Gatsby-simile

"Daisy and Jordan lay upon an enourmous couch, like silver idols weighing down their own white dresses against the singing breeze of the fans" (pg 115). Idols are to be worshipped and admired, but nothing else. This stands for a common view of women in that time period. Tom often states that he believes women should not have equal rights. He does not encourage indpendence for women either and thinks that they have to much at that point. In the Roaring Twenties, women began to gain independence and they wore shorter dresses, had shorter hair cuts, and no longer hid in the shadow of their husbands. The twenties offered many changes for women, giving them more independence. Tom did not like Daisy to have too much independence because he was afraid she would leave him. When he found out about her affair with Gatsby, he was angry.