Daisy's Deceit In The Great Gatsby

Most think that Gatsby and Tom are very different characters but they are the same in more ways than one would think. Both Gatsby and Tom use a lot of people in this novel. For example, Gatsby is only using Nick to get to Daisy. Gatsby uses other people as well; he only throws the parties to see if Daisy would come. Tom, like Gatsby, uses people. Tom used Daisy when he married her just so he could have someone to settle down with. When he meets Myrtle he realizes he truly does not love Daisy and he keeps Myrtle for sexual fulfilment. After Myrtle dies Tom runs off with Daisy because she is the only one that he has left. Both men live in luxury and both men think they should have Daisy. Both Gatsby and Tom will do almost anything and everything to get what

While they were at the party Daisy snuck away to go meet up with Gatsby. Gatsby told Daisy his huge plans for Daisy to tell Tom that she never had feelings for him and for her to marry him. Gatsby and Nick are invited to have lunch at the Buchanan’s. Tom could tell that Daisy was edgy about Gatsby being there (Baker). Tom decided to take a journey into town to relieve some of the tension in the room. As they are on their way into town, Tom stops at his Myrtle’s gas station. He talks to her husband and finds out that her husband has suspicions of Myrtle cheating, so he is moving her away.

Myrtle Wilson, the wife of George, and the lover of Tom Buchanan, is brutally murdered toward the end of the novel. After an uncivilized afternoon in New York, Daisy and Gatsby head swiftly back to East Egg. Gatsby explains to Nick, “It all happened in a minute, but it seemed to me that she wanted to speak to us, thought we were somebody she knew” (Fitzgerald 109). Myrtle ran out toward the car looking for Tom but sadly for her it is not him. Many know about Tom’s affair, but not with whom he is having it, especially Daisy. Daisy never slows the car down, and she never realizes who she hits. This shows that Daisy is oblivious to Myrtles existence. Myrtle is sleeping with her husband, she ruins their marriage, and Daisy kills her. The irony exists in this because Daisy actually saves her marriage by killing

Daisy sees this as does almost the exact same thing, only with Gatsby. By expressing this carelessness for each other, one can only begin to imagine the carelessness they have for other human beings. Tom treats Myrtle even worse than he treats Daisy, but Myrtle doesn’t seem to care, because she is mainly interested in his money. Tom doesn’t seem to worry about anyone but himself. In his own spite he ruins his life, as well as Daisy’s, Gatsby’s, and Myrtle’s. Daisy shows her carelessness during the time where Jordan, Tom, Daisy, Nick and Gatsby go to town. Her and Gatsby act like they are in love and make Tom incredibly jealous even though he is having his own affair. Tom accuses Gatsby of trying to start trouble in the Buchanan house, and they begin to fight. Daisy yells at Tom and tells him that she no longer loves him and is in love with Gatsby. Tom proceeds to tell everyone how Gatsby came across his money, and once Daisy finds out it was by illegal gambling and crime, she seems much less interested in him. Daisy appears to be more interested on what is on the outside of people, rather than the inside.

Nick is visiting with his cousin, Daisy, after traveling to New York from the west. Prior to the given quote, Nick describes his travels and tells Daisy that, while stopped in Chicago, a dozen people had sent their love for her through him. To this comment, Daisy unnecessarily asks if they missed her. In response, Nick only reassures her with an exaggeration that gives off the impression that the place is empty and sorrowful without her presence. Delighted by the comment from Nick, Daisy insists that she and Tom go back.

Daisy and Myrtle are greedy people who do what they want, not caring who they hurt. Daisy and Myrtle are both inconsiderate, selfish, and careless. In the novel, Myrtle does not care that she is cheating on Wilson with Tom. She does not take into account that Wilson and Daisy will end up hurt from her actions. Daisy is inconsiderate because she is just using Gatsby. She may truly love Gatsby, however, she is using him because she wants love, which she does not have with Tom. She will end up hurting Gatsby because she is giving him hope that she will leave Tom for Gatsby. Realistically, Daisy knows she will never leave Tom. Daisy Buchanan, like Myrtle Wilson, will also hurt her husband, Tom, when he finds out she is cheating on him, even though he is having an affair with Myrtle. Daisy ends up admitting she loves Gatsby in front of Tom, she says, “You always look so cool” (Fitzgerald 119). Tom is shocked and hurt by this because he thought he had his wife “under control.” Daisy and

Tom pursues Myrtle Wilson, a poor woman living in the industrialized ‘Valley of Ashes’ with her struggling mechanic husband. Myrtle, dissatisfied with her position in society, gladly spends Tom’s money and follows him wherever he goes. Following an attempt by Myrtle to rebel by saying Daisy’s name, Tom punches her in the face to prove that he has control. Myrtle is resigned to accept this abuse in order to get what she wants out of the relationship because she knows that anyone could easily take her place. In addition, Daisy begins seeing her former flame Jay Gatsby once she rediscovers his existence in West Egg. Gatsby, absolutely enamored with Daisy, claims to have earned all of his money and risen to the top just for her. Despite Daisy’s renewed interest in Gatsby, she dislikes his extravagant parties and West Egg, disgusted by ‘the too obtrusive fate that herded its inhabitants along a short cut from nothing to nothing’ (114). Daisy’s distaste for the ‘new money’ crowd sends Gatsby into a panic, and he immediately attempts to rectify his ‘mistake’ by eliminating the parties entirely, proving that Daisy is able to control him by her pretentious whims

First of all, The Buchanans, are having many problems and are very unsatisfied with their lives. Daisy is not happy with her relationship with Tom. We do not find this out till the end of the book that she is in love with Gatsby. Daisy is also unsatisfied with Tom's actions. He was not at the hospital when her daughter was born , and he continuously leaves her alone to go on with other mistresses. Daisy is so disgusted with him, she finds him revolting after being embarrassed by him everywhere she goes. Tom is also unsatisfied with his relationship, in the book Jordan Baker says “ That’s Tom’s girl on the telephone, ”(Fitzgerald 116). Throughout the book Tom has been cheating on Daisy with mistresses, the main one being Myrtle. The fact that Tom is cheating in the first place shows he is not the happiest with Daisy. Daisy knows on the phone Myrtle is sometimes on the other line, leading her to fall for Gatsby harder. Both Daisy and Tom do not have those true feelings for one another, leading for both to be unhappy and unsatisfied in their own marriage. Being this unhappy, causes for other people to think they had chances with both Tom and Daisy and for those significant others, to be out for mostly Tom but Daisy as well. The amount of anger that comes from how unsatisfied they are leads, to Myrtle and Gatsby both being

Daisy’s decision towards the end of the book was unpredictable; however, it did unravel her character more, and she became a little realistic in how the plot turned out. For example, in the novel, it states “It was all very care-less and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back…to let other people clean up the mess they had made…” (Page 179). This shows that in Nick’s perspective those two characters just blossomed their negative attributes, and I do agree with Nick’s predicament because I saw little hints of their behavior throughout the book. For example, in the literature, it also states “She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw” (Page 119). This demonstrates

Tom is cheating on Daisy with Myrtle and causes heat between them two. Daisy is upset about

He relied on his money to buy him amnesty from what is socially acceptable. Tom’s affair with Myrtle was portrayed as a love affair. He deceived her into believing she was something more than just a mistress. In the novel, Catherine mentions, “...If I was them I’d get a divorce and get married to each other right away” (Fitzgerald 37). This quote shows how Tom has made his relationship with Myrtle seem genuine. However, it is later mentioned that Tom always finds his way back to Daisy. When she was informed of his affair, she felt obligated to her reputation to stay with him even though she was extremely unhappy. This unhappiness led Daisy into Gatsby’s arms. Tom believed it was fair to stay with his wife and mistress, but when he discovered Daisy’s affair he was completely taken aback. In Tom’s mind, Daisy could not have an affair because it was morally unacceptable. He did not care about how he treated his wife, but he would not be mistreated by her. Myrtle believed their affair was one of love and passion. She invested her heart into her relationship with Tom because she loved him. However, their love was not mutual. After Myrtle’s death, Tom saved himself and disguised their affair as one between Gatsby and Myrtle. Tom placed no importance on his relationship with Myrtle unless it benefitted him in some way. Daisy and Myrtle were toys in his own game of

Living life for purely selfish motives does not bring happiness or success. For that Daisy Buchanan is a victim of it. The book “The Great Gatsby” by F.Scott Fitzgerald is a romantic, modernism novel about the wealthy Jay Gatsby having to wait for Daisy Buchanan to love him again. Daisy Buchanan is a selfish person who thinks materialistic. She only cares about her well being and how she wanted her life to play out.

Although Gatsby is this ideal figure who has accomplished so much from nothing, the reader slowly realizes that there are many flaws within him that lead to him never truly accomplishing the American Dream. Instead his dream collapses and goes to waste due to his dishonesty and selfish pursuit of pleasure, which is found within Daisy. Fitzgerald states, “He stretched out his arms toward the dark water…and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock” (20-21). This quotation portrays Gatsby reaching out across the lake towards Daisy’s house which symbolizes his pursuit of trying to accomplish and in Daisy over. Gatsby’s dishonesty of his success leads to him only focusing his

The Great Gatsby had many situations where people weren’t happy with their current life, though no one did anything about it. A few of those situations dealt with Tom, Myrtle, and Daisy, and their love triangle. Tom, being the abusive one in both relationships, was the one making them unhappy. Making it to where neither Daisy nor Myrtle loved Tom because he is treating them horribly, but they stay with him for his money demonstrating the greediness of human nature.

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,