Captain Obvious Comes to the Rescue... (Willie)

Lois Tyson's analysis of the relationships in The Great Gatsby is less of an in-depth analysis and more of a long essay of filler in order to make small elaborations on a concept. While I agree with many of her points, the majority of the things she says could be gathered easily by reading the book. It does not take a scientific mind to figure out that Tom and Daisy are both afraid of intimacy. In fact, I would say that this an under-analysis of the situation. Going further, I would say that something about being distant from each other feels comfortable for the two of them. Speaking from a Freudian view, it likely comes down to a distant maternal relationship the two of them had. When seeking a mate, we tend to make an attempt to replicate the way our mothers treated us, and I believe this situation is exactly that. In every single character, this could be applied. No, we do not know the mothers of any of these characters, but we can make assumptions based on what we know and denote that these behaviors stemmed from their relationships with their mothers.