She can be viewed unsympathetically, because she seems able to use any means possible to get on the world, including sleeping with another man. She is having an affair with Tom, and has hopes of leaving Wilson. This suggests that she wants to escape with Gatsby, without letting Tom find out.ĭaisys inability to take responsibility for her actions leads to the mistrust Fitzgerald has been reflecting throughout the novel. She also says to Gatsby, Id like to get you in one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around. She did not stay for Gatsby funeral, and left without leaving an address to be contacted at. This introduces the idea of the distrust of women in the novel.
There are many similarities between Zelda and the female characters through out the novel, most of which are negative and present women in a deceitful and dishonest way. Many critics argue that the Fitzgeralds apparent distrust of women was due to his turbulent marriage to Zelda Sayre, a Southern Belle.
This was a direct consequence of the domination of men over women. In 1923, The Equal Rights Amendment was passed to provide more equality between the sexes. In 1922, American women did not have the same rights as men and were often trapped in oppressive marriages. Fitzgerald presents the main female characters with moral flaws: Daisy is weak, Jordan is dishonest and Myrtle is having an affair.
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