The Great Gatsby Daisy

Tom cheats on daisy with george’s wife myrtle. Tom tries to be something he isn’t because he cheats on daisy. Daisy tries to be something she isn’t because daisy married tom and she is really in love with gatsby. Daisy and gatsby have a mysterious relationship and nick finds out about it in chapter four from jordan baker. Daisy is trying to be something else by marrying tom when she is inlove with gatsby. I think daisy is in it for the money, that’s my opinion.

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

The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. It is recognized as the “Great American Novel” as it shows great wealth, partying, jazz music and many other aspects of the “American Dream”. In his novel, he displays a lot of symbols, and themes including wealth, greed, and the most vivid, betrayal. Betrayal can upset many people and ruin many people. Betrayal was demonstrated throughout the entire novel with a lot of connections. Three situations will be examined, and they will be: Gatsby betrayed by Daisy, Tom cheats on Daisy with Myrtle and no one attends Gatsby’s funeral.

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is told from the perspective of one of the main characters, Nick Carraway. Nick tells the story of a man named Jay Gatsby, who is his neighbor in the West Egg. Fitzgerald portrays Gatsby as a man who everyone wants to know and copy but deep down are very envious of him. Gatsby trusts few people and those whom he trusts know his life story. To everyone else, he is a mystery. Everyone seems obsessed with Jay Gatsby. For this reason the novel revolves about rumors of Gatsby rather than the truth.

Will true love itself keep people satisfied and motivated? Both F. Scott Fitzgerald and E.E. Cummings support this idea in their works. In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby died protecting the love of his life, and in the poem “anyone lived in a pretty how town” anyone and noone died satisfied with the love they shared with each other. Both show that love is still present in the world and that there are still some people in the world who actually care about others, Both authors use tone, imagery, and symbolism to reveal this concept.

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 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

Later that same day Gatsby and Daisy leave together to head back into the Eggs, and Daisy accidentally crashes right into Myrtle leaving her dead. Daisy does not tell Tom that she was the one who murdered her, instead she lets Gatsby take the blame. Fitzgerald writes, “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” (139.) Daisy and Tom didn’t care who they hurt, as long as their reputation and money still stood. They were selfish and only cared about themselves.

There was previously an argument between Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby that got very heated. The best thing for them at that moment was for them to walk away. “You two start on home, Daisy,” “In Mr, Gatsby’s car” (Fitzgerald 142). Gatsby headed back to his house in the yellow car with Daisy driving. Daisy was very angry and upset at the fact that Tom and Gatsby had been fighting with each other. Instead of sending them off first, as impatient as he was, Tom could have waited for them all to leave together. If Daisy and Gatsby left with Tom, Jordan, and Nick, they would not have been there when Myrtle ran out and would not have hit her. If Myrtle was not hit, George Wilson would not have come after Gatsby and kill

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

Tom is furious about Daisy having an affair, but the double standard being he is doing the same to her for some time now with Myrtle. When Nick, Tom, Gatsby, Daisy and Jordan are on their way to town Myrtle sees Jordan in the car with Tom when they had stopped for gas and automatically assumes that is his wife. She immediately becomes jealous of Jordan. I see no point in any of them being jealous or angry with one another because Myrtle has a great husband, but does not want to be with him because he is poor. Tom is just cheating on Daisy for who knows what reason.

All literary genres are dealing with the particular context and construction to reflect on values, attitudes in human societies of various eras. The comparative study of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Sonnets of the Portuguese” and Scott Fitzgerald’s Pros fiction “The Great Gatsby” allow for a thorough evaluation of the relationship between the texts contexts and values. Both composers craft arguments on the nature of and value of life itself within the framework of love and spirituality. Browning, however writes from the perspective of a woman challenging values of the conventions of the Victorian era. Whilst, Fitzgerald construct’s his text as an indictment on the emerging hedonistic and capitalist creed of 1920’s America – the Jazz Age.

Love and relationships can get quite complicated, especially when dealing with the implications the characters Gatsby, Daisy, Nick, and Tom are put under in The Great Gatsby. The actions of the characters in this novel help shape their identities and make them who they are. Humans are imperfect, and the imperfect choices made by the characters shapes the plot of the book. Fitzgerald uses this to develop a plot which is rich in drama while still challenging the reader to make sense of the relationships amongst the characters. Just like in real life, different people have differents beliefs and values and the interactions between these people is what causes certain events in their lives. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald engages the global context of Identities and Relationships to give the reader a better understanding of how the characters’ actions in the novel are reflective of their values and beliefs along with the relationships they have.

There is vast and deep connection between the author’s life and the novel. The author portrayed his real life-based situation in the novel through which he went. The author explained how seventeen-year-old young lady became the reason of his downfall. He fell and wanted to marry the girl named Zelda Sayre who had deep desire for Fitzgerald’s wealth, fame, money and material luxury. Both Gatsby and Fitzgerald idolize wealth and luxury and at last fell in love with a beautiful woman when they stopped at a military camp in the South. After, author fell in love with Zelda; he tried to convince her by attending reckless Saturday parties and wanted to win Zelda’s love by writing to earn money. In the novel, same thing happened with Gatsby, he

Strangely, love is never happy in The Great Gatsby, each relationship in is shown to be a failure. One of these relationships being that of Daisy and Tom. Daisy and Tom are a married couple with a child, but their relationship is falling apart. Tom is a repeat offending adulterer who doesn’t even try to hide the fact of his affair. He’s in an affair with Myrtle Wilson, a married woman. He even introduced Myrtle as his girlfriend to Nick, Daisy’s cousin! Besides the affair, Tom also shows signs of being abusive and violent. He broke Myrtle's nose over saying Daisy’s name. Although domestic violence was more socially acceptable at the time, that does not mean it is a morally sound thing to do. If he is willing to hit his Mistress in public, what is he willing to do to his