The word that can sum up many of the themes in this book is position. The word encompasses themes like class, wealth, social standing and others.
Take Daisy, for example, while Nick and Jordan were their dinner she talked about her little girl. She was very upset after the birth because Tom was nowhere to be found. When the nurse told her she was a girl, Daisy said, "I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool-----that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." The social position a woman is criticized here. Daisy is witty and also terribly clever, far mo…
