Motif Affairs: The Great Gatsby

by means ofout the novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses the motif of affairs to show development in Daisy Buchanans character. As a indorser slowly pieces together what is the love puzzle of this novel, it becomes clear to them Daisys true self. Starting off the novel Fitzgerald uses Toms affairs with Daisy(his wife) and Myrtle(his mistress) to show how Tom treats Daisy. He is very discriminatory towards not only Daisy but also myrtle. Daisy loved me when she conjoin me and she loves me now,(131) this is said by Tom, giving the reader an example of just how controlling he is of his wife.It is discernible to the reader, through the lens of feminism, that Tom objectifies women, treating them like objects rather than people, Daisy especially, making him feel it is acceptable to have more than one woman. This gives the reader a sense of beneficence for Daisy, because of the way her husband treats her. It upsets the reader that although Daisy is aware of her husbands affair with Myrtle, she accepts it and feels she deserves it because she is a woman and thats simply what women get.As the novel goes on, it is made clear to the reader Daisys obsession with money. Her voice is teeming of money That was it. Id never understood before. It was full of money that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals song of it game in a white palace the kings daughter, the golden girl (120) We learn of an affair in Daisys past that she had with Gatsby, and that the only reason she married Tom rather than Gatsby was because of Toms wealth.When this is brought up it refuels old feelings between the two of them, leading to an affair between Daisy and Gatsby. Readers go from feeling bad for Daisy to almost having sympathy for Tom. by and by accusing Tom of objectifying Daisy and not being loyal to her, it is made clear that daisy is not loyal to Tom. She is not in love with him, but rather his money. Through these recurring affairs an d the lens of feminism Daisys true character is exposed to the reader.