The Great Gatsby: Fitzgerald's Presentation of Female Characters

In Chapter One, Daisy recalls the birth of her daughter. She says; "I'm glad it's a girl, and I hope she'll be a fool - that's the best thing a girl can be - a beautiful little fool." - Consider Fitzgerald's presentation of female characters in the novel; make reference to society at the time. Scott Fitzgerald, born in 1896 in Minnesota, wrote the Great Gatsby in the 1920's and is considered one of his most …

…time; in the way that Fitzgerald presents her. She is excessively self absorbed and selfish, and seems to only care about the material things that occur in her life. Myrtle lives in the underworld of the microcosm that Fitzgerald has created in 'The Great Gatsby' and is certainly less dishonest than the other two central characters, but she still has the element that Fitzgerald created to convince the reader that her intentions are not admirable.