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  • Essay / Carefree theme in The Great Gatsby - 2038

    Autumn nights create love in the air and breathe hope into dreams. Through the dark moonlit sky, it's hard to tell if it's truly love that's forming, or a spark of carelessness that will eventually burn everyone to ruins. In his novel The Great Gatsby, author F. Scott Fitzgerald reveals the carefree nature of the upper classes and illustrates their main goals in life: Fitzgerald uses this through distinct characterization, metaphors, and a Marxist lens. The world that Jay Gatsby lives in revolved around wealthy socialite Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby is a hopeless romantic who is stuck in the past and lives with the need to be with Daisy again. For Daisy to love him, Gatsby knows he must be rich; and in sequence, Fitzgerald says, “His voice is full of silver” (127). This reveals how shallow others think Daisy is and illustrates what her main goal in life is. It allows readers to better understand her character and the way she sees the world around her. At the time of her affair with Gatsby, there is nothing to suggest that she regrets cheating on her husband or leaving her child at home with a nanny to go see a man who is not her father. Throughout the novel, Nick Carraway had noted Daisy's tone of voice, how it was unlike anything he had heard. In reality, her voice isn't the sound of a charm or something mysterious, it's the sound of money and her constant desire for love. The 1920s marked the dawn of a new era for women; they finally had rights. Since starting this new lifestyle, it has been evident that in most relationships, men still have the power and women do whatever their husband wants. In the case of Tom and Daisy, Tom is superior in their relationship; However, Daisy finally finds her right to love when she finds Gatsby. She believes she has the right to be happy and takes it upon herself to do so. Even though she still uses a man to get her happiness, it's still a step in the right direction to get away from a controlling husband. But in the end, Tom wins, as usual. Tom uses his power over Daisy to keep her away from West Egg and Gatsby, his friends and family. In the relationship with Jordan and Nick, it's the opposite. Jordan holds more power and makes the decisions, which Nick accepts. From their first meeting to their last goodbye, their relationship seems to reverse the roles slightly. At first, Jordan is in charge but by the end of the novel, Nick takes control of his life and ends the relationship. Since the superior and inferior roles have been reversed in their relationship, it shows how times have changed and that women now have more power. In addition to power in relationships, women had rights and men