Opening Question:
What role does the past play in the book? Does it hamper or help Gatsby?
Core Questions
On page 13, Daisy says this about the baby "She told me it was a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool - that's the best thing a girl can be in this world , a beautiful little fool." What does this reveal about Daisy's opinion of woman's role in society?
Well to begin with being the 1920's women didn't really have very many right and were still confined to traditional roles with the household (Housewife) and in this quote Daisy very much reveals herself to hold a rather pessimistic point of view of the world and women's role in general. To really answer the question, one must first find out if Daisy even has a point of view besides of women besides baby producer and that one pretty face that you are married with and occasionally talk with and I think this stems from having married a man like Tom who honestly does not care very much about Daisy preferring to spend his time with his mistress whom has a no strings attached relationship with than the mother of his children. Honestly at this point in history guys just favored beauty over brains ignoring the comments that their wife's make and just staying with them for the physical attraction.
If the fact that Tom has a mistress is publicly known, why does Daisy do nothing to stop it or does it even bother her?
I believe that she knows that he has a mistress but so do the other men and since everyone is doing it she cant really complain without appearing as out of the loop or wrong and it is the fear of being wrong that actually prevents her from complaining about it. I do believe that it bothers her considering in chapter 2, she and Tom appear to have a discussion about but eventually amounts to nothing as in the next chapter, he shamelessly visits his mistress in front of Nick as it turns out such matters while typically not dealt with in public are not a point of shame and as matter a fact are treated as almost a matter of pride to say I have a mistress because in this point in history men are always right and women are not allowed a say.
Closing Question:
If Tom was brought to the modern day world, would he still be considered as someone to be admired like Nick does in the book?
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