Tom is shown to be a man that loves his material items. Tom’s house is important to him. His house in East Egg, which is very luxurious. When Tom first meets Nick he says “’I’ve got a nice place here’” (p. 7). Tom also believes that his money can get him anything. Daisy married him because of his money. He bought her pearl necklace. Nick saw him standing outside a jewelry store. After they see each other nicks sees that Tom “went into the jewelry store to buy a pearl necklace-or perhaps only a pair of cuff buttons” (p. 181). Fitzgerald uses Tom’s materialistic personality to help show his idea of the lowest of the upper class. Another way Fitzgerald portrays Tom as being a negative character is that he has a mistress named Myrtle. Tom and Myrtle’s relationship is known by daisy. Nick visits with Daisy. Tom gets called and Jordan tells Nick “’Tom’s got some woman in New York” (p. 15). Later, Tom takes Nick to meet Myrtle. Myrtle sends her husband away to get chairs, and then makes plans to meet with Tom. Tom and Myrtle have their own apartment. They also have a dog Tom bought for Myrtle. When Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, Nick and Jordan go into town one afternoon Gatsby and Tom get into an argument about whether or not Daisy has ever loved Tom. Gatsby claims that Daisy loves him and not Tom, and that Daisy has never loved Tom. Tom says that Daisy does love him and that he loves her too: “’Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in…
The Missing Compensation Nick walked outside and left for a while, so Gatsby and Daisy can catch up on the past. Back in the Living room Gatsby and Daisy stared awkwardly at each other. The room was very quiet the only noise that could be heard was the pouring rain and the ticking of the clock that Gatsby messed up earlier. “So…What did you need to tell Nick before he left?” Daisy asked, curiously when he walked back in the room. Daisy hoped it would end the awkward silence. “Oh… You… know……
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