Topic > Youth in the Great Gatsby - 1471

After realizing that he has a chance to see Daisy again, Gatsby orders Nick to create a situation where he can meet her. Gatsby sees this reunion as the realization of his dreams into reality; it's just the beginning of a series of troubles for him. However, Gatsby is not the only one to have a relationship with a girl. Nick himself is dating Jordan, a top golfer known for stealing the hearts of young people, sort of like a younger Daisy. Nick tends to overlook this dishonorable trait the same way he ignores New York's corruption and tries to focus on the city's positivity. While Jordan and Daisy are two rich and seductive women, Myrtle represents the lower class. He sees an access to the good life through Tom. She has had enough of her poor and unattractive husband, George, and decides to cheat on him. Daisy resents Myrtle and fails to realize that she is a reflection of Daisy's past self, a cute girl who just wants to have fun and live an easy life. She doesn't care who she has to hurt to get there. Daisy abandoned her old boyfriend Gatsby and true love just as Myrtle got rid of George. Both women got rid of those who loved them due to greed and the desire for a rich lifestyle that their lovers could not provide. Fitsgerald seems to view women very negatively. They are the source of almost every conflict in the novel. Nick left the Mid-West because his