The Women of Gatsby

The women in Gatsby are all so different. There is Daisy who is a little bit crazy, Jordan Baker the athletic one, and Myrtle Wilson the low class girl having an affair with someone from a higher class than her.

Daisy Buchanan is married to Tom Buchanan. She is known to be a little dramatic. She tries to be over joyful and excited because she is in denial. She tries to hide how she really feels because deep down she is truly unhappy with her marriage. Tom is having an affair and Daisy knows but is trying to pretend like she doesn't know. Her cousin Nick Carrway lives next door to Gatsby, a man she once was in love with. She went over to Nick's house for tea one time and to her surprise she saw Gatsby there. Gatsby and Daisy started to spend more time together and now Daisy is having an affair. Tom and Daisy have a very unhealthy relationship and it is talking a toll on both of them.

Jordan Baker is definatley the most sane woman in The Great Gatsby. She is a golfer and friends with Daisy and Tom Buchanan. She met Nick, who she is dating, through Daisy and Tom. The two of them, Nick and Jordan, find themselves caught in the middle of all the drama. She is the only woman in Gatsby that is not cheating. She seems to have a very level head and normal. She is rich and dating someone of a lower class but it doesn't seem to bother her like it does some of the other women.

Lastly there is Myrtle Wilson. She is married to George Wilson who owns a car garrage. She is having an affair with Tom Buchanan. Will she was out with Tom one night she continued to say "Daisy, Daisy,Daisy...." (The Great Gatsby) Tom got frustrated with her and punched her in the nose. Her husband found out that she was cheating and locked her upstairs in their house. He planned on leaving town so that she couldn't cheat with Tom anymore. They got in a fight and she started to run down the street. She was hit and killed instantly by a yellow car. Tom and her husband George were devistated.