“Why, how could I love [Tom], possibly?” The words said by Daisy right before Gatsby’s entire world was turned upside down. Ultimately, she couldn’t tell Gatsby she doesn’t love Tom and recededreceeded back into her cushiony and wealthy lifestyle with her husband. F. Scott FitzgeraldFizgerald in The Great GatsbyGastby shows that wealth leads to corruption and carelessness shown by the way Gatsby makes his money, Tom’s cheating, and Daisy’s affair with Gatsby. The way Gatsby makes his fortunes demonstrates how wealth can lead to corruption and carelessness. In the midst of a heated argument between Tom and Gatsby about Daisy, Tom begins showing what Gastby’s “work” is by saying, “‘She’s not leaving me! [...] Certainly not for a common swindler
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In the same arguement between Gatsby Tom over Daisy, Tom tells Gatsby “‘Once in awhile I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time’”(Fizgerald 133). Daisy listens as he says this, and she is disgusted. He cheats on her, and in this quote he admits that by saying “once in awhile” it has happened more than once. Having so much wealth makes him believe that he can hurt and use anybody he feels like without consequence, especially women. At a dinner party at the Buchanan’s, a call comes from the other room and Tom is pulled away by the butler to go answer it. Daisy runs after him, and Jordan exposes to Nick “‘Why- [..] Tom’s got some woman in New York. [..] She might have the decency not to telephone him at dinner time. Don’t you think?’”(Fizgerald 15). By this point in the story, Nick isn’t aware of the affairs Tom has behind Diasy’s back. It shows extreme carelessness on Tom’s part by taking a call from his mistress at dinner with his own wife, her best friend, and her cousin. Nick went up to New York with Tom one afternoon, and hussling Nick off of a trian he tells him “‘We’re getting off, [..] I want you to meet my girl’”(Fitzgerald 24). The girl they are going to see isn’t Daisy. They’re visiting Tom’s mistress in her own home, he’s almost showing her off to Nick in a way. He’s proud of having multiple women outside his …show more content…
The same argument between Gastby and Tom about Daisy mentioned earlier Gastby tells Tom “"She never loved you, do you hear? [..] She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved any one except me”(Fitzgerlad 132). Gastby obviously thought that Daisy was going to leave her husband and be with him. He believed that Daisy had only ever loved Gastby. Daisy was able to fall back into her cushiony lifestyle, and knowing that she was careless with her actions with Gatsby, not thinking about how their relationship would end and what it would do to Gastby. When Daisy and Gastby first reunite, Gastby has Daisy come over to his house to show her around. He shows her his closet and she reacts by saying "’They're such beautiful shirts,’" she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. "’It makes me sad because I've never seen such--such beautiful shirts before’’"(Fizgerald 118). Daisy realizes the life she could’ve had with Gastby, and realizing she did miss him and still loved him after 5 years. This is the beginning of their affair that makes Gastby believe they will be permanently together once again, and she may have felt the same. However, Daisy make reckless decisions that effected her marriage and hurt her relationship with Gastby. The tragic affair between Daisy and Gastby examplifies how money creates
In the same arguement between Gatsby Tom over Daisy, Tom tells Gatsby “‘Once in awhile I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time’”(Fizgerald 133). Daisy listens as he says this, and she is disgusted. He cheats on her, and in this quote he admits that by saying “once in awhile” it has happened more than once. Having so much wealth makes him believe that he can hurt and use anybody he feels like without consequence, especially women. At a dinner party at the Buchanan’s, a call comes from the other room and Tom is pulled away by the butler to go answer it. Daisy runs after him, and Jordan exposes to Nick “‘Why- [..] Tom’s got some woman in New York. [..] She might have the decency not to telephone him at dinner time. Don’t you think?’”(Fizgerald 15). By this point in the story, Nick isn’t aware of the affairs Tom has behind Diasy’s back. It shows extreme carelessness on Tom’s part by taking a call from his mistress at dinner with his own wife, her best friend, and her cousin. Nick went up to New York with Tom one afternoon, and hussling Nick off of a trian he tells him “‘We’re getting off, [..] I want you to meet my girl’”(Fitzgerald 24). The girl they are going to see isn’t Daisy. They’re visiting Tom’s mistress in her own home, he’s almost showing her off to Nick in a way. He’s proud of having multiple women outside his …show more content…
The same argument between Gastby and Tom about Daisy mentioned earlier Gastby tells Tom “"She never loved you, do you hear? [..] She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved any one except me”(Fitzgerlad 132). Gastby obviously thought that Daisy was going to leave her husband and be with him. He believed that Daisy had only ever loved Gastby. Daisy was able to fall back into her cushiony lifestyle, and knowing that she was careless with her actions with Gatsby, not thinking about how their relationship would end and what it would do to Gastby. When Daisy and Gastby first reunite, Gastby has Daisy come over to his house to show her around. He shows her his closet and she reacts by saying "’They're such beautiful shirts,’" she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. "’It makes me sad because I've never seen such--such beautiful shirts before’’"(Fizgerald 118). Daisy realizes the life she could’ve had with Gastby, and realizing she did miss him and still loved him after 5 years. This is the beginning of their affair that makes Gastby believe they will be permanently together once again, and she may have felt the same. However, Daisy make reckless decisions that effected her marriage and hurt her relationship with Gastby. The tragic affair between Daisy and Gastby examplifies how money creates