How are women portrayed in The Great Gatsby? What characteristics do they share and how are they different? Is Fitzgerald sexist, treating women as objects to be bought and sold, or is this novel a sympathetic critique of a male-dominated society? Or is it something else entirely: is Fitzgerald suggesting that it is the female characters here who have the control and the cleverness, and that men go to ruin over them? Examining the three main female roles, discuss how their characterization proves your interpretation of the author's view of gender roles.