Gender role Luke
     Gender plays a subtle role in these two chapters.  In the beginning there really isn't much regarding the roles between men and women, but in order to eventually understand the differences, you must understand the time period.  This was the 1920's and women were fighting for the right to vote at this point in time.  My great grandmother grew up during these times and I can remember  her telling me that women weren't even allowed to wear pants.  It had to be a dress of some sort.  Also during this time, the only jobs women were to have were either secretary/ typing jobs, sewing/ seamstress jobs, teaching jobs, or childcare jobs.  With that being understood we can continue to the gender roles in the novel.

     The gender roles in chapters 1 and 2 are very subtle but with the previously stated in mind, it is easy to catch on.  In chapter one,  Nick states," the history of the summer really begins on the evening I drove over there to have dinner with the Tom Buchannans"(Fitzgerald 5).  This is the first to come about gender role differences in the novel.  If you noticed, Nick refers to Tom and Daisy as the "Tom Buchannans", instead of referring to them individually.  This tells the reader that Tom is the dominant figure there, and Daisy has no say when it comes to them.  It also shows how people saw couples back then too, referring to them only by the husband's name.  Yet very subtly stated, there are gender differences in this novel and there definitely will be more to come.