![]() If she were older, perhaps she would have come to terms with her social standing and that would chance her attitude to relationships. ![]() Do does her physical appearance reflect her character? Perhaps, firstly, because youth is associated with ambition. She lets Tom push her around because she would rather be treated poorly by someone who has money rather than being cared for by someone who has none. This is driven by her belief that she is actually of a greater social standing than indicated by her life circumstances. While George continues day after day with the false hope of success, his wife turns to an affair with the wealthy Tom Buchanan. Myrtle Wilson belongs to this second class of people, struggling to survive. The other kind is being forced out of business by mechanization, denying them the chance at upward mobility no matter how hard they try. One type went to glamorous parties, lives extravagantly and found money easy to come by and to spend. In the 1920s Fitzgerald describes, there were two types of people. The Great Gatsby is essentially a story about class and social mobility. He also reports that she is in her 'middle thirties' and that even though she is not very beautiful, she still seems attractive. Myrtle Wilson is a 'thickish figure of a woman' according to Fitzgerald.
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