Thursday, May 23, 2019

What Do You Think About the View That There Are No Women in The Great Gatsby With Whom the Reader Can Sympathize?

Sympathy is defined as having feelings of sorrow for someone elses misfortune. In a novel, sympathizing in a reference book all toldows the reader to relate to them. In Fitzgeralds The gigantic Gatsby, there is no female character with whom we sewer realise. However, at various points within the novel we do offer our brief condolences to each character.Throughout the novel Daisy Buchanan appears enigmatic to the reader why is she in a loveless relationship? Why did she leave Gatsby hiatus on a thread? Many conclude that the ultimate chapters prove to us in many ways that she is incapable of loving. Shown by her choice to stomach with Tom for his wealth and security rather than choosing Gatsby, for she was appalled by its raw vigour that chaffed. She looks down on the vulgar nature of people that try and taint their way into the upper class as he has done. However, it is feasible to suggest that she chose Tom after all he didnt build his empire exchange illegal alcohol like G atsby. In addition, it is possible to argue that being in an unhappy marriage shown by her reaction to Tom speaking to his tart over dinner is a liable reason to which we can feel empathy for her.Despite all of this, however, it is apparent throughout the novel that she is materialistic, promiscuous and immoral. As currently as Tom leaves she kisses him on the mouth she is not solo betraying Tom, but she acts carelessly with Gatsbys emotions. He is a character in which the reader can sympathize meaning she is hated. Ultimately, she chooses to run away with Tom, this is her last act that convinces we, as the reader, to deplore her.Jordan is an equally difficult character to whom we can sympathize however, for unlike reasons. There is all really one instance in the novel that contrasts this view, and thats when Jordan had met another unwholesome driver in Nick. This does make her emotionally accessible to us we can feel pity for her. However, this is overshadowed by her compul sive ability to lie. Apparently, she does not give a damn about the end of her and Nicks relationship an overt lie, yet it implies that she will move on soon enough. We will never know if she actually met someone else during her and Nicks meeting, yet it is unlikely, as she is a neurotic fabricator.Adding to this, we notice that Jordan is a highly destructive and careless character, rather like Daisy. She casually mentions to Nick that she left a borrowed car out in the rain, and then lied about it She is being careless with other peoples property, lying about it to ensure she is not affected by any repercussions. It is apparent he that Jordan does not, as a whole, evoke sympathy with us.Myrtle does not draw any sympathy from the reader at a first glance. She is the lower-class schoolmistress to Tom. She is a poor representation of the 1920s woman as she carries her surplus flesh sensuously, meaning she is rather provocative, it is also the entirely compliment she receives in the book, inferring Toms only use for her is sex not a particularly good role model for women. She is somewhat comparable to Daisy in that her only care is money and materialism, she wants to escape the upper class, and Tom is her refuge. Her tremendous vitality should aid her in this.However, we can sympathize with Myrtle Wilson when she fulfils her tragic achievement. This refers to her death, all she ever wanted to do was to escape her class and accomplish her American dream, but Nick morbidly realizes that the only way she ever would is through death. oftentimes like Gatsby, her dream is forever doomed.Myrtle, in my opinion is a character with we can sympathize the most her tragic story is rather like Gatsbys. In that she had an unachievable, completely unattainable dream in her sight, but it was never to be a doomed dream.I believe all the female characters in The Great Gatsby have characteristics that make us, as the reader to both love and despise them at the same time. Fitzge rald has portrayed them as merely humans with certain traits and bad decisions that moulds them into who they are. All three of these women are accessible to the reader, whilst at the same time completely detached and despised. I believe that the view in question is different for every reader, as they can make their informed opinion on each of these women. As for me, I do feel sympathy for them, but only to a certain extent.

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