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An Unusual Yellow Daisy On The Main Female Character of The Great Gatsby

一朵异样的黄色雏菊谈《了不起的盖茨比》女主人公

Purpose andSignificance of the Study

Asthe representative work of the Jazz Age,The Great Gatsby which was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes asignificant place in world literature. The publication of The Great Gatsby made Fitzgerald one of the most famous Americanwriters immediately.

Thebackground of the novel was set in the 1920s when the whole American societywas full of the smell of money and libertinism. The tragedy of Jay Gatsby wasan epitome of this time. As the destroyer of Gatsbys American dream, Daisy hasattracted too much experts attention since the novel was published. Herintricate personality makes her ending some kind of tragedy and what she saysand what she does are always the emphasis of the study of feminism. Daisy issuch a complex character that different scholars hold different views on her.

Thisthesis will analysis Daisys personality through the theory of anthropology andFPA Theory (Four-colors Personality Analysis) which few scholars have beenworking on so that many new angles will be used. It may be helpful to furtherthe study of Daisy.

LiteratureReview

The Encyclopedia Britannica defines F. ScottFitzgerald as an American short-story writer and novelist famous for hisdepictions of the Jazz Age (the 1920s). The famous American writer T. S. Elliotonce said this novel is the first step that American fiction has taken sinceHenry James, because Fitzgerald depicted the extolled grandest and mostboisterous, reckless and merry-making scene. Other than all these good opinionson The Great Gatsby, lots of scholarsand experts have made an intense discussion about Daisy. Meanwhile, the FPATheory, which thoroughly analyses ones personality is also adequate for Daisy.

1.Former studies on Daisy

Amongall these views, most regard her as a victim rather than a convict. Forinstance, Xu Ke (2013) makes a comprehensive analysis of the background, theplot and the character of this novel. In his article, he says Daisy is just avictim of male chauvinism. When Nick tells the story of Gatsby, everyonebelieves Daisy is the one to blame for she ruins Gatsbys American dream. Sheis such a selfish and mean woman that she hurts everyone. However, Nick nevertells the story from Daisys point. Things turn to be different when Daisysfriend, Jordan tells the story. Daisy becomes an independent new woman and whatshe wants is just get rid of the control of her husband and Gatsby. Zhou Xiaowu(2012) holds the similar viewpoint. In his opinion, Daisy is never the girlGatsby wants. Gatsby just wants to change Daisy into someone he likes, but hefails. Hu Tianfu (2006) compares Daisy with other female characters inFitzgeralds novels. He finds Fitzgerald uneasy about this kind of new women.Fitzgerald thinks these women deserve the criticism because they broke thetraditional moral idea.