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Essay / Attitude towards women in The Great Gatsby - 729
For example, Tom and George are abusive, controlling and violent figures towards women, but Fitzgerald sheds a positive light on men's treatment of women in the form of Gatsby and Nick. It shows that not all men are terrible, just a few with the addition of Gatsby and Nick as characters. These two men treat the women they meet with kindness, courtesy and do everything possible for them. By adding Gatsby and Nick in The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald shows that there are a few good men left in society when it comes to the treatment of women. In this novel, Fitzgerald shows Tom and George's negative philosophy towards women. It shows in The Great Gatsby how obnoxious men can be, but it also shows the positive treatment of women by men through the characters of Nick and Gatsby. Fitzgerald is trying to show that there are many men who mistreat women in the world, but there are also some distinguished figures like Nick and