Theme Of Gender In The Great Gatsby

The issue raised which will be answered in the following thesis is: How could the text be read and interpreted differently by two different readers? Answering the aforementioned question will be through the analysis and the deconstruction of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.” This novel takes place during the 1920s in the cities of Long Island and New York City. There is a recurring theme of gender that plays a significant role to the character development throughout the text. The overall theme of the book is a love story and the issue of gender brings itself forth repeatedly. In Fitzgerald’s novel women dictate the overall outcome of the story. Gatsby’s every action is in order to grab Daisy’s attention; this statement largely complements the aforementioned claim. The issue of strength and independence or lack thereof from all female characters

There was no consideration for woman suffrage, facing ridicule from the more dominant male figures. Fitzgerald portrays this in his novel by making the woman subservient towards the male characters in the novel. This issue that was brought up by Fitzgerald would not bother a woman born in the 1920s, for the reason that woman back in the day had different values and living standards compared to the current societal norms. It was normal for a woman to act and be perceived as compliant and inferior to men. In the perspective of a millennial the issue of women being subservient to men is absurd. In current western society women are praised to be as good if not better than men at certain skills sets and attributes. The idea of female suffrage is minute to a reader from the 1920s, the idea of woman’s suffrage wasn’t developed. The reader could not be able to attach a negative connotation towards the book or the author for this fact; Whilst a reader from the 21st century would have a lot to say about the controversial topic at