Selfish People

All the problems in the Great Gatsby is caused by selfishness. For example, Daisy shows selfishness because she doesn't care about anyone except herself. She is very beautiful and rich but she still wants more. Both Tom and Gatsby love Daisy, but she seems to get a thrill out of it, but she never thought about how Gatsby or Tom felt about this situation. Also Jordan Baker is considered a selfish person because all she does is gossip about others, which makes her self centered.

Parties at Gatsby's lawn, most of the people there are examples of selfish people. The people at his party are rich and don't care about anyone except themselves. They go to parties to enjoy themselves and not care about Gatsby's property. The people who are uninvited show up and gossip about him which exemplifies selfishness.

The Men of Gatsby

Jay Gatsby

Nick

Tom

In the great Gatsby, each man represents different goals, characteristics, and social level. They are all different men coming together so it makes “a small community”, which shows the society at the time, they are mainly Nick Carraway, Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby, and George Wilson.

Nick, first of all, is the narrative of the novel. He represents pure “new money”. He earned all by himself. But that way he doesn’t have much social activities until he met Gatsby.

Gatsby is“new money” too, but with all the complex background. He represents the illegal activities which made him a lot of money. He is also a dreamer. We can say he is a successful American who achieved his American dreams: being wealthy, powerful, and educated. He is a person full of memories, which represents the society at that time is always remembering the old times and doesn’t realize it is past.

Tom represents “old money” he has a powerful background, wealthy family. So that’s why Daisy wants to be with him. At the time women were not looking for true love, but men who can give them what they want.

Source: Dennis Lee

The Women of Gatsby

Myrtle

Jordan Baker

Daisy

In the Great Gatsby, there are three main women who play a major role in the novel. There is Myrtle Wilson, Jordan Baker, and Daisy Buchanan. All these women play a different part in this book but have allot in common. They all lie, cheat, drink, gossip, and they all are careless women who only care about themselves. Jordan is a independent women, but as her relationship grows with men, she starts to lie and gossip. Also Daisy and Myrtle are both married, and both of them cheat on there husband because of there discomfort.

Jordan Baker is an independent woman who plays golf. She is always gossiping about Tom and Daisy's relationship. Myrtle is married to George Wilson who is a mechanic , and also lives a low standard life. The only reason Myrtle married him was because he was a gentlemen. As the novel goes one, she finds herself living in a low life situation. Later she ran onto the street and was ran over by Daisy. Lastly there is Daisy who is married to Tom. As the novel goes on, Daisy starts having an affair with Jay Gatsby. When Tom finds out, he is outraged. Jay Gatsby mans up and tells him that Daisy never loved him and she only wanted to stay with him.

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