The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

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 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

The first point in which Tom changes with his mistress is when she goes shopping with him, and buys the dog and the dress. Here it is shown how Toms considerable wealth plays into his friendships and affairs. ““I want to get one of those dogs,” she said earnestly. “I want to get one for the apartment. They’re nice to have---a dog.”..... “It’s a bitch,” said Tom decisively. “Here's your money. Go and buy ten more dogs with it.”” (pg.28) It’s evident here that Myrtle expects to be able to ask for anything she wants, and Tom will pay for it, which is also a prevalent factor in Daisy and

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

Tom has been carrying on an affair with Myrtle Wilson, with no regard to who knows or cares about his infidelity. Their entire relationship is based around dishonesty. Tom has strayed so far from God that he even blames the affair on Daisy’s religion (Fitzgerald 33).

Tom was tired of Daisy, he just wanted someone to mess around with even though he was married to Daisy and had a daughter with her. Daisy decided to cheat on Tom his husband with Gatsby his ex boyfriend before he met Tom. Gatsby and Daisy had an affair when she went over to Gatsby's house. He wanted to bring back the past when they were once a couple,but Gatsby went off to war and she found someone else, which was Tom. Despite the fact that Daisy had a family,she still had an affair with Gatsby. In the other hand, Gatsby didn’t have a wife or a family. Daisy was the one being unloyal to his husband. He tells people that he said a relationship going on in the Midwest where he came from. Jordan says that Nick and his mysterious girlfriend were engaged. No one knows if it's true or not because no one knew how he lived in the Midwest. We don’t know if he breaks up with her. He was unloyal to his “wife” because throughout the novel he ended up going out with Daisy’s close friend Jordan. Myrtle was George's wife and she had an affair going on with Tom, Daisy's husband. She thought that

“I realized that her [Myrtle] eyes wide with jealous terror, were not fixed on Tom, but on Jordan Baker, whom she took to be his wife” (125). When finally reaching Astoria, and argument is caused between Jay Gatsby, Daisy’s former love and Tom, which ended in Tom finding out about how Daisy is cheating on Tom with Gatsby. In contrast to Wilson, who when he found out about Myrtle’s affair was physically ill, Tom isn’t shocked when he learns about Daisy’s affair instead he seems to take the news of the affair relatively well. When on the way home Tom learns that Myrtle has been struck by Gatsby’s car and killed. It isn’t until later that we learn that Myrtle thought that Tom was in that car, because earlier she had seen Tom in that car when

Many consider The Great Gatsby a beautiful love story. A literary review site, for example, says about Fitzgerald’s most famous work: “The Great Gatsby is probably F. Scott Fitzgerald 's greatest novel […] Gatsby is really nothing more than a man desperate for love”(The Great Gatsby Review). Popular opinion paints Gatsby as such: A man desperate for love, devoid of any evil. But a closer look uncovers a new side of Jay Gatsby because Gatsby, underneath his glorious façade, is a sociopath.

            While Daisy did not know Myrtle personally, there is a very good possibility that she knew Tom was having an affair with her.  She was well aware of Tom's past behavior, and she made no attempts to deny it.  She simply accepted it because she had no other choice.  After spending the day in New York with the others, she was obviously upset and tense.  The day had taxed her to the limit.  Gatsby had demanded too much of her, and she just was not strong enough to endure any further argument.  She chose to drive him back to East Egg in an attempt to calm her nerves.  When they passed Wilson's garage, Myrtle ran into the street toward Gatsby's car, thinking it belonged to Tom.  According to Gatsby, Daisy turned the wheel toward the oncoming car in the other lane, but she lost her nerve and hit

In the book, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby is exemplified through many symbols and idols. Fitzgerald uses cars to represent wealth, success, status, and glamour. As Friedrich Nietzsche states, “There are more idols in the world than there are realities.” Nietzsche’s quote shows how idols and symbols are used to create impressions. Images are powerful and set a stage for others to judge one’s character, enabling human beings to avoid seeing what realities are. Idols are potent enough to mask the truth. In the novel, despite Gatsby 's own insecurities, he is viewed as an idol in society. Idols impact and influence Gatsby’s life and those living around him. Gatsby’s car represents an idol, illustrating his wealth, capturing attention, creating impressions, and covering misconceptions throughout life in the West Egg.

I believe Daisy and Tom coexist with each other. When together, they both have their advantages; social status is an important advantage for both parties. Tom is rich so Daisy benefits financially and Daisy is an obedient wife which benefits Tom’s status socially. Also, they are comfortable with each of their lifestyles, divorcing will only make matters worse. Additionally, divorce during the 1900s was not as accepting as today. During the same day, Catherine expressed to Nick, “[Daisy] is a Catholic, and they don’t believe in Divorce” (31). After Catherine lied, Nick added Daisy is not a Catholic. Tom and his surroundings try to create excuses for why he doesn’t divorce Daisy and marry Myrtle because he wants to continue the thrill and fun with Myrtle without marrying her or changing his or her

The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, provides a dark and pessimistic outlook into the American life style in 1922. Jay Gatsby, an American wealthy social identity, appears to have it all. But wealth, stature and an extravagant lifestyle seems not to be enough for Gatsby; he still yearns for his old idealistic love Daisy. In an ideal world this has the making of a great love story with a happy ending, but Fitzgerald chose to carry the story as a reflection of the American era the book is set in. An era consumed by appearances and excess and overall pursuit of the American dream.

Myrtle seeks a relationship with Tom because he is an embodiment of everything she's ever wanted but couldn't have. He's handsome, extremely wealthy, and could offer her a way out of the ashes of poverty her marriage with George engulfs. Yet her dream can never be sustained, because Tom won't divorce his wife Daisy. He had convinced Myrtle's sister Catherine that he couldn't divorce Daisy because she was catholic and didn't believe in divorce (Fitzgerald 33). Yet this is untrue, since Nick disputes it in his narration.

Wilson gives to Myrtle his complete trust in the same way he provides Myrtle with what she asks for, but she abuses it. She takes her husband for granted while at the same time, she gazes at Tom sitting on a pedestal she has made for him. Tom is the man that can make Myrtle's every fantasy come true, but also the man that will lead to her early death. Myrtle is seen to be a fun and floozy mistress, but not as a real wife. She, as superficial as it may be, is not someone that Tom could take to parties and introduce to his parents. Myrtle controls Wilson, while Tom manipulates her simply for enjoyment. For example, Tom tells Myrtle that the reason they could never wed is because his wife, Daisy, is Catholic and she would never stand for a divorce. In this scene, Catherine, Myrtle's sister, tells Nick Carraway, the narrator, about the reasons why Tom and Myrtle may never come