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In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there is one person who always gets the short end of the stick. That person was Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle was always seeking a better life than what she had. She married George Wilson because he was a gentleman and she thought he was rich. They lived in a ramshackle garage in the valley of Ashes. Myrtle attempted to escape her social position by becoming the mistress of Tom Buchanan. Tom was a very rich man who bought her lots of gifts and rented her an apartment in Manhattan. Myrtle acted like she was in the upper class because of this. She had parties and expressed disgust towards servants. Myrtle liked to think that Tom loved her and would marry her...only if Daisy would divorce him. To Tom, Myrtle was just another possession.
Myrtle knew that George Wilson was a gentleman and she thought he was a rich man. Myrtle soon found out that in fact, he was not rich. He didn’t live in a fancy house, or have a lot of nice things. Looking at this quote in chapter 2 she stated, “I married George because I thought he was a gentleman,” she said finally. “I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn’t fit to lick my shoe.” She comes out and says that marrying George is based on a misunderstanding. Myrtle assumed that George shared her obsession with making money and that he possessed the money and other things they needed to improve their lives. However, George didn’t live up to Myrtle’s expectations. She imagined herself superior, and then she claimed that “he wasn’t fit to lick her shoe.” Another quote I found that proved Myrtle married George without knowing what she was getting into was, 'The only crazy I was was when I married him. I knew right away I made a mistake. He borrowed somebody's best suit to get married in and never even told me about it, and the man came after it one day when he was out. She looked around to see who was listening: ' 'Oh, is that your suit?' I said. 'This is the first I ever heard about it.' But I gave it to him and then I laid down and cried to beat the band all afternoon.' Based on the quote, you can infer that she realized what she got herself into. She realized that she had married a poor man. Not that rich fancy guy she thought he was. You can tell that Mr.tyle is not happy with the relationship she is in. And her marriage was all based on a misunderstanding.
Through Mrytle, you can see how women want the American dream. Fame, money, and to be married to an attractive man. In the book, Fitzgerald shows how females are desperate to be walked over, and crave the dominance of a masculine presence. Tom provides the things to live the “American Dream,” whereas George is less masculine, and doesn’t crave the dream-like Mrytle. Mrytle can be seen as a vulnerable woman when she begs Tom to, “ Throw her down and beat her.”(137) Not only does this show she wants to be walked on and pushed around, but also that women only have their words. A second example is when Mrytle shouts, “ Daisy! Daisy! Daisy! (37), at Tom Buchanan. By Myrtle doing that, it resulted in a punch to the face by Tom, breaking her nose. This is evidence of how Fitzgerald that men have brutality and women only have their words.
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