David K. Tirey Professor Holmes English E07 14 February 2002 Money and Power In The Great Gatsby Donald E. Hall, author of Literary and Cultural Theory, comments on, “ The Freudian construction of women as ‘castrated,’ inferior versions of men”. He writes “The penis, which is considered the marker of ultimate value, [is] one the girl lacks and the possession of which she will envy” (104-7). In other words, females are not truly envious of the penis, but …showed first 75 words of 1359 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1359 total…become a member of the upper class is to win Daisy back and to buy the past five years back he missed with her. Clearly, by viewing the novel through a psychoanalytical analysis, the reader is able to see that Daisy and Jordan lack the necessity it takes to be powerful and compensates by lie and cheating. Like many women in Daisy position, women will substitute love for money, because with money along comes power.