Daisy's Lies In The Great Gatsby

“In the world people try to hide things from each other but one way or another they find out what they are hiding.”(Kibin.com) F.Scott Fitzgerald had a hard time naming his novel “The Great Gatsby”. Truly a story about love, lies and deceit.The name is misfitting. Therefore, the title should have been “Love Lies”. In the beginning of the story the reader has the understanding that Daisy and Tom are happily married and in love.But later in the story Daisy,Tom and Gatsby were all gathered in a hotel room and Tom was about to leave until gatsby told him to wait because he needed to tell him something. That’s when all the “love lies” started. On page 130 it says”Your wife doesn’t love you” said gatsby. “She’s never loved you. She loves me.” This obviously states that the whole entire time Daisy has been lying about who she loves to herself and everyone. She wanted to do what was right for her and tom but no one can fool Gatsby, he knew that she still loved him.No one has to lie about that “true love” between them.This type of lie is called “white lie” it can harm other people (Tom) or even yourself. All these lies are full of love. As the reader continues it is more apparent that Daisy is lying about who she loves on page 131 when Gatsby said “ I told you what’s been

Throughout the story Daisy has been lying about who she loved when she knew that she was still in love with “ Great Gatsby” and that showed when daisy read that letter, she was hysterically crying, it showed that she still cared but she didn't want to put herself out there. She could've fooled everyone with her love lies but she sure couldn't fool “ Great Gatsby”.Tom fell for all these lies, makes Daisy and Gatsby deceitful. This novel is full of love, lies and deceit. Once again, “In the world people try to hide things from each other but one way or another they find out what they are hiding.”