Scott M. Truong Mrs. Sutton Honors English III 11 March 2024. The “Minds Of The Rotten Crowd” The Great Gatsby is full of different themes and topics that create a complicated story, but what is truly unique when we view it with a certain lens. The Psychological Theory in The Great Gatsby is a great example of displaying the emotions and mental conflicts that the character displays in the book. Those reasons were apparent during Gatsby and Tom's confrontation, the killing of Myrtle, and Gatsby’s fixation with Daisy. Chapter seven of The Great Gatsby is the brewing hub of emotions, panic, accidents, and difficult situations. F. Scott Fitzgerald makes evident emotional conflicts throughout the entirety of the chapter. Psychological Theory plays a major role, since chapter seven …show more content…
Having an affair with Gatsby, saying that she still loves Tom, while also denying some of her love towards Tom. After the events that unfolded in the hotel, Tom arrives at the scene where Myrtle was killed. Tom is frightened and confused, but we can see that he starts to plan on what he wants to do next. Tom is terrified at the fact that Myrtle, his mistress, was murdered but he turns that around to gather anger and madness into Wilson. We learned this when Tom said to Nick, “What if I told him? That fellow had it coming to him. He threw dust into your eyes just like he did Daisy’s.” (Fitzgerald 178) using Wilson at his lowest point to commit a great atrocity. Even through the heaviness of seeing his mistress deceased, Tom still manages to plot against Gatsby. Even with Tom's guilt, anger, and strife over all his issues, Tom still kept his pursuit to shield Daisy from Gatsby. The amount of love or even obsession that Tom has for Daisy, must stem from him being protective of the things that he “owns”. We can see his feelings for Myrtle when she passed, and also his pursuit to keep Daisy away from Gatsby. The