Daisy And Myrtle Wilson In The Great Gatsby

His actions show that he is not loyal nor respectful towards Daisy, instead displaying apathy and disinterest. In addition to acting uncompassionate towards Daisy, he is also not taking into consideration Myrtle’s feelings. In fact, he lies to her in order to stop himself from being forced into a committed relationship. This lie that Tom tells Myrtle is not only extremely false, but also shows he is simply using her. “It’s really his wife that’s keeping them apart. She’s a Catholic, and they don’t believe in divorce” (Fitzgerald 33). Tom lying to Myrtle shows he has no intention of marrying her, instead he only wants to take advantage of her vulnerable state. Myrtle is unhappy and desperate to fulfill her dream of moving up social classes. Instead of acting sympathetically towards her situation, he exploits her weakness. Likewise, Daisy and Gatsby’s affair shows similar exploitation for one’s own personal needs over the emotions of their counterpart. Without Tom’s knowledge, Daisy has an affair with her long lost love, Gatsby. Then they sauntered over to my house and sat on the steps for half an hour… (Fitzgerald 105). During this affair Daisy shows no acknowledgement of Tom’s feelings, the man she married and pledged to be loyal to. At the same time, she is also exploiting Gatsby. Authors say, “...his desire to marry Daisy as an attempt to enter/create

Daisy's superficiality extends to her personality. She is fragile, unstable and a confused character. While talking to Nick she said: “...I woke up with an abandoned felling and asked the nurse right away if it was a boy or a girl. She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept. 'Alright,' I 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 fool” (Fitzgerald 21). They also married their husbands for different reasons. Myrtle says she married George because she thought he was a gentleman. She also thought he knew about good “breeding.” On the other hand, Daisy married Tom because rich girls had to marry into money and good social status.

Daisy Buchanan, ‘devoted’ wife of Tom Buchanan, is by far the most perplexing yet distasteful character in The Great Gatsby. Mrs. Buchanan slowly starts to show her true colours of being naïve, puerile and coquettish the more submerged into the book the reader gets.

When Tom is around Myrtle, he sometimes tries to still have respect for Daisy. Quotes to support this is, “Some time toward midnight Tom Buchanan and Mrs. Wilson stood face to face, discussing in impassioned- voices whether Mrs. Wilson had any right to mention Daisy’s name” and “Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand” (2.37). Tom seemed to have limits or boundaries for Myrtle when it came to talking about his wife, however the second quote reveals how violent he can be and doesn’t treat women well. As to Daisy, Tom get upset with her for having an affair with Gatsby. A quote to support this is, “ I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from nowhere make love to your wife” (7.130). This quote shows how for Tom, it’s okay for him to have an affair but for Daisy to have an affair it’s not okay at

Compared to the other characters in the novel, Gatsby’s actions appeared to be the most justified through his motives. Throughout the novel, it is apparent that Gatsby’s main motive for achieving anything was for the person he loved the most, Daisy. Gatsby only developed the goal of becoming rich and successful in order to impress and win over Daisy. When he gave Daisy a tour of his impressive house, all he was doing was showing off all of his material goods such as when he “took out a pile of shirts and began throwing them one by one” (Fitzgerald 97). Gatsby wanted to show Daisy how worthy he was of her love with all of the material goods he possessed, as she was from a more prosperous background than he was. Although this was not the healthiest way of living, Myrtle, on the other hand, had much more greedier motives. Myrtle had an affair with Tom only in

Like Daisy, Myrtle was passionate about her husband at first, but the marriage has since been at breaking point. While Daisy doesn’t have any real desire to leave Tom, Myrtle is eager to leave, and very dismissive of her husband ‘I never was any more crazy about him than I was about that man there.’ She makes it clear she thinks she is finally heading for bigger and better things as ‘he wasn’t fit to lick her shoe.’ A glimpse of the world of wealth was enough to turn her head and create a new ‘artificial’ women. In Chapter two, her appeal to wealth is shown further ‘with the influence of the dress her personality had also undergone a change.’ She is trying to become something that she ultimately is not. Rather than face their problems as a couple, the Wilsons strive for dominance and supremacy within the marriage. While George wants to move out west, he doesn’t have the money, leaving him and Myrtle in the ‘valley of ashes’ and vulnerable to the dangers of the society at the time. The ashes could symbolise their troubled relationship that they cannot see an escape from. Their downfall is their unsteadiness within their marriage which stems from their financial situation. Fitzgerald is showing that those who are not wealthy and are of lower classes are much more vulnerable to tragedy, which in the end is Myrtles death. George Wilson is more humble than his wife. He seems to be satisfied and happy with his life until he discovers that his wife is having an affair and being dishonest. His character is comparable with Gatsby as both are dreamers and are ruined by their unrequited love. Fitzgerald leads us to perceive the illusion that George is submissive allowing people take advantage of him. However, another side of him is revealed after he murders Jay Gatsby. Nonetheless, unlike the other characters he cannot live with or hide

The emblematic features of materialism and greed have the power to change a character's psyche. Daisy was not confident in saying that she loved Tom Buchanan in the novel, which leads readers to believe that Daisy married Tom primarily for money and status. Her psychologically unbalanced nature was due to her great materialistic needs. Daisy was never honest with herself or anyone else. She had no intention of uniting with Gatsby permanently and failed to make known her responsibility in the death of Myrtle Wilson, Tom’s lover (McAdams). Scholar Mary McCay

In the novel "The Great Gatsby" written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, has one character that is adamant of reinventing herself, Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle Wilson is married to George Wilson, but is the mistress of Tom Buchanan. George Wilson is a mechanic and he isn't wealthy, unlike Tom Buchanan who comes from 'old-money'. Myrtle's dream is to be Tom's wife, despite both of them being married. Myrtle reinvented herself to become more acceptable or worthy for Tom. Myrtle changed her appearance by changing what she wore, and change her personality by acting sophisticated. When Tom came to visit Myrtle for a small party, Myrtle wore a dress that she described as "It's just a crazy old thing" (31), she want her appearance to get Tom's attention. Tom's reaction

Similarly to Daisy Buchanan, Myrtle Wilson has a secret lover by her side. She works as a mistress and her employer and lover Tom keeps her as a part of his false, double life. Although, Myrtle has a loving, caring husband, her desire of moving up the social ladder leads her into an affair with Tom. She only looks at a man as a way of getting what she wants: “The only crazy I was was when I married him.” This quote occurs when Myrtle talks to Tom about why she marries the person that she does not care about. In a like manner, Daisy has problematic relationships with men. Daisy's reaction to both men is that, she loves both Jay Gatsby and her husband Tom. Even though her love for Gatsby lasts for a “long time” and is "true," as she marries

“‘The only CRAZY I was was when I married him. I knew right away I made a mistake. He borrowed somebody’s best suit to get married in and never even told me about it...” ( Fitzgerald,39), Myrtles little speech Indicates her regret of marrying someone that lacks wealth and a social position like George wilson. It is clear to the readers that Myrtle is not after affection and protection, she is after materialistic items, that have value to them, which she receives from her “secret lover” Tom Buchanan. Myrtle has the idea that if she has an affair with Tom, he will divorce his wife Daisy and marry her, so she can move up the social ladder. She is desirous of Daisy's life, Daisy has everything Myrtle lacks, the money, Tom and a high social status. Her desire to be as important as Daisy to Tom is shown when she shouted “‘Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!’”(Fitzgerald,41),in this chapter Myrtle realizes she could never replace Daisy because Top slaps her across the face speaking his wife’s name, who he does respect and love. Myrtle also believes that she went up the social ladder because she shares an apartment with Tom, in New York. “‘I told that boy about the ice.’ Myrtle raised her eyebrows in despair at the shiftlessness of the lower orders. ‘These people! You have to keep after them all the time.”(Fitzgerald,35). She truly believes that speaking in a snobby tone, makes her sound wealthy. To most Myrtle is a subordinate, dependent women, but in reality she uses men to escape poverty and live a lavish

Gatsby loved Daisy and was willing to work hard to attain her. In fact, it took him five years of hard work to make himself worthy of her love and notice. Daisy is wealthy and well off and fitted right into Gatsby’s elaborate dream. Whereas the reality of Daisy’s life was her husbands continual infidelity, indulging herself without regard for anything but her own pleasure. When she conducted the affair with Gatsby and then murdered Myrtle, she took no responsibility, because didn’t feel she needed to.

First, Daisy betrays Gatsby by ditching him to marry a more rich Tom Buchanan. Gatsby himself shows this when he tells Tom, “She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me” (Fitzgerald 83). After dating Gatsby, Daisy betrays him by being impatient and unloyal. Daisy should not have let herself fallen in love with Gatsby to begin with as this will lead to Gatsby’s decision to earn money as a bootlegger in a dangerous gang. Secondly, Daisy is careless with love which is why she was easily capable of falling in love with Tom, money, and not Gatsby. This is easily described with, “Daisy was a loose cannon that was young and careless and was in love with a soldier. After the soldier leaves, as Jordan describes, Daisy picks herself up, moves on and comes to a realization; she needs to marry someone with money”(Snyder 10). This idea not only shows Daisy's poor dating habits but it also reinforces the fact that she abandoned Gatsby. She couldn’t decide between loving Gatsby or living with old money which unfortunately won Daisy love due to her greedy personality. Next, Daisy decides that ruining her own on life wasn't good enough for her, so she takes her anger out on Myrtle Wilson and leaves Gatsby to pick up the pieces. This is seen perfectly with, “Another instance of Daisy´s childish position is the fact that she is willing to let Gatsby take the blame for the murder of Tom's mistress.”(Velasco 40). Daisy hits and kills Myrtle Wilson and without owning up to its leads, leaves her grieving husband, George, to believe that Gatsby was the driver and it was Gatsby who needed to be reprehended. This not only destroyed Myrtle directly and eventually Gatsby as well, but it also, consequently, led to George's own shooting himself. Lastly, Daisy decides to deny any associations with Gatsby after his murder. This is seen with, “Daisy

The secret, or not so secret, romance between Tom and Myrtle continues throughout the novel. Tom Buchanan is having an affair while being married to Daisy. Although, Tom claims to love Daisy, he is cheating on her with a girl he would not want to be seen with in public. Myrtle is not classy, she is a lower class, which Tom despises. He does not like conversing with people who are below him and when he does he makes sure that other the people who he is talking with knows who he is.

Tom Buchanan is a wealthy man, a brute, and an athlete. Tom attended Yale with Nick, he professes his to love Daisy but has had affairs throughout their relationship. He has had a long-term affair with a woman in New York, who turns out to be Myrtle Wilson, the wife of the man who Tom knows. Tom tries to make himself seem intelligent, but in reality, he is quite ignorant. He believes that the white race should always possess power over all minority races and worries that African-Americans have gained too much standing in society. At the end of the story, he reveals that he has discovered that Gatsby is a bootlegger and then realizes that Daisy and Gatsby are having an affair. After Gatsby and Daisy ran over Myrtle in a car, he and Daisy,

Tom Buchanan ideas are confusing for a reader of the novel. He says that he loves Daisy however, on occasion he unfaithful towards her. Thus, I believe that Tom is a person who does not truly love Daisy. Both Tom and Daisy are considered dishonest, and when he called out Daisy and Gatsby’s affair he is hypocritical. When Tom was with his mistress Myrtle they got into an impassioned conversation, during this discussion Myrtle started shouting Daisy’s name. This caused Tom to get fierce and ended up made to brutal blow to her nose causing it break. This shows that he does not love her as he would not be in that situation if he had been loyal in the first place and have gone off on a “spree”. Therefore, this ultimately led to Myrtle and Gatsby’s