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The site points out that Woolf points out that women were inhibited from success, and typically doomed to failure as a result of the restrictions placed upon them from society. They couldn't be financially independent, so they never had time to learn and experience the world, so they weren't intellectually free, etc.

The Times brings up an interesting point. Men struggled and still succeeded. Women struggled and got nowhere. Part of it must be the culture, where women often did not usually exert themselves to something ambitious, whereas men are expected to. For most of the women's rights movement, perhaps the goal wasn't to force the institution to create laws for equality, but in the bigger picture, sense that it was to show women had initiative, motivation and a purpose. 

i think this is pretty humorous how wrong you are, you are like a little baby

Discusses the conversion and corruption of the American dream, which becomes more materialistic and greedy than ever. Even Gatsby, the eternal optimist, an archetypal dreamer, makes his fortunes through underhanded, sneaky ways with his partner Wolfsheim.

Discusses the impact of setting on the plot and purpose of the novel, and how the various rich groups have corrupted the American dream from an innocent, ambitious hope for fortune into greed, debauchery, and misbehavior

It is interesting how Woolf thought so negatively about the social gap between men and women, and the poverty of women that kept them from freely thinking, yet had no qualms about depending on servants and other domestic help. These people are in similar situations to the ones she portrays women to hold, which makes her treatment of them suprising (she tries to avoid contact with them by writing her orders in order to avoid them all together)

"Fitzgerald resented that Zelda mined their marriage for material, as he himself had done in "Tender is the Night."

This source describes F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife, Zelda, and the relationship between them. Zelda was troubled woman who suffered from mental illness. No matter her mental state, she knew she was Fitzgerald's muse, finally giving in and marrying him after he became successful enough. While the marraige was not long lasting and Zelda eventually wasted away in a mental hospital, she was a large influence in the themes of the Great Gatsby. Her reluctance to marry a working-class man parallels Daisy, who decided to marry Tom in order to pursue a better appearance.

Through his portrayal of the events in The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald condemns the lack of morality and spirituality during the 1920's. He portrays the 1920's as a time where society has substituted materialism and instant gratification in place of structure and spirituality.

Even though women were oppressed, they still preformed difficult tasks such as serving in the army. The workers also did all the hard jobs that no one else wanted to do, even though they were treated poorly.

This source portrays Gatsby as an admirable man who did everything he could in pursuit of his American dream. While Nick Carraway despised "everything Gatsby stood for", he was really a man with a purpose and a desire for a better life.

The American Dream is something many aspire to, but in the reality of things, it is fair to question how far someone can actually get to that dream. One can have wealth and go for it, but in reality, there are so many factors that make one seem like swimming against the current of the super rich and powerful.