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Myrtle and George's relationship - Coggle Diagram
Myrtle and George's relationship
George's character
owner of run-down auto
loves and idealizes his wife
gas station and garage owner
naive--> does not understand that Myrtle is cheating on him with Tom
handsome and stupid
submissive
faithfull
not ambitious
anemic--pale,no energy, not ambisheous
Myrtle character's:
-lifefull
colorfull
bossy
wants to be rich
thinks Tom will leave Daisy for her
around 30 years old
sensual
she' stout - "curvy" (attractive curves), man (Tom) are physically attracted to her
attracted by dominant man
vitality
in an abusive relationship
she is ashamed of the life she has
materialistic
wears extra cloths
pretty
their relationship
working-class live in the valley of the ashes
she feels trapped in the12 year marriage marriage
she loved him at the beginning
dissapointed in his lack of cash and social status
low class
in 1922 starts affair with Tom Buchanan--- sees the affair as a way out of her marriage
(Tom sees her as just another disposable mistress)
quotes
"I married him because I thought he was a gentleman," she said finally. "I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't fit to lick my shoe." "You were crazy about him for a while," said Catherine. "Crazy about him!" cried Myrtle incredulously. "Who said I was crazy about him? I never was any crazier about him than I was about that man there."
myrtle thought that george was a wealthy man
when she said "breeding" she was referring to education and social etiquette
"he wasn't fit to lick my shoe" she is saying that she is too good for him, she was superior
she married George because she thought he was a wealthy man from a rich, well educated, and respectful family
Generally he was one of these worn-out men: when he wasn't working he sat on a chair in the doorway and stared at the people and the cars that passed along the road. When any one spoke to him he invariably laughed in an agreeable, colorless way. He was his wife's man and not his own. (7.312)
the way people percieve George
"Beat me!" he heard her cry. "Throw me down and beat me, you dirty little coward!"
A moment later she rushed out into the dusk, waving her hands and shouting; before he could move from his door the business was over.
he looked her in a room when he found out she was having an affair
sometimes have the phisical control over her
physical and emotional abuse
Fitsgerald Statement
in chapter 5: "The rich get richer and the poor get—children"—the rich get richer and the poor can't escape their poverty, or tragedy
lower classes, that have less money--> more vornorable to tradegy and conflicts
american dream
desires money more than everything
