplained a maniataion of own immaturity wich Fitgeal intended the reader orcogiz. More seriou, there isnot asngle ene character who exhibit anything but ads for a fod ime and for materal posssions. No woman chara i tbe fovel understands or ears bout sither Nick's moral preocxpaions {nd his deste to understand experience or Gass nen deveion to 1 dream which transcends his cxeumseribd elf, Admit, thi 3 ‘steal novel and none of the other male characters pretends an ntrest inn inner Ife eter, and of eoure Nick and Gutsy dominate this ‘concen ofthe narrative, His rosy tha any interest ter than preogcaption with that on aeds is Beyond the women charac. In {his chaper I shal argue tht whith sensuous and seul alle of women is« major feature ofthe novel thre i hostity towards the "New Wont making her appearance in postwar society. Daisy's ethereal beauty requtes the eoivane sod poteion of men to ‘sntin tat whaterer cst oer moral en, and Tom, Gatsby 3nd "Emanciated young women nbound in The Grea Gatsby. Nick’ ao uns of Gatsby's two partes fous on thom, particulary a5 they getonto! Sates: Toe Gre Gatsby They are ‘wander’, confident girs who wave here and thee (p42, ‘nt one“dumpe down’ (p42) went for eourage before Beng tothe platform to do sol, The two girs in tin yelow dees appear to be regulars as ooe of them, Luce el how she tre her des the last time and within a wes vesined and acepted without gueson a Dackage containing ew on sorting to hundred ard ssf dlls Titer when the dancing begin there ae"old men puting Yous gis backward fo ete paclss cles (p47) ands gral number of Sle girls dancing invdolisealy or reboving the orchestra fr 8 ‘moment ofthe Buen ofthe banjo oF the rape" (p. 8). They ae an Important festive of the sviring hedonic crowds who come {o Gatshy’s Route, swimming withthe roa Se, enconcertd about the sources of Gatey's wealth theft party Rick notes "ows litle pr who laughs uncorroliby, ands young lady athe ain flege who tere minpe with her mates ashe Dg and ur “ah ‘inky colour, a they pure the tet of ther way in low Black lets (52 down her fas When the haze History of the Worl Is over, They are emancpaot yet they depend pon the men. Many of then seem to tlong othe word of Brodvay and they conibule ts share he vslgarty which appa Day Mas Hasdeer bas ee bead put Sader the pol by Doe Che, much to her snoyance because when ses fad fe oft ook se always stats soeaming Uke that, Others who come inthe oliowing of Bony MeCkoahan four atte nd alent, ar elated to the great American capil (, 62 they arcenosng the nw fost, whieh cn break down class Dries ‘Wives som te belong to the more stable word of East Eg. though ‘mariage, A the et pty here ae th lou we wo Boke a angry dlamond”(p 2) ber husband, and thet digant wives of “aporaly sober men’ (p. 58) who lly have oe cried “icing “Te acrousts of Guat’ parts are ful of oc vente presente in sone of ight irony. Fiageral achieves a more sombre wfc tthe egianng of Chapter V, bon Nik sums up the pares thal semamer a 0s Simi morn we heh thong te lags aloes ‘The men conte the worl the women are merely “its mists The ile words convey an agua ack of coneara abot Gatsby and the homie reset war. The rmours about Gatsby are cel ludrous, but iCisall a mater of inference to them whether th 30 oot They tre shown up more col inthe morning than inthe mooaigh andthe Faerence ton roe ir ochowd in Nick's eonsiracton of Galby' st omens when he ound whats grotexgue things rose (p. 15). The [ne connestion wth the fale offerings of Gata’ garden, ose oF "cry gas, intense their cllurness, These are nameless Youn Seomen who fit through the narrative as emancipatod gsof the Jaze [Age bt thei nee freedom merely mates balan he compe ack at ‘tical concern Catherine, Myile Wikons ster, spears to be one of them, She isa steer wordy of sbout hy (p32) whose pected eyebrows and envy take-up charters her as modern, She Ives in boll with another and has sell cetuned fom ap to Monte Carlo where ‘he ls all ar money i theca, She Lo has tended one of Gatsby's Dares and contrat to the gop abou bi. At hee sist’ inquest The swears that Myre Wikon's muage was completely happy and ‘ovvinad feslf of i, and ered into er hander a the sopzesion was more thin se could endure’ (p. 188) The motive for fer bes fot explained, though cleuly i saved Tom from ada; the resl that Galsy's murder i ofl pronounced tbe ‘rung act of an inne man, In er Bit appesranes Catherine iit in es and gos, and sot appear fo be a mater a no concern 1g her, any moe tan to the gil owerbeara on Suny "Whe Dlty Buchanan bes, “Oh ets ave fp. 11) a they set sit for New Yoon Chapter VI, she isexpresng what al ee youne tomes dese: the rich soley woman i no ifernt (rom the res Thre night tft sem to be ile in common ween he dbatntc ‘world Louisville of five years previously and he Eves of the lt Gaaty’s parties homeersthough th former scl vee maintained ‘more dorm, required no more waren of publi event tha ha Shown bythe girs on Gatsby's wn, For young Diy ay the war wattime when nice young gi old bandage for he Red Cros and ha 4 god tine withthe ofcers of nearby Camp Taylor, while the ry Site and ioe figs few fom ther Homes in puoi display, tt {ating ispprovingy a the fvtaios rndon Bow enoyed By ice ity ander ends had bens to tke them dscng to the ‘Bele Sete’ andthe sane and soggestvencs ofthe mbsic und the ‘auntng notes of the saxophone provided anguorus rhythm wile “shunted pais of golden ad iver sper shuld the shining st (14, Te enguape conveying Day Fay’s wealthy “uta wor ‘opis the eral excitement which the newly asionable Bus mse thi rndor to dane the night aay aroused in the Young Wome ‘who ad noting elt thik of bu flu ofthe bear. This pasage (bon actualy Nik retling what Galby asl him on the might ‘ot Mle Wiens deat) provides good example othe way Fitgeald ‘eats impressionistic eftets by removing indus rom the eeteal Toes ofthe ede’ inert al those eager, aroused young Women are ‘ied y tne “golden snd siberappers the shining Sos repent ‘her uuu environment while a the sare tine implying tat yout Istansien. The aces ae not indicus, they are ose peal Blown ‘bout he Roo, and he effect emphasis ir ansience andthe ap Ty of Fini beauty. Wom ty these hrm seen the eo. 1) ‘Young Daisy Fay could not wall she wanted ber Me shaped no Semel (p 1M) apd oly a man and marage could do tha for = {il in her poston. Pe young dante of 1918-19 was seperated by 8 Sci gl rom the independent girls whe danced ie Way through {Gass parts i 1922, only because she bad to preseve decorum: Daly coud ool ea pssive cect waiting for some fore to shape ber ie and that force matevalned wih the arial in Lovie of Tom Buchanan. By cots the pls at Gatsby's parties have no sei ates to consider, thy jst want «god time ia the feet eee ofthe eri 1920e All tsp andthe young Dit Fay to, are ported a the ous of sexual imrest 115 te) who consibte the erties in the novel not he men The account of muse, dancing o ity Bick help to cents the pervasive mood of ominous but eranscent baal Arawaenson heir outh and allre, At the parts is he gis who 0 The Wemen Characters “The ge who does her solo set onthe palorm sin wembling opal (p42) the wel efeence implying the ee of bilan colours ana Fed by the lights into a sft pea sheen. The ss may be pl figpes siden and coraly lpr, bat Fzgerald makes thei sexsal ‘iy the foc of thes see "Gld-digger was one a favourite metaphor for a woman who ex ote her sexuality to get money out of men. While Dun Cody had ‘nce du for gold Ell Kaye whose latins with the debauched mie Tonaire wee ater for sandal inthe pur papers o 190, found ber fold min inher lover by exerting her seal power over him, Whether ther connection tween her ara Cody's yet and bis death a weck ater set open to question she cel assumed conta his tions i after is deth ensured thal Gatsby id mot epive Fer of the quarter ofa milion doles which Cody ft him. She quite atanly ansonned ove nto money, just as the gis ut Gatsby's fates areexling the sexaaity fora food time. More sublespets {rhe relationship Between love and mney are preset inthe eke of Daisy's iaciage, Gatey' love for Dasy and even Nik’ afr with Myrtle Wits Seis introduced into the sovel ty her tsephone cal which distur the thane surface of Dai’ dinner party, bringing tensions between sand and wife into the open Her soil elas sped by Jordan Boker etal rear “Tous got sme woman i New Yor’ (p20) Who hast the decency otto dst thom at inner (p 20), ahd the Tove ot er Sse to mke contac wth Tom haunts te evening inthe form ot this i gusts sl tale wraeney (p20). itera has ery cleverly inserted the presence fs shi nsistent lnruder ino the Bushanane’ oplent word, which i insulted from heats wind and everything uoplessant. Myce represents over, ue Concealed seal. When Nick sts er forthe fs ie er viity incomtas wit her ecvronmen, and yet she belongs to that world of indierence and death Her fower name suggests fsiy yet buifl Climbing punt vigorously moving upwards but she not allowed to ‘elias her imposible ream ‘She is oder than Daisy and Jordan and the darker colours of er res my iy hi hough more poebly they ate te atk of her Sforkngeite sats. At hor etry into the gage Chapter 1] she is (Sed by Nick in ew ocd phrase,Chiat Sad: The Gre Gas Ihe eres ghost se wet hr md fasted eto csr ae (29) ih we ou ar an “Theimpliations both er date in Micmac emarkabout Gorge Wilson hate was bs wiles man ao not his owe” (130, ar tha she has devoured ordain hm seal, and etl she dominates Fin Her ferns wouptuous, snd se emphasizes This by wearing her rest mstched ight ote her broad his ‘By grea and speech wel fase, Myris distnguied from “Tom chan’ excuse world. She bujs cheap scandal magazines {nets our ts go by before ekting an impressive looking lavender Coloured one, Av they approach the block af ts on 18th Stet she aston eal homecoming glance about her (p31), and a hosts she otros the subset MeKees and her ster. Her manne i again ‘Sine in ssp, clea trms tba make Ber alfctations comic. She ‘penis in igh icing shout (p33, and later During the courte ofthe evening the room rang fll of he arti luge (38). Yet despite er tfactaons und her ambition to move ‘ante wor be sno rou Her vil seven as she din ss he people in the room The MKes are submeren becouse they went to eaplit es aseoation with Tom, and Catherine consous of ersten satus in having Tom she went” p37 but Myles nergy i went than ther When Nik tk Calbcine whee het Sister docs ke her sbaad, ifs Myre who gies «ile! and ‘basen (35) answers ‘Cry about him! The only easy Twas wat when mere hin’ 37) When he comes los to Nik to alk about Tom Buchanan, “her wart breath poured over in (P38, nd ber language is enevetie, drs and wneleonscious about her cen sexta ‘eds, Her lowercss pretensions appear comical co Nik bras be jie he ro «postion of sacl roperon, but er overt sexually Impress bi She deizes Tom Seease of is bulky mascainiy and hi ‘mantipsson for Diy. Mirtle Wilton dese Tom's opulence when ‘erat st him on the tsa in his des sit ad pte later shoes, The Wome Characters No other character inthe nove! express sch ursney of desi, and Ths is made poignnt by her ea, Catherine's goes about MyeU und “Tom each ving with poope they can't sud and er suggestion that thay ought to get dvoee spd get marted to cach other ight a3 {p23} obvious fantasy, Myre Wilson can only te Tom's woman on mskes this ral ela when Myr inssts on shouting Duly’ sme ad be pit 8 sop to ths wath "a shore det movement which "ole ber aos with it onen aa’. 39). The sudenpos and sence ofthis shocks the reader by king Myra cin of Tomé agarsion, Wheres Tom merely bruises Daly's ingr (p17) he beaks Myr's noe becuse se Cares to Storm be social berries Phere poignancy in Myrtle’ predicament at the end of te pany. Nicks acount ots any referee Io Tom io'2 hi selctive pe of deerpson the two women tombe among the {rena furitare wi oly towel, Mek sands ina drunken orpor String atthe sooe he women wlan above tei ves the Is 8 ong broken wail of pi’ p39) which iso be echoed wees er by ter husband's waiting vice. Even Uo ber ain the despairing gure on thecoue tying to protec th pest scenes of Verales whch ge fe socal stat The narative dws ot Inger oer the scene Myre doesnt appear asin ntl he cl fhe ip o New York in Chapter VII. When Tom, diving Gas cr stops atthe garage foxpro, Niki aware ofthe eyes of Dostor TJ. Eelebug Keeping ht vi (118) matin air, ait forma ink wih be ind tyes moti Nick otrres eyes watching Jordan Baker wih slous {trop 19) Myr a mistake a idenyig Joncas Day Jellow car now driven by Dat, not Tom Her nex appeacance ithe vel in Michaelis account atthe inquest of event that day a fhe gaan, when she alee dead. He To beard her vie oud and scolding (p. 130-0 he garage an is {econ inves ee with al he ty Ins atempt fo assert ins by taking her West, Wilbon ha already ‘oi Tom, He hes os got wied upto someting funn”. 11) about be ips worte! Sas: The Great Gtiby [New York. Mchals's acount of Marie's st words sustains he tos ‘Shichi presented in Chapter 1 Tec venom nthe way se {his er husband adn ide coward the idea of George Wilson testing beri idicloge se venting he hl anges and desperation of “Trntted woman whe be ntaryream sbeing estroyedCaiousty the move of aration ngs her to lear ber death. When Tor, Sodan and Nik nie ate garage et body i lea Behe ust befor his, er Mele xa, ia he ut and mingle er ik a og with be at 30) The moment of her eat ie hoth dramatized and given ade signi ‘lo by the language the ony ia er keting a pose usualy Tene pang a bear price for ber adserous swan ie, The ‘honoayabes andthe alteration of “ick dick bloot and “dst nphaes this The hori denis of Mts inurs have inpicatons tare lp aed to br ei he eft reat was wining loose Thea tap" andthe mouth was wide open and sipped ile atthe orner(. I) At Nick's meeting With Ber she had wet thos ps Sicily with er tongue mi sing at Toa. not even bothering {oloot at hechusband he ordered him out ofthe room t st chs Byterefrenes ote tremendous il se ka sored wp fo 0 ons (fay and bas now selinguitied wath soc agony, the fal emtense Shas tue fo fer sexuality, Bu, aonetsies, it sus hat Figerald elles Mycte poy hey for ing openiy ssl Tom cersnty {ow ot poy for i sel transgressions. “Even when se fsa cold corse wrapped in a itket, Fizgeralt tng ermal oie thisimpulie, coms ad rate lly wom. Dad, Myris Wison is vsti of the callous ich who bod the soe ud economic power, By manipulation af tbe naqaive stare be ‘Make er death e matter of pognaney. 1s also a point of rss, oe “THch Gry tla to coneont and Tom and Dus eat Brosh Myre Wison expendable a thee scheme of ting Buchanan ls Nick that Gatsby ran over hee ‘SRG to doom nd ed ke n aby. By Gos was awl (17) Te Women Characters, ised not prevent him from ping aay wih Dy afer ving ‘ison Gatsby's addres. Nor oes I prevent him now from buying Jeter in Fifth Avete va pal peckace or peeps only pai of Gi buton p10) ie from Nick's provineal sgueamishes Unlike My, Jordan Raker mints 2 deliberate detachment which truss determination to come oot om tp. Occupying a sear lief Seni natal stratum, sh manipltesaparachl wo to her ‘ban edvenage These of wring tps ber jst a ch ws (dos Myre or Deiy i the tissue of tages which gv sigieance to RE SeITS tical fsa the novel Whe Myr as 2 lower-class Mfoman, lus without restrunt, Joran rls her if by dertion, Ym nyc, Fegera offers no acon to ber fnee wet, which itr feted or the reader by Nick “Konda’s aie assets he with cats, the Jordan sports a and the akon The River onder radtonaly associated withthe He ofthe Spek is enyhing covtased wih ber existence.” Nik oocount ‘Mies that se is ey oder emancipated woman: br slender thsnny ae olds best. a th tom gue from hex sporting ie are EMipnsnd several sees. Sh, fo. a8 an independent young women deer way to Gaby partis nd is prepred to wanders gardens lone, teoking with sonteprious Interest (p. 4) dows fom hee Spee postion on the marble tps. Meunwbile her esot the per Sent uaetatedoste who i der the mistaken impresion tht she tune told er person toi, enjoys an ‘obtrlconverstion (ps2) mh wo chon ile, Toms patermte mentality i tarbed Sacked ty fer independence: er fly ought 10 et Ber a8 ‘ound the country i this way” (23). She een weats her evening ‘Sos ke sport ctothes and thee an mpcation tat she bs ost fe femininity se is andvoynous Soda i eharacteied by er rep, det movements, yet thee i 8 Allene about her on eezsions. At Day's dinner party in Chapter 1 Nick tsi her posed on he huge couch inthe charming drawing Thom, nd the Jserptons daw her ino Diy’ crit of el-onsous [enn care eptoraaed ge Bight abd whiteness, She maltains her fue Tonge than Daisy, inating Nick so efevey with her ESmporure ha he amon apologies or disturbing herta gate we 1) Nick et trestened by er strategy of detachment, which she employs sry letiey to pt oter peopl at a dsavantage, She takes itn from me ‘The choice of language implies that though be recognizes hs a very stated pose he cannot ealenge i When Jordan choos to adopt the Sane pone daring the sone inthe Plaza Hotel, Nik is more cial because be knows ake dancing hr fom aay emotional ena Sich ‘Complete sltsuicency’ creates an eetve const inthe novel with Daisy's “bight and passionate mouth” and the inner ex Sitement she enveye andthe promi he soma to bad ut, lord's Jawa sugge a boredom and contempt which alo contrast with Daisy's radiance at the dinner table On ocasons, however, the tv Wort seam to Nick tos! in collision, Tei ool soca bane sn pose seem dane to make him fe! socially slams or eet, and be Esbuts thee feminine ploye to thle uel adopted Eas coat Seanee They epitomize for Nick the sophication ofthe Eas. As Jordan is limos tinued th Daisy's wealthy and sophiniete’ Est cost Woman oa wo acasons, would som tht this se fst othe tol Tete isto place for her development nthe plo Toran’ composure snd saf'ufiency express her determined ‘ab sence ofall deste’ she basher sevuity and her emotions well under ortl and wl nt give way to impulse, When Day follows Tom out ofthe room during her lanes party, obviously to expstlate with in ‘shout he teephone cl Jord es "anasbamed’ to eatch wa they fe saying. fo shes pic wiling to eaventrop and gon to Nick about what ‘cversbody Anew (p. 2D, Her pose and detachment te ‘marked by Nall the evening, et be doubts whee een er hay ‘reprise lows her fo forget "his il guests metalic urgency (p21) ‘when bey resume dinner, She to is esponsive to the semua fron at Dai’ clogat table, When Nick and Data ao the eer we i the ‘murmurous and unified (p22) tok. The soy, ke hs ov, it to te continued’ Ar the plowing lamp baht engl or “uta tie and ender any Nick Bde ber sexually ateactive bat morally itr of er "peusing eomteptuows p25) aces magazines but he Sho anocates her wih a poe of uaplenant gop which he canoot Tesla te ine Both altraced and repel by he Nick anaes her Throughout ther rtnsp, and sued feelings rate a contrast to Gatsby's otal commitment ois nage of Das Nik s fared to be scen nthe company of ely wh has eat) to houses ohervise socially incre to himsll. She awn "racell (p53) as ace (ten se i iviing hr to cll Ho, and he fos that "the bored ‘oui face tht she tarned othe word concealed something (58. When be cuches fer out ine about «borrowed ear he ceembers ets ofthe ere gossip about be se was sai to have cette ib 2 olf oarsmen ap then ed when the cada szed ebou Le bret, bt the ay and another wines: hd ered sateen in ie {oprevent the Nick eds ta Jordan ncurably debonet bsause she cannot bear beng a dnndvantage she wll do anything eve ior Cheat, i order to mainlain an advantage over oles, and so maintain the power Uther penonaiy desires. He judges that she had embarked fm ths courte when she was young ainaining ber ‘coh isoent Sik’. towards the world ea cove allowing Her 0 sty “he ‘eran of er ad jntybody without beng found out Jor has {chievd sesul freedom by zane of ying oe concealment. Nik also Judes tbat she avoids elaonsips with clever pen wbo might se Uhrough her, relerng instead the company of men who Would ever Imagine 2 woman ~ tbat salad) besking the codes of her class. The reader has only Nick's sessment fer character by which 10 judge Jordan and must always see Rein an adverse iat. Se obvious ‘isdges Nick in seing him a sfe companion who would not ‘usin ber actions, beaut he isin fact analysing er etal alt he tine. Nis’ very song awareness of be ack of ethic! concern pute into guesion the basis of his own reltonships with women: he ex nerates them because they have no moral ature ~" was casually ry, fd then [orgot (p59), Thee is lvaysfenson inthe rektionstip Sith Jordan thet Nick reports He ses her a tetng love a= sexual Tait for advantage and ascendancy, Beng in ove am uneary stale Throughowt the noel Thee conversation abot cartes ening is ”rial Sue: Te Gre Gaby esl about pereonl ethics in any slatonthip, Jordan exploit it t0 Imanoeire Nik nto a close elton, ths aserting ber avaniage then sho sys, "That's why Ike you" (3), She ses Nick as morally Sate aarefl drive’ who obeys ator rls tht act as bakes [his desires (p39), one who honours the traitional more of enema snd Inds. ‘The iplcstion ie tht Jordan desires bath the tional proteion offered to 2 lady and the emancipation of the moder, ‘roman. She want thebestof bth word Toran isthe aratr of Daisy's afar, ever of he own Shes able toflin deals because she peaks asa woman ad former member of Daisy Fay excsive set in Loi. The tone n which abe recounts Diy’ drinkeaness onthe eve of her weding in 119, when the pee necklace was eat aside inthe watepaper basket conveys hat she was rater septic of the teagth of Day's resolution. She res doubt ‘boot Day's absolutely pfs reputation’ (p. 75) snc br marcae, judging tht sh nods something inher itp. 77) nom ’Are tens to her, siting with his arm aud her aig Cental Pa, Nick fe staced to "thir len, hard, ied person, tho del in iver sep (p77 an ad hat, elke Diy, ‘woe femiine caren is caefly preserved and prota be bat no soning quay of mystery to tun er its gi whowe dembodo face Rone along the dark corns tnd Blinding np 78). She et relist nots romani, and ti pot Nick wecome suc a atte, sracvenn ir countre by is nicl saenes of her tial Es lation cvendownrpht dione, yet he conceals rom her the suena fot hi sapproval. He spends considera tne with he io New York, ying tangata Nisa wth her snes (p98) ad eloyng th Toda tak ile pr nthe converetion during Day’ unchton us he ine, Jordan reps prosaic tat Lie sn al oversaw et ri nthe al” (115) Hee sounogly tev remark acquires signee by the ead of the ‘ove when autre hs ined cometh Catiy, Myre and George ‘Wilsoa al dead, vitins of ther carasrss or ladlrnce, the Het resume ter way of fein the autumn. They can avo senda, falure oe despaic and steal over apa ‘On both social occasions atthe Buchanan’ house in Chapter and ‘Chapee VI Jorden end Das are idetifod by thle white dese and The Women Characters ‘heir pose on the huge couch. When desi or own, tis iht fate ofrmetaic slot and hht capes over thi arms p15) suggest shat smart wore’ fasion in 1922 provide a Kid of feale armour srhich renders them impregnable esl emotion During the dive to New York Jordan reprimands Tom for his sobisinsr shout Gay She auempt ite jokes to rete the tension when they Book ito the ste a he Plaza, all with Nis ac spprovl we dan pty and een hd. 120) When Duty real her own wading, Jorn joins thom in eminising shoul he guests wh attended, espera one Blo, and theese, loses tht ranks at members ofthat opulent worl, whl excading Nick und Gatsby, She sams to shi in her allege, wheres Nik ennmited to Galshy inthis tose sone. She mre testo dflt Tons rade abou tbe breakdown of fal nstations leading tothe treakdova of zation an evn wore mavinge Bowen ac and ‘he and Neck ace fread to aan nthe rome ‘Nickels drawn coat o Jordan athe end of tht cee. Se adopts her neutral, noncommtal tnce ae Day warers hack towards Tom ty bepaning to laos thts but shortage on the tp of her hin’ (p28) When Gasby and Das) eae, "oated, ie pho, even fom our pity p12). Tom bein to trump, bu hs vice emote fom thom. former ha any wih 16 share i itary. On the way ack, Nick remembers that thi thi thitith birdy, 2 the thought of Jordan's presence on this-memuciog journey of He Se scems ofr him a future undstrted by hope or spa, snes anlbe Dai, se was oo wise ever to cary wel: forgtin dreams [om age 19 see 191 But the ctastrophe of Myre’ death effets. When they reach te Buchanan’ house Tom takes char. advising Nick an Jordan wo nave them gs you some spp =i ou wanton” 135) nthe ice, Nick desing 0 ener he Row, bt Tondan puts er hand on isChita States The Great Gatsby ‘Nocaplanatin given, Nick somes tha, s Tom and Day ose it pong Cope thee satin een ofthe day ut of her mind, and be ‘aur the invation a clog 2 ‘This ec pont in Nicks lationship with Jordan Hes joined. ty Gatsby ashe wats fora aso lak him hoe, and fom this point Nit idenifes with Gatsby's romsate pasion athe than Jordan's pportnisis Form of reali. The highly slctive organization of tative dens axon imo opportunity or any oimate ak wit Jordan ater thi ice ts deigood to foc on Nick's raion with Gasty, Av nether dondan ror Daisy is allowed (0 reveal he inner feng (he implication i tht the evolour upper-class women have ‘Wien Soran lepones bs in is ofc ia New York te ext day sr aleadyavoded posible sandal by moving onto Hemsted ‘otioning ake "oing Gown to Southampton tis aterngon (7) Seis her wal tonommival sel but Nick finds Her woe 09 this feseson “harsh ad ry whereas welt Nick choose rather strane image: if at east iaks her with gras Testnca enigs hero conventional eine har with its suggestion fo aumeion, She has eumed he reese ay of ie that takes Bee Teecn hts and habs and private howe” (147 and makes 20 ‘aeroce othe proved other than to charge Nick with no bing Tice to ter AS the cemal guest she avoids person commitment of Itschment Shes wing to adapt he plas to suit Nick, but whetber he ily reactor no bas resol the problem of his own mora ene and is unable to cop her. Thee sully conversations Spay terminated Nick's revlon in eff condemnation of Jorn’ betavour and Inference whch the reader shares Yet nonetheless, orda's oe fn the novels problema. Nick siuleanenuny engages in an emotional *” sclationship with her and coldly eral appraisal of her dishonesty Sod interence to oes. He is at once eiturbed by ber sai pos hich sets the ew seastured ata advantage and attracted by her “ctu, He blames her whl sbsolvng br becuse she woman. In Some ways Nick ung Jorn even wee se is sting he sexual per over him. seer anes rlatonship, nr iia appesling "ordan certainly fl that Nick fas bees Is than honest wth ‘when they meet forthe st ime Nick non the pot of returning hme Alsmnyed ud disoriented by the sopistated East His Me there, how er incldes hi reatoship wth Jordan i which he had undoublely eld assumptions about te future, Her view of never sad Nick’ ference tothe se shoe is inal comment onthe You! dust (8) tht Fonte inthe wake of Gataby's dea. Bot refs’ and ‘foul est metaphorically sues corapin, or in Nick's ease, moral Aeron and Resinplycannot eave oie to dissolve the bonds of tnoralebiigaton tat tie hit Jordan, even i Tetng is dead Jordan admit tht bor pide was Burt by Nik rejection f ber 0 te elaphones and tens ikl hat se has armed ers with i [Wisk behaves in fet, a8 he belived “any divergence from a code trou be thought imposible (58 ad pretends to baeve her. Que ow he form hr that his Was head not revealed 8 aerator be irerlyeeport when ha fished. (p. V8). When Jordan, refring Toth ear convesaton, sats tate i afer all 2 careless fiver Nik ropes tht atti he s 00 ol 9 kep up te pretence thar eels code of Honour mater to im any long. He ths trae clean break wth rdan eventhough sil"angr. and halt ilove wither, and remendoul soe) (p10). Fugerh's charectricton of Jordan Baker i acieed wit lacy sod detachment In esene i bose fo her ax ane womar’, whe ‘iti al the advanages ofan eranspned ete yt wl use any Statues or duplctiesfo ain the raonal advantages esored totia! Sates: The Gres Gatsby sad He seems to be implying hat women's status and sexual image it ‘ta poi fcris i the pswar wold. Nick does ot gut kw how to hindle thi coo, posed adependest woman of the 19205 who ays flown th er fie elation ond anil them t her scr tage Jordans stfu sn the naratre aever ute lear, oer han a= Daisy ay(Bchanan Daisy Buchanan ca the ery ete ofthe gts of thematicimagey xpesing the preoscupaons ofthe novel © The Initial esepion of the Buchanan acrious esate and house Aly focuses on be its rie feature, she who mon compels Nik’ stfeton an intrest, a thr blowing white deste the two young women maintaining thar legunt pose onthe couch are assocad by Nik with images oF seus in graceful fight (p13) butte language bits that they are tring vl-conseoualyausng. Day expe er fmt ar well at er senuliy ashe Tooke wp at Nick and tase hn fm eros Nick'scomment, “Tht was away she hd’ suggest tht tra ena of Chapter Nick concentrates oa the compuleive power of er vio iis “Ueiling’ (pI has a snging compulsion’ (pp. L413) "er vice omgelled me (p. 19 “her vie lowing and singing (p19, "those Breaths, thing words” (p19 "he vlc sng (2, Re voice rok of cetsing fo compel ty attention (p22) Sie language ate Bs oer the powerful enchantment ofthe sen the roeks who drew passing salon to thelr doom," But ithas aber associations oo. vey ih ge neg yes a gt paso moa ba to erent alle ees na mate that wt sh a5 fvl00s oF tana. the musical tat anaes by semng to bold ot promis. ‘While on the one hand oc ute makes Daisy's sex harm mom crbleand fois here poton inthe imager eating Gass dream, onthe ker ily mprsons he inthe convetiona image of woman as seductresibject fds. Ase stens ois hoses Nicks ‘eaponse acs as prelae to Gatsby's chesbed vision of he Nc is thus Heed with Gatsby's romantic from the very begining ofthe "Yet Nicks undermins thi perception of Diy He esl to hold 4 dua vision of te, ust tbe does of Jordan, The whole scene sis from one view of Daky to anaber Dain’ radiance dined by the telephone cal that follows me ely ater th and sup eins in the room ‘Aner dinner se tle Nick of her cynic about everthing, bat cspeclly about being & woman, A few ens eae, when she learned that her baby was agi she had thought IF aise erly «spurious ate of ei thas ie meaning bul Daisy ely meant then tests am ntering Hg on ber sense a tere, When se fell Nick she Brow everything terse an all the toe advanced peopl think sof, se sounds ater ke Tom quoting Ieseniicbooks Shelughs thibringscor andexlins, Sophs Release from the ompeling power o er voi, Nik press his asyetanothe ofthe evening's pose x estar string er menbersip arther special se He el at she dlberatly tying to tl im into an emotional response ands theeore manipulating Ms etings By exciting moments jut pest ke Gusb’s den of be, wich Eontais 90 present realy. only pas ad future esas I appears that she ctr chasing Fieger fforms the reader oo often of woman, The effect to reduce bert a charming writ, # Being who rt oaly aa fragile veneer, shining redanoe of Gatsby's constr. tion he anepne of Tons wea, rather than 8 woman with = pesonality of her own. Fiagerald allows Daigyt exist only inthe rages meo create of er During er dane party Daisy and Jordanare often inked as membersral Studie: Ta Great Gatsby ofan lite clas: they move ‘slendry, languid, thei ands st baly ‘onthe hips (p16, sretinestey bot alk at one, with batering Inconesqence that was never Quite hater. in the abence ofall ‘ese p. 1), Theis borom fen of tir any as wey, ‘poi, beatiful young women: they accep the presence of the men ‘tout bothering to ot hemscives out a némiation isthe doe ‘When Jordan yevos that they ough to plan someting, Daisy abs, ‘What do people plas? (p17) She remembers tat twill soon be the Tonge day ofthe year and adds tat se lays watches out fo it 08 then miss i Iisa the toc of ie offer o arty Beast isalways too much trouble to enjoy an anipated pleasure when it ast as Myre trues upon Daisy's dinner party wth her telephone «al s0 Daisy present at Mt’ party when Catherine gous about her and Myetle gars to sot ber name “Jordan tls Dasy Fy’ tory to Nick in Chapter LV as thy dive through Cetra Park. Natural she tel it fom ber own pin of view Daly's younger frend bo was impressed and was Baller by Dai woe. She observed that young Listens Jay Gatsby ged at (p72), which sb call romantic: Se tls Nick ofthe ramus that ow er mtr in er ping er ago itr ie oN Daisy was the feral princess locked up in the tower, but ‘By next ‘otras she was pay again, py ase (p73 Day's roman imple ‘tet at strong enough an the neat Jue be marie Tom ‘airy i ot alowed by the selective chnigues of the arate ttl ee a story: on ths osason Jordan, vo noneommialabout bere, tls eloquaty for her. Thus Day's emouons are tered trough nother woman's knowles, just as Ousby’s ave though Nick, Only Myel Wilson ls er ow story of her excemest a she responded Tom's elegance an sexu power andthe way she elit express het com sensuality. Fitzgerald doc not stitute such oven sexily t0 These uppers women. Daisy second impulse o reba onthe night before her wedng it stk elated by Jordan, Her pas inthe ware bart, Diy war cath. ings leer, but her drunken speech minima the eet of detern (Mfr to breakaway: Tell all Daisy change her mine (p78 Ts The Women Characters Sinica that hy the time Fondan an the mio er ot ofthe cot bath, Gatsby's eter was coming (opis ike show (P78), and stow, lke the pct ofthe let, ephemeral. Ar 4 young brie back fom them together (p75) A.week ster Tom’ alae wth the tel maid recived some public afer the cr acide Sins then hasan and trie have moved in Tat com al ofthe Young and rich and 0.75, asking about him recently after Jordans mention of his name at ber dinner party, he speak inte strangest vie (p70. Her anguor and This deieof wing various nartors pul the emphasis on Gatsby's indeed “emotionally passive "When Nick resume he narration fer Jordan's eeation he gain enuphaines he cara of Day's vce, Aste aniver im er open cain therain be sponds fat to her bright esa sl (p82), an then 10 Returning later tothe sting oom after tat absenting bine [Nick nds Gatsby gloving and radiating bappint, while ic Days ‘ce which expressser oye vou fll aching grving bray {old only of her unexpcted joy” (. 87). The usual use ofthe word threat’ "phasis ope aghin her Wetieation with Keats's night- Inga and the implication i epeated latin this Sone by the use of tmotive language, When Nick Tewes Gatsby and Duley topser be Jee that iis her oie had Gib mo ith ite tating eh smth, Bose cout ‘emo “hvte wars ser soe (799) sCita Sade The Grst Gaby “The Daisy he loves tan objet of Gatsby's longing andthe creation of Tsimagintion, and by constrain on thier of be charm Re is Shi to ipnre ber ientty a a woman of varying moods, fall of in omtencc or flaws. As det fgre se ean remain perf. Whe Showing be ove his posession he Tooks 2 them in = Gazz wa, The intensity of hs emotion pts immense pressre on Dis. When is {hes descind in snauoue te, become fr him the symbols By Stic to expres thou foe gears of devetion and strvane, Daisy is The by eling. and she sobs as she buries ber fae in them. Theres shin be can sy when confronted by such devotion nay css the arate allows her no depth of fens ‘So absorbed is Gus io his ow expeince at tis pont that be scons amt unaware ofthe at! Daisy Beside him, “Tae pee ight burning atthe end of her dock has eerie hold cover hi imaghneton teease it symbolizes the unable: “Tt bad Teme ws close atm star othe oo” (90), Daisy's atl presence ‘Tithe though roo the gra ight to is odin ety fs count of enchanted objets hod iminsed by one (5: What could Daisy poe ay oF do (0 five upto sh ison of emit Thee acta that Gatsby can tothe es ad loos Drisy Bath neat Nic’ presenes, and there i comie pathos when songs, the bourdebepin fa lay The Lave Neston he piano N Gatsby command. Nik speculates hat already Gasby st be petncig sevens fain Goubt 4 the quality of his preset ‘primes (p90) Aiton ad gone eh Byond eve (3.93) 1Wininevitable that any dicsson of Daisy turns into a vaso of {Gath His son of fe prions her a & moment in ine Sve years ‘Stier. Like the tves perpetuated i lyin te tral at of pursit Sh ebape In Kent's “Ode ons Grecian Url Dy is sme in is he amor fa, though tho hat mo thy lis, Por cor it how lve and sh Be fae ta the meantime Cin between iia Kpspringer's song) Daisy has ‘mated hd cil, epuionsd both pasion and jealousy in her ile Sith Tom, and posible Jordan specs, had dsret love fais. ‘None ofthis at ay plc in Gatby's Won of her (n that atu ight mort ve years 2g in Lovie it waste cove this that made be "losiom fo i Hew Noes (p 107 Te was Ievwho rete if nto the Duy of is vson -Atcr the fat chapter, which fanstion a 2 pre 0 the sory of ‘Gatsy vom of Day shea eo sutonomoss He within the parative furt Irom hie deat, Tn Chapter VI when Tom and Daly finaly top in on one ofthe paris, Nick's acount of Day erie of ber rete bor sobbisness devrys is own romani on of Gatsby's wor, Daisy's vice wes playing murmurou ik ne throat (9 101), but ean Gatsby docs aot stall ston to what she as. Her sense of Social propriety He offended bythe Bohemian behaviour Brought by ‘ronda to West Eas “Tat is why she is assinat by the fist, the human orchid of « ‘Noma (p 101), who mini totaly ali pos al the evening, towing her dretor to move soy closer to er unt there only & thin ay of moonbpn betwen’ (, 103, Nik aceuses her of prefecing the posture tothe elit of enaton. “Gay second party tel ofthe rpresetation of Dy asthe objet of is romant won, ant mast end ofthe glowing dream. ‘Nick nots something septic on the ar so (P 102), ard Guy i ‘Nie end welkng's deslte path ffs ends and discarded fav ous ted ered flower? (p16). Yet thee i one moment when Days sce estore the mage, boots she fears isplocement rom his von {Ne begin fo sing the orchestra plays Thre ottock in the Morning” ‘There isa suggestion ofa spell an eacantnn! which ansforms vers Tocaning, Nick ha lend begun oso Gatsby's partes thovgh aE ©Che! Sade: The Gres Gatsby yes hus ating his vio to Daly's snobbish values. Now, onee She bist ng, er voie re-estabsbs her mage Beene Shc hud ater all, esponded onc before in 1917 1 Gatsby's potest Torani posible ally absent from her wor ‘Onc esi, Nick dens her eling shee alos becuse afer she us et some athena ena youns might bring tres mage 1 ashy tagiation. Tae word “hentelly conveys tat Day ows se cannot lve up to Gatsby's vision of be, but th reader is ever eiven a chance to penetrate Dass end, ony to understand t throug Nicks jemen ‘Day is torn between hr cesponses t Gatsby's romantic vision of enelf and Ton’s teria evtustion of ber. expresed by the ing ‘Of pent valued at thee fuadod and ily thousae doll’ (. 78) ‘hh was his wedding gt Traditionally, th romante imagination Toner self with eonsusing «worl of possibty eae han with ‘Saiyan thio what Gaby bas cope, At the end of he wat, ous Diy Fay was ring for the nay of 2 desi’ to shape ber Hie ow. immediatly and te decison must be made by some fore ~ of Tove of money of unquestionable preci” (148), Daisy Fay could hot wait romontic posilty war not enough fr he. Tom Buchan ‘tas enormous men his gressive sexuality and hs socal ome, ‘presented a rnity tat appeal to Daisy. Tom Buchanan Yoo” bet ‘Sha theullpmnony of aaocety wedding, ustasLiestnant ay Gatsby fac "taken' hein anit manner in Oeste 197. Daisy's on sexual nds ate not menoned in Glsby’ssoount any ‘oe than i Tom's perception of th ation. She is persed a8 sve, ber senultysublmsted ato ber wie, which i mage p= ‘ent tefl inpet of br female personality a well a er fesininity {pd charm. Her vie the produto her environment, Gestion and pinging as Gatsby acknowedges when he admis unexpetel' jst ‘fore the lunceon party at Ber house Hee wi ill of mons (p15) CGasty’s transcendent vison of ley, cherish oer ve yar, hain feet defined he say’ superior being osupyng a sear place an opuent world of material welts. When he formed that vin in Ta17 he was u oor, bodtzried outer svg Ctl tine. He ek mad oer, tht wal nd by a eon ft oh a ‘yey tha ‘Only once does Gatsby, in reaing those wartime weak of hi Tone ‘Mtn in 197% sugges he ature of shared feng. He remerbers his Jas atermaon with her Before being set area, whe te slemnly of the occasion tet ther Both This evocation of mutual tendeess is diately handlod by. Fit ald Gatsby was are of Duly tsar pr and be elves ke any Ever the moment of parting, Aer her mariage, he ponies Young uiokcce without prospects restored the statin if 201 heey ot Snes Gat seared to Loui nI919 and completed be ans fpureon tore be left the cy, The “harming git has become = SSmbol af hs sense pesonal lows an exci rom dang weal The romanticinmgnation invents world of possibiiy, but te emotion icgenerses i fen sng offos, forthe wansiguing moment imme nei becones the pas the vain eantol be sstsned. By placing {Gatsby's ecoleton ofthe pat n Chapter VIET afer the catasvophe Sf Myae Wilson's denth and Daly's desertion, Fisaeesd conveys Ctrcively how Ged the past These memories ae generate ater ¢ {hy of itemes sultry het i whith he rel un ofl no “benection Gp Hs) and the brutal contigs lmpst of eter people's desies Eexrys th solitary dreamers wor Yetwen tht day pan, Nik could el ie sympathy with Gatsby's dealing pasion for Day.Cito! Suds The Gret Gatsby Dainy appears of (fs te fsb eae 13 09 Hot 1 fs! 14 ‘Noneths, er sexu charm tll manages to exert ts power, even in ‘i intlerbl ing bea er voce sage em ho te Dt ening apt, molding is suceancs nae. 113) Ie isimmedinely aerwards tat Gateby “unexpectedly acknostedges his understanding of he ul lations of er enol aacvenss ideniying it wih her wealth, But be stl cing desperatly othe dream ‘hich tar pen hit Me mening. Tn the hotel ay pends some ofthe tne in ron ofa mio “xing er ba” (p. 10), though whether she is motivated by vanity oF the ‘esi o avid contention fener state: he impcaion of Ncks Iarative the former AS Gaby ores showdown, she bsomes ‘pert, He asking impossible of erin wanting et to deny she the cir loved Tem, She rain « pessive object of tbe conficting eminds of eto mth bx €o conta te stuaon as she is inter to contra he big low er. Ester ia he summer, Jordan mcmred that “Daisy ought to hive contig ia er ep. 77) eee that Daisy C00 bad wanted an ‘Mi bt 9 more When she manages to sy ‘with pereepubleclucance’ (p28) tat ste never rely loved Tom, he reminds her of tbe ccason on tht teneymoon in Kainan when be erie to Kap er shoe ry. The ‘emory of he strength of Tom's protective ams and te ely of his ‘sured soil position are too powell for Das. who sare ‘Yerie {@ 138 beiween the two men ashe etente furiper and Take ato Itself She can only bot Tom o please sop He magnanimous allows Ie to lave with Gutsy a nl sveton of hk power "The teste spi of heneration pases over the Horo f the eas rea inact om Mite Wika. Cate tell what happened, but be irmuch more concerned sbout his eainship with Dasy and Day's Nick's fn! sneaked view drought in the Bind strips er of al ker flmour and the mage of ker carn. Ween insist dazzled view She wasabi fabuous creature in whiten a glaeenclsed, brave ied room brit nthe sfteraoon sun, now the Ka ede to 2 Sit Even fer vie send: Tom tls, ‘Ones white se ooked Uupet him and nodded in agreement (p13), Tom's male steegth snd hie wealth lowe provectivety around ber. The eo chicken snd ae ~ ‘intel omtoutsed reinforcer hole of Tom's materi her than Gatsby's romantisin. Along with Wolfers sccle! hast this the ony food named inthe ove na it inks er with wales "When Nick tephones her afer Gass death her lack of eng o moral awareness ir debined by the absence of Hower. Ue ells “in Sineivey and without estation (p. 150, alan hour afer dsoveiag The body, but se ha sled gone, and se never sends mesg OF flower tp. 165 "Throwshout ost ofthe nova ll the mar moti crete by imagery of summer owes, moon, sas shine ne Birdsong ober around {Gashy’s dream of Daisy. te eal gi bat ontaryiaaes of 20, troney and eas alb dey her, Gate ings to sealed won of Fe seing to acknowledge to himel or Nick that she bas excluded fm fom fer word eteted one apnin nthe wealth hat imprisons fod preterves auf and proud above the Hot siragles of the poo? (p12) The ater epests tht right sr ones ain Daly is inside, (Gatsy waite uted, one moreexloged. Nick's view of im treats fim to seoonight, ut the dream of Day is snashed, although be Sho dest and Nick knows he t"wateting over thie (p13). ‘The actual and the eam Daisy can no longer ebeist, and Daisy ‘iss fom the rate, Athi al meting with Tom, Nick recog ‘ios 'th ural at ip 170 hat cannot veal Daisy's part in “eacident whic led Myre Wikon. The codeof honour of gen ‘man egies tha ls name should be protested. Days oes the Jewel a F's soll crown demands that She fens passive, woman {n whit, jst x she wes in her'wate good (p24, and Nik accedes to This by his sileneerial Studer: The Great Gatsby Docs Dey eit more powerfully a dream than as sbstnce fr the scades The enowey Iba yee Aste central Renta of Shing word ested by Gatsby's mainte von, her beauty and char aver auntng cul ee feature of Tom's roby materi word she isnot e prt otrsting woman, and Figs fs 1 deveop her other than es poll, peut appendage of Tom. Tn Tat is tanling of uppercias women iing rater thas hose. They are peste as sol bila cteaturs who are morally and econo aly pusive ina world wich has no other role for them. Figo ‘Sees through Nick tht they are sealyexsing but he doesnot manage to rake them sexually ineretng, Perhaps he fl inhibited from erating» lady who poseied sexo tay, waeteas a Tower riddlecinse woman Ike Mle Wilson posed no such probiens for Diltre women make anelfor to move ose the soc conventions oftheir clay ed al thre aur Tor: Myre Witon i ipped open hd destroyed, Joan Baker stn to ha lost nt oaly He ney but her femininity to (am androgynous Being, se moves ke w yous Eder (p16) employing be auniness a a protective cover; Day teoped te times to break cut but each ine es disunde, and return to her ape positon, rtinng tally seough the enlson Gaby and Nick, who donot eva thet se was ding the ea hat neh but wae unable to coatsa the powefl vic. The car symbols Tredom and mobi for women, bt oréan mass iby dangerous Aiiving Day tet i fatally 0 of eontea, and Me is pushed “Tae evidence of the novel sopget that Fgura was lly aware of change in women’ ole and pedeulary i he satus of he Tay in the post-war pei, but viewed ther ith aed eigs. There i an Starenton in Jordan Bakr, the emancipted wom, Wich conus {ihratto Nick Duley isto muen in love wath her wealth ad excasive Peston to make ral tempt to astet her feedom, prefer the Prvilges of th safe, conventions! passive ole. Sexal Tove fs pro Feat and fraught wth uncertain in hs nove for bot men and “The woman i te (167) Nick's nightmare after Gatsby's eath Svokes a number of mages in bis suring vision of an aenating society. Tey cary rae wo Gatsby's parties in thir evoeation of moat, dren ina and wealthy Figures in eveing re “The net woman ie vet of ber om dss she is drunk. The four nllemcn a tying to maintain he athe raionl protective rel Sronsip, bt abe lean allen ~ she nobody ~possesing 0 postion, no ty in scty. Nick's nightmare ras diselination to n==pt the dined stu ofthe ly" nthe confused and conusng Jazz ‘Ase Why eae shoulder hand sparkle “with eves rahe Chan Simply spare? The adjective passer lst, aenatd position nc th ha asd o oman content wth the tats ofthe nd the pnive.lluring objet of male dae, by expesing her own sexily