Motif Affairs: The Great Gatsby

end-to-end the novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses the motif of affairs to constitute development in Daisy Buchanans character. As a reviewer slowly pieces together what is the love bring 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 sexist towards not sole(prenominal) Daisy yet also myrtle. Daisy loved me when she married 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 evident to the reader, through the genus Lens of feminism, that Tom objectifies women, treating them like objects rather than people, Daisy especially, making him feel it is acceptable to cause more than one woman. This gives the reader a sense of sympathy for Daisy, because of the mood her husband treats her. It upsets the reader that although Daisy is aware of her husbands affa ir with Myrtle, she accepts it and feels she deserves it because she is a woman and thats obviously what women get.As the novel goes on, it is made clear to the reader Daisys obsession with coin. Her voice is dear 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 melodic line of it High 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 betwixt the two of them, leading to an affair between Daisy and Gatsby. Readers go from feeling self-aggrandising for Daisy to almost having sympathy for Tom. After accusing Tom of objectifying Daisy and not creation 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. Th rough these recurring affairs and the electron lens of feminism Daisys true character is exposed to the reader.