1. Gender Roles in The Great Gatsby
One you argue that women had to follow certain rules in society. ... "As he left the room she got up and went over to Gatsby and pulled his face down, kissing him in the mouth" (Fitzgerald 123). ... The fact that Daisy kisses Gatsby when Tom is literally in the next room proves her rebellious nature of the flapper woman. Woman at that time were expected only to be intimate with their own husbands as men were allowed to do whatever they pleased. ... Therefore one could argue that Fitzgerald wanted to show that women in the 1920's deserved the same sexuality rights as men. ...
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