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Great Gatsby In the novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald is criticising American society of the 1920s. He uses the characters to demonstrate the power than men had over women during these times, as well as their mindless, self-indulgent actions, where consequence was only an afterthought. The attitude towards and the role of women is shown throughout the novel. Fitzgerald also shows how many people in America during this time were delusional and had meaningless existences. Fitzgerald has used Tom in The Great Gatsby, to demonstrate the power that men had during the 1920s. In order to understand Tom’s purpose in the book, it must be known that he has been purposely set up as a character the reader does not like. Fitzgerald has done this, as he does not like men whose lives mirror Tom’s. Tom is a violent man, who is completely in control of the women in his life. He shows how disrespectful some men were to women. For example, he breaks his mistress Myrtle’s nose. Making a short, deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand Another example showing the disrespect for women is the fact that Tom is cheating on Daisy quite openly. She knows women, men, fitzgerald, society, shows, people, never, 1920s, tom, gatsby, daisy, actions, novel, great, dreams, characters, time, power, jordan, during, through, should, rich, lived, hope, existence, example, demonstrate, comments, believed, become, america, year, true, tom’s, self-indulgent, role, represents, repeat, questions, purposeless, people’s, over, order, one, nose, nick, meaningless, man